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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Kitchen Now Open - Due to popular demand, Our kitchen in the
Parish Hall will be open Tuesdays from 9am - 12pm. Varenyky,
Borsch, Cabbage Rolls and Patychky (meat on a stick) will be available
for purchase. Smachoho!
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Youth Room - Students and teachers are continuing to work on the
Youth Room! They are hoping to have it completed by November. Upon completion,
activities will be planned on Fridays with Father Roman. All our
youth members are invited to participate!! Further details to follow.
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Outreach - If anyone knows of any our shut-ins who would like
to receive confession and communion, please contact Father Roman at (905) 804-9823.
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Office Hours - Father Roman is holding office hours at the Rectory
by appointment only. If it's a Feast Day, Father Roman will not be
available.
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Congratulations - to the U.W.A.C. for donating a copy of
"Treasured Recipes" to the St. Catharines Public Library!
This cookbook is now part of the library's collection and available for
public usage.
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Coffee Hour - is scheduled following the Divine Liturgy and all
Feast Days. It's a great chance to catch up with friends and make
new acquaintances!!
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Library Committee - is recruiting new members. Anyone
interested in joining, please call Noreen Bartkiw. This is an
excellent group which works to enrich our church and cultural life.
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Membership Dues – We humbly ask all our
faithful to pay their membership dues for 2007 as soon as possible so we
could pay off our debt to the Consistory. We
graciously thank you for your attention to this important matter and
responsibility.
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Klub Kalyna - meets every Tuesday from
1:00 to 3:00 in the afternoon in the church hall. Friends and new comers are always
welcome! Please contact Robert Hrynkiw for more information.
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Sunday School - We encourage all children to
participate in our Church School.
We ask our parents to talk about the benefits of participating in
Sunday activities. Let us teach
our children to learn about their Orthodox faith and their Ukrainian
heritage!
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Zehrs and A&P encourage people to keep
their receipts. Both stores give $1 for receipts that
amount to $450 in purchases. We
ask you to please bring your receipts and drop them in the box at the
entrance of the church.
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Recycling Box – will be in the
parking lot. Please deposit all
paper products into the box. Our
church will be reimbursed for the according to the weight of the paper.
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Every Orthodox Child, having attained the age of
7, should be prepared for the Holy Mystery of Confession. We ask that if you have children,
grandchildren or Godchildren who are 7 years or older and have not yet
approached for the Holy Mystery of Confession, please contact Father
Roman.
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Confession: Half an hour before the liturgy or by
appointment. Those who do not know
or have any doubts regarding the Orthodox Faith, cannot come to Holy
Confession without talking to father first. Children under the age of seven are
allowed to come to Holy Communion without coming to Confession.
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Baptisms: Parents should arrange a personal
meeting with the priest to make arrangements. At leas one parent should be an active
Orthodox Christian when setting the date for baptism and at least one
godparent should be a practicing Orthodox Christian. Baptizing a child in the Orthodox
Church presupposes that the child will be raised as an Orthodox Christian.
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Weddings: Couples should arrange a personal
meeting with the priest to make arrangements. At least one party should be an active
Orthodox Christian when setting the date for marriage.
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