August 20, 2023 Bulletin
LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat. 19: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
+Richard Kuty Sr. from
Mary & Jerry Novak
Sun. 20: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
12th Sunday after Pentecost
+Mary Lou Kasper from
Family
Mon. 21: NO LITURGY
Tues. 22: NO LITURGY
Wed. 23: NO LITURGY
Thurs. 24: NO LITURGY
Fri. 25: NO LITURGY
Sat. 26: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
+Marian Dzurnak from
Janice Shultz
Sun. 27: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
13th Sunday after Pentecost
+Joseph Kollar from Karen
& Kathy Kollar
Collection Report
Week of 08/13/2023
$ 1282.00 Offertory
$ 20.00 Holy Day
$ 49.00 Candles
$ 1351.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 20
Sunday: 60
ON LINE: 4
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:
Pearl Tablack, Nina Zavatsky, Bernie Litwin & Joe Markovitch all at home. Dolores Schurko & Louise Macabobby at Hampton Wood and the rest of our parishioners who are in nursing homes. May God grant to all the sick of our parish many blessed, happy and healthier years.
Byzantine ASSEMBLY—St Mary Church, Hillsborough, NJ, November 3-5, 2023
The venue includes lectures, discussions, fellowship, and a gala dinner with folk music and dancing. The Assembly
cost is $250 for individuals and $400 for couples. The Maria Theresa Foundation will underwrite the
registration fees of individuals and couples between the ages of 18 and 35. For more information, contact the
Assembly coordinators, Fr. Ed Cimbala, at 212-677-0516 or Fr. Yuriy Oros at 609-394-5004.
SISTERS OF ST. BASIL PILGRIMAGE:
Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great 89th Annual Pilgrimage will be held on September 2&3, 2023 at Mount Macrina in Uniontown, Pa. Theotokos: Seeker of the Lost is this year’s pilgrimage. For more information, please visit their website-https://sistersofstbasil.org
PARISH PICNIC:
Mark your calendars, all parishioners are invited to our parish picnic on Sunday, September 17th @ 4:00pm in the church pavilion. Hot dogs, hamburgers and refreshments will be provided. Everyone is asked to bring their favorite side (covered) dish or dessert. There is a sign-up sheet in the vestibule. Come and enjoy a wonderful Sunday afternoon as we say good-by to summer and hello fall!
MARRIAGE BANS:
Marriage Ban I:
Brianna Christine Slemons and Joseph David Winiecki to be married September 23, 2023 in our parish.
SUPER BINGO:
St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church, 356 Belle Vista, 2nd Super Bingo ($6,000 in pay-outs) will be held on Saturday, September 9th. Doors open at 2:00pm, dinner served 2:00-4:30 and 1st game begins at 5:30. Tickets are $45.00 and includes 24 cards and 1 special pack, pasta and meatball dinners plus other prizes. Tickets are at church hall from 9:00am-6:00pm.
BLESSINGS OF STUDENTS & TEACHERS:
As the new school year is approaching, Father Michael will be blessing all students (pre-school-college) and teachers after liturgy THIS WEEKEND, August 19th & 20th.
SANCTUARY CANDLES:
The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions.
For the week of August 20-26, there are no requests for the sanctuary candle.
What must I Do to inherit eternal life?
Chrysostom: And, behold, one came and said to him, “Good Master, what deed must I do to inherit eternal life?” Some criticize this young man as dissembling and wicked, approaching Jesus to put him to the test. I would not hesitate to say that he is avaricious and greedy since Christ also showed him up as such. Yet I would by no means call him a dissembler, because it is not safe to venture on things uncertain and especially in a case of blame. Such is also true because Mark has taken away the suspicion of dissembling. For Mark says, “A man ran up and kneeling before him asked him” and “Jesus looking upon him loved him.” The tyranny of money is a powerful thing, as is clear here. Though we are practiced in the other virtues, avarice brings the others to ruin. The Gospel of Matthew, homily 63.1.
Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Catholic Church 