Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Catholic Church

        LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 1: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

          2^nd Saturday after Pentecost

          +Marlene Oddis from Laura

          Stoy

Sun. 2: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

          2^nd Sunday after Pentecost

          Living & Deceased Members

          Of the Altar & Rosary Society

Mon. 3: NO LITURGY

Tues. 4: NO LITURGY

Wed. 5: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 6: NO LITURGY

 Fri. 7: 10:00 am @ Infant Jesus

          For World Peace thru the

          Blessed Mary & the Rosary

          From Sacred Heart Society

          Of St. Nicholas

Sat. 8: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

          +John & +Patricia Weaver

           From Karen & Kathy Kollar

Sun. 9: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

          3^rd Sunday after Pentecost

          +Transito Luis Santa Cruz          From Jim & Kylie Shipsky

Collection Report

Week of 05/26/2024

$                 1275.00   Offering

$                    55.00    Pentecost

$                    80.00   Maintenance Fund

$                   750.00   Valko Donation

$                   200.00   Peter’s Pence

$                     68.00   Candles

$                 2428.00  TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 35

Sunday: 66

On –Line: 1

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:

Nina Zavatsky & Joe Markovitch 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.

ATTENTION:

If any parishioner or family member is ill & would like to be on the pray list, or receive get-well wishes, please notify Fr. Michael or Paula.

ROSARY:

The Altar & Rosary Society will be praying the rosary next on Sunday, July 7th at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

THANK YOU:

Our deepest appreciation to Gary & Christine Valko for donating $750.00 to update the lights in the church in memory of Gary’s Mother-+Rose Valko. We thank you both for your continued generosity and support of our parish. May God bless Gary, Christine and their daughters (Rachel & Ava) with health, happiness and many blessed years!

CLERGY DAY:

Father Michael will be out of town this Tuesday for clergy day. If an emergency, please contact him on his cell phone @ (412) 722-4670.

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

The rain and cool weather did not stop the Byzantine Social Club from holding their picnic this past Wednesday, it was just indoors. We thank everyone who organized the event and Bob Sheely and Sharon Mulichak for their grilling skills.

Their next event will be a steak fry on Wednesday, June 26^th @ 6:00 pm in the pavilion. If inclement weather-it will be held in the church.  Everyone is asked to bring your meat of choice (steak, chicken burgers) to grill and favorite side dish. Please note, all parishioners are invited to participate, you do not need to belong to the social club.

HELPING HANDS:

We are going to try “Helping Hands” again -Saturday, June 15^th @ 9:00 am on the church grounds. The front area has been professional done by Three Flags Landscaping this past week. During this helping hands, other areas in need will be done. Lunch will be provided. We hope to see you!!

KENYWOOD DAY:

The 2024 GCU Kennywood Day will be held on Thursday, July 25^th. Tickets are $27 for ages 4+, ages 3 and under are free. Deadline to order tickets is Wednesday, July 10^th, Go to GCUusa.com for tickets.

CONGRATULATIONS:

Sarah Bero, Regional Champion in Shot Put and 3^rd place in Discus. She is qualified for State Championship! Way to go Sarah!

Congratulations to Sophia Rivera on her graduation from Boardman High School. She will be attending YSU and continuing her golf career on their golf team.

Great job to Emma Farynets and her dance teacher Maddie Krasnasky on their dance recital this weekend for Epic Dance Studio.

SIMPLY SLAVIC:

Simply Slavic Heritage Festival will be held in downtown Youngstown on Friday-June 14^th from 5:00pm-11:00 pm and Saturday, June 15^th from 12:00 (noon)-11:00 pm. Admission is $5.00. Children under 12 years old and younger are free. The event will include live music, homemade ethnic food, folk dance performances and more. This year also has the pivski, a European outdoor beer garden. Come and celebrate Youngstown’s Slavic community.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions.

For the week of June 2-8, there are no request for the sanctuary candles.

How jesus called His first disciples.

Chrysostom: “And they left their nets, and fol­lowed him.” And yet John (the Evangelist) says that they were called in a different way. From this it is evident that this was a second call. One may conclude this from several evidences. For there it is said that they came to him when “John had not yet been thrown into prison” but here it says after he was in confinement. And there Andrew calls Peter, but here Jesus calls both. On the one hand, John says, “Jesus saw Simon com­ing and said, ‘You are Simon, the Son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas, which is translated Peter.’” On the other hand, Matthew says that he was already called by that name, for he says, “Seeing Simon who was called Peter.” … In the other instance, Andrew is seen corning into his house and hearing many things. But here, hav­ing heard one brief call, they both followed immediately. When they earlier had seen that John was in prison and that Jesus was withdraw­ing, it would not have been unnatural for them to return again to their own craft, fishing, hav­ing followed him at the beginning and then later having left him to fish. Accordingly, you now see that Jesus finds them actively fishing. But he neither resisted them at first when they desired to withdraw from him, nor having withdrawn themselves, did he let them go altogether. He gave way when they moved aside from him and came again to win them back. This, after all, is exactly what fishing is all about. the gospel of Matthew, homily 14.