Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Catholic Church

       LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat.14: 6:00 pm@ Infant Jesus

             All Holy Ascetical Fathers &

             Mothers

             Death of Cyril Apostle to the

             Slavs

             + Anna Marie Bednar from

             Joe Rudinec

Sun. 15: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           Sunday of Cheesefare

           Baptism/Chrismation-Mason

           Paul Caggiano

           +Bernadette Litwin from Ken

           Litwin

Mon. 16: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            Lenten Services

Tues. 17: NO LITURGY

Wed. 18: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

            Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

            Lenten Education Classes

 Thurs. 19: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

              Lenten Services

Fri. 20: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

             Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

Sat.21: 6:00 pm@ Infant Jesus

             Commemoration of the

             Miracle of the Great-Martyr

             Theodore

             +Michael & +Helen Volsko

             From children Michael &

             Debbie Volsko

Sun. 22: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           1^st Sunday of the Great Fast

           +Sharon Mulichak from Joe

           &Mary Sinowski

Collection Report

Week of 02/08/2026

$          1850.00   Sunday Offering

$            170.00   Holy Day

$              30.00   Initial offering

$            325.00   Maintenance Fund

$            168.98   Utility Offering

$              30.00   Easter Flowers

$              57.00   Candles________

$          2630.98   TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 33

Sunday: 70

On –Line: 3

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

 Nina Zavatsky and Tillie Chachko at home, Dolores Schurko at Hampton Wood and the rest of our parishioners who are ill or 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 again on SUNDAY March 1^stat 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

We are accepting liturgical requests for 2026. If a specific date is requested, please call Paula Slemons to assure you receive the date. Liturgies remain $ 20.

BAPTISM/CHRISMATION:

This Sunday, Mason Paul Caggiano, son of Vincenzo and Megan Caggiano and grandson of Maureen Kredel is receiving his Baptism and Chrismation. May God bless Mason and his family with health, happiness and many blessed years!

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

The Byzantine Social Club will hold their NEXT meeting on Wednesday, February 25^th @ 6:00 pm in the church.

ALL parishioners are welcomed to join the club. We meet once a month to socialize and plan events for the parish. Dues is $10/person. We hope to see you on the 25^th!!

END OF YEAR CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS:

If any parishioner would like their end of the year contribution statement, see the sign-up sheet on the front table in the vestibule. This will be the last week to sign up, if you need a report after this week, call Paula Slemons.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

On the First Sunday of the Great Lent, February 22^nd @ 4:00pm, our Deanery will have a common prayer of Lenten Vespers at our church.  You will have a chance to spend a prayerful night, receive a blessing and enrich your spiritual life this Lenten season. Priests from our Deanery will be available for confessions and a social with refreshments will follow the service. ALL parishioners are invited and encouraged to attend.

THE GREAT FAST 2026:

The Great fast begins THIS Monday, February 16th.

Strict abstinence (fasting) is to be observed on Monday, February 16th and on Great and Holy Friday, April 3rd. Strict abstinence forbids the use of and consumption of all meats, eggs and dairy products.

Simple abstinence forbids the use of meats but permits the use of eggs and dairy products. All faithful of the Archeparchy who receive the Eucharist are obliged to observe simple abstinence on all Wednesday and Fridays of Great lent.

Pre-Sanctified Liturgies will be celebrated on Wednesday and Friday evenings of the Great Fast @ Infant Jesus.

LENTEN EDUCATION CLASSES:

Lenten Education classes will be held on Wednesday during Lent after Pre-sanctified liturgies. The first class will begin on THIS WEDNESDAY February 18^th. Please join us to learn more about our Byzantine faith.

PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be held on Friday, February 27^th only instead of Wednesday, February 25^th due to the social club meeting.

CANDLES:

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

For the week of February 15-21, 2025 there are no request for the sanctuary candles.

CHEESEFARE

 “It is necessary for believers to again gain the way of the Lord. Let us abandon the crowds and their excited shouting; let not their words entice and influence us. The way of the Lord is narrow, uphill, demanding, lonely, but it is also salutary, as he himself has promised us. The believer must at last attach himself with love to what is essential to his personal existence, setting aside decisively and irrevocably the secondary and superfluous.”

–  St. Symeon of Thessalonica