Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Catholic Church

       LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 30: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

          +Irene Kollar from Karen &

          Kathy Kollar

Sun. 31: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

         Sunday of All Saints

         +Paul Jonda from Family

Mon. 1: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

          Special Intention

Tues. 2: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

          Special Intention

Wed. 3: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 4:9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

          Special Intention          

Fri. 5: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

          Special Intention

Sat. 6: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

          +Anna Marie Bednar from

          Joe Rudinec

Sun. 7: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

          2^nd Sunday after Pentecost

          Living & Deceased Members

          Of the Altar & Rosary Society

Collection Report

Week of 05/24/2026

$          1745.00   Sunday Offering-Pentecost

$              50.00   Maintenance Fund

$            175.00   Holy Day

$            225.00   Peter’s Pence

$              10.00   Seminary Collection

$              98.00   Candles________

$          2303.00   TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 45

Sunday: 65

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

 Nina Zavatsky at home, Tillie Chachko at Greenbrier in Boardman 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 NEXT SUNDAY June 7^th at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

The Byzantine Social Club invites ALL parishioners to join. Dues is $10/person. The social club meets on the last Wednesday of every month (attendance is optionally) for socialization and plan events for our church like picnics, etc. It is a wonderful way to meet our parishioners.

PICNIC:

Thank you, all parishioners and families who came out, last Wednesday and brought/made delicious food for the picnic. Also, a sincere appreciation to Group B of the Byzantine Social Club and all members of the club who organized the event. It was a wonderful evening.

Please mark your calendars for the next event-CHURCH PICNIC SUNDAY, JULY 19^th. More information will be forthcoming in a few weeks along with a sign-up sheet.

CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE:

The Archdiocese of Pittsburgh will again be honouring the couples who are celebrating significant year anniversaries of their marriage this year on Sunday, September 20, 2026 at St. Elias Church in Pittsburgh. Couples who are celebrating 10, 15,20,25,30, 35, 40, 45, 50 or additional years that are multiples are five during this year of 2026 will be honoured. If unable to attend, certificates will be sent to the couples. Please notify Paula Slemons @ (330) 799-5983 by July 26th so the information can be given to the Chancery

SIMPLY SLAVIC FEASTIVAL:

The annual Simply Slavic Heritage Festival will be held on Friday, June 26 (5:00 pm-11:00 pm), Saturday , June 27 (12:00 noon-midnight) and NEW Sunday, June 28^th (11:00 am -5:00 pm) at Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre near W. Front Street in Downtown Youngstown.  Homemade ethnic food, folk dance performances, live ethnic & polka music and more. Admission is $5.00, children 12 and under are free.

CANDLES:

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

For the week of May 31-June 6, 2026 the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Paul Jonda from his wife Millie and family. The right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Margaret Swansiger from the Chachko family.

The Concept of Theosis

The ultimate goal of the saint is to imitate God and live the life of deification (theosis). St. Maximos the Confessor (seventh century) writes that the saints are men who have reached theosis; they have avoided unnatural development of the soul, that is, sin, and tried to live the natural way of life (i.e., living according to created nature), turning and looking always towards God, thus achieving total unity with God through the Holy Spirit (On Theology, 7.73).

It may be stated here that the Saints are first of all “friends” of God. Secondly, through their genuine piety and absolute obedience to God, they pleased Him and have therefore been “sanctified” both in soul and body and subsequently glorified in this world. Third, they have been accepted in God’s bosom after their passing from the world into eternal life. Fourth, many of them have been given special “grace” or “favor” to perform miracles either before their departure from this world or after. Fifth, they have been granted the special gift to pray and intercede for those still living in this world and fighting the “good fight” for the glory of God and their own perfection in Christ. This intercession springs from the fact that they also are part of the “Communion of Saints”. They share prayers and good works with Christians on earth and there is a constant interaction and unity between the glorified saints in Heaven and Christians who still live in the world.