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Ukrainian Catholic Parish

202 HARCOURT STREET, WINNIPEG, MB R3J 3H3 Parish Office: 204-837-4180 Parish Hall: 204-889-9057

Rev. Fr. Michael Kwiatkowski, JCOD Phone 204 996-1310 stbasilpriest@gmail.com Rev. Deacon Leon Twerdun Phone: 204 832-0436

Parish Office Email Address: parish@saintbasilwpg.ca

Welcome to Father Ihor, Lesia and children to Winnipeg and our parish! Please come down to the coffee house today immediately following the Liturgy. Let’s show our St. Basil’s support and warm welcome. Thanks to Rob Hotel and Fr. Michael that came to the airport to meet our new arrivals! Thanks to John & Leona Solomon for donating vegetables and buying some groceries for Father and his family. Thanks to Andy Labay and everyone who has offered to help and has been helping out! Everything is appreciated. -Rose Olynyk, V.P. Parish Council

(We have to add a than you to Rose who has been really helping out wit driving and shopping and many things!)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EVERYONE IS ALSO INVITED to the Divine Liturgy THIS AFTERNOON led by Metropolitan

Lawrence Huculak at 3:00 PM at BVM Parish Church (965 Boyd Ave.). Blessed Virgin Mary Parish is

celebrating 95 years today and we are invited to attend. (Even if you didn’t buy tickets for the dinner afterward, you can still come pray with our sister-parish and give thanks to God for the many blessings we have shared!)

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THANK YOU to EVERYONE that made our FALL SUPPER such a success! Those that truly worked so dedicatedly on the preparation, the serving and the clean-up! Those that sold and bought tickets! Those that came and enjoyed an amazing meal and showed our famous St. Basil the Great hospitality!

SAINT BASIL the GREAT

SUNDAY LITURGY 10:00 a.m. (Rosary at 9:30 am) Office Hours (Mon-Wed-Fri) 10:00 am – 1:00 pm CONFESSIONS Before Divine Liturgies BAPTISIMS By appointment FUNERALS By arrangement MARRIAGES By appointment at least nine months in advance WEBSITE: www.saintbasilwpg.ca

PARISH OFFICE EMAIL ADDRESS: parish@saintbasilwpg.ca

BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS: bulletin@saintbasilwpg.ca

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Oct. 1st - Bernice Gregorash Oct 7th - Keri-Lynn Szwaluk HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.: Oct 1st - Stan & Adeline Shymanski (1964) 53yrs Oct. 4th- Rudy & Margaret Hadubiak (1958) 59yrs Oct. 6th - Larry & Pat Chuchmuch (1962) 55yrs GOD GRANT YOU MANY YEARS MNOHAYA LITA!

DONATIONS – God bless you for supporting your parish! Sunday Collection offerings for the week from Sept.24th Envelopes - $1246. 00 __________________________________________________________________ Tatsa Counters for October 2017 - Rose Olynyk, Tony Sklar & Loraine Lysak – Parishioners willing to help count/process the Sunday envelopes, please contact Linda Labay 204-832-6905 ___________________________________________________________________________________

CHURCH CUSTODIANS OCTOBER 2017 : Al Kowal, Diane Pinuta and Iris Sawchuk Submitted by Doreen Musick

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RENEWAL COMMITTEE: Submitted by Dorothy Labay.

USGERS & GREETERS: Oct. 8th Alex Zimrose Oct. 15th Phyllis Kohanchuk & daughter Oct.22nd & 29th Gus & Pearl Groen ______________________________________________________________________________

EPISTLE READERS Oct.1st - Leona Solomon Oct.8th - Andy Labay _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

SANCTUARY LIGHT

This WEEK INTENTION OFFERED BY

Oct 1st to Oct. 7th + Alex Bugera Visky Bugera and Family Sanctuary Light burns eternally to indicate the presence of the Holy Eucharist in the tabernacle.

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS – CALL AND VISIT - our many parishioners that are ill or

experiencing various challenges in life. Remember: If anyone wishes to receive the Sacraments at home or in the hospital or nursing home please contact the parish office or one of our clergy directly, at the numbers given above, and we will be happy to visit. THE TRAVELLING ICON OF MOTHER OF GOD OF POCHAIV - The Travelling Icon of the Theotokos of Pochaiv

is for the benefit of all Families. To reserve the Icon for your home, simply Sign-up with the binder at the entrance of the church. Stephanie Mandzie of the UCWLC can assist you at the entrance of the church with any questions you have.

The Icon will be at the home of Rudy & Marge Hadubiak for this week of Oct 1 – 7 _____________________________________________________________ Our Sympathy to Loraine Lysak & family on the loss of Loraine’s mother +Annie Kruk who passed away on September 17th at the age of 100. (Funeral services were in Beausejour)

ВІЧНАЯ ПАМ'ЯТЬ - EVERLASTING MEMORY - VICHNAYA PAMYAT

UCWLC – NEWS A big thank you to everyone that came out last Wednesday to help make 619 dozen perogies. We needed

everyone of you to fill our quota. Thanks again - The Perogy Crew _____________________________________________

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CHOIR - ХОР Sister Ruth has volunteered her time to help us with the choir. We invite EVERY parish member that is interested to join the choir! Attend the choir practices as per schedule: From 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm (approx. 1 hour, 15 mins.) on the following evenings:

Monday, Oct. 2 Monday, Nov. 13 Monday, Dec. 4 Monday, Oct 23 Monday Nov. 27 Monday, Dec. 18

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS - October is here and we have many activities once again. We have just completed our first perogy supper on Friday Sept. 22 and it was another successful evening followed by our parish Fall Supper yesterday which was a great success. Thanks to all for attending. We have our regular business meeting on Oct. 5 starting with Divine Liturgy at 6:45 followed by our meeting . Our first event is our Fall Harvest dance on Oct. 14 and we invite knights wives and all parishioners to attend along with friends. We then start with our very successful coffee houses this month on Oct. 15th & 29th. Our first pancake breakfast of the fall will occur on Oct. 22. Our next perogy supper is Oct. 27. Potato peeling on Monday Oct. 23th @ 6:00 pm. We encourage all brother knights, their wives and parishioners to attend our events to enjoy good food and, above all, for fellowship with your friends and neighbours. - Respectfully Submitted by Andrew Labay, Grand Knight

OCTOBER 2017 ЖОВТЕНЬ

SUN 1

Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM

Coffee and cake

2 Choir Practice

7:30 PM

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5 Divine Liturgy

6:45 PM Knights

Mtg 6:45 PM

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7 Catechism 10:00 AM

8 Divine Liturgy

10:00 AM K OF C

COFFEE HOUSE

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11 Divine Liturgy

6:30 PM UCWLC Mtg

6:30PM

12 13

14 Catechism 10:00 AM

St Basil Fall Dance

15 Divine Liturgy

10:00 AM Coffee House

16 Divine Liturgy

6:30 PM Parish Council Mtg 6:30 PM

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21 Catechism

10:00 AM

22 Divine Liturgy

10:00 AM Pancake

breakfast

23 Choir Practice

7:30 PM

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27 Perogy SUPPER

28 Catechism

10:00 AM

29 Divine Liturgy

10:00 AM Coffee house

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www.canadiansforconscience.ca/manitoba

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We need your help to protect conscience rights for Manitoba doctors, nurses and other health

professionals.

Bill 34 - the Medical Assistance in Dying (Protection for Health Professionals & Others) Act is

currently passing through the Manitoba legislature. If this bill is passed, it will provide conscience

protection for health care professionals in Manitoba. We need to encourage Manitoba MLAs to

support this legislation.

[bill 34 can be read at: https://web2.gov.mb.ca/bills/41-2/pdf/b034.pdf ]

Join together with a wide movement in reaction to the decisions of Canada’s Courts and Federal Government to usher into our society – euthanasia. “Physician-assisted suicide”, more popularly referred to as “Medical Assistance in Death” (MAiD) has rapidly spread throughout the country with provincial governments having a say as to the regulation of the practice. Although provinces are seemingly denied a right to reject ‘MAiD’ provincial legislatures can regulate many safety measures and try to curtail negligence and abuses (which have already been reported). One thing that a province can do is allow persons and institutions that do not want to participate in the killing of the elderly, the terminally ill and depressed, etc. - to opt out according to their conscience. Our provincial government has proposed a Bill to protect people of conscience. Those who do not want to participate in ANY WAY – even referral (which is, of course, participation) will have that right protected by law. What is needed from the citizens of Manitoba is to show that they support that law – “Bill 34”! The Government needs to know that people of good will in Manitoba – regardless of the their religious or political background – see the value of the law and want it in place to protect their doctors and themselves and the great Faith-based hospitals, homes and clinics that have served the people of Manitoba for years. All citizens of good will – which includes people of faith! – are encouraged to become informed and act expeditiously! Write a letter (even just a form letter) to your MLA (even to all MLAs) and Health Minster.

An effort that cannot be ignored! An undertaking that must succeed! We ask that every parishioner take action by writing to or calling to your MLA and to all the MLA’s in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly. Please use the letter like the one suggested below) to tell your MLA you are behind Bill 34 and you ask him or her to support it. It’s the right thing to do! You can go to www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/ or call 204-945-3636 for a full

list of all MLA’s in Manitoba.

Dear MLA _________________________________, I am writing to ask you to support Bill 34 - the Medical Assistance in Dying (Protection for Health Professionals & Others) Act, which is currently being considered by the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. If passed, this legislation will protect Manitoba health care professionals from having to act against their conscience. This Bill would make participation in assisted suicide voluntary and would overrule the policies of regulatory bodies should they require doctors, nurses and other health professionals to participate in Medical Assistance in Dying. I agree that no one should be forced to participate, either directly or indirectly, in ending a patient’s life. No one should be discriminated against because of their stand. Please take whatever legislative steps are required to ensure that no one is forced to participate in assisted suicide. Thank you, Name: Address: Email: