Holy Trinity and St. Anne Ukrainian Catholic Churches

Holy Trinity Church 526 West Rayen Avenue

Youngstown, Ohio 44502 E-mail: yngholytrinity@att.net

Website: www.holytrinityucc.com

St. Anne Church 4310 Kirk Road

Austintown, Ohio 44511 E-mail: yngholytrinity@att.net Website: www.stanneucc.com

Office Hours: T-F 9:00am-2:00pm Office: 330-744-5820

Social Hall/Pyrohy: 330-746-9528

Confessions: Every Sunday 15 minutes prior to Divine Liturgy (Other times available by appointment)

Social Hall: 330-799-0084 Hall Rental: 330-402-1115

Maintenance/Property Manager: 330-402-1115

Confessions: Every Sunday 15 minutes prior to Divine Liturgy (Other times available by appointment)

For all Sacramental Celebrations, please contact the office as soon as possible. At the passing of a loved one, contact the funeral home and they will schedule the arrangements with the priest and/or deacon.

Sunday, February 9, 2020 Tone 2: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Gospel: Luke 15:11-32

Liturgical Greetings

Greeting: “Glory to Jesus Christ!”

“Sla-va Ee-su-su Khry-stu”

Response: “Glory Forever”

“Sla-va Na Vee-ki”

Deacon Donald Billy

Dean Chance, Administrative Assistant

Administrator: Rev. Fr. Lubomyr Zhybak

330-888-8881 (cell) E-mail: zhybak@hotmail.com

Sunday of the Prodigal Son

Next Sunday: February 16, 2020

36th Sunday After Pentecost Sunday of Meat Fare

Tone 3: 1 Corinthians 8:8-9:2

Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46

Glory to Jesus Christ!

My dear Friends,

For the past few years, a part of the annual lock-in retreat taking place at St. Anne Church has been a tradition to do a service project with the youth with the aim to teach our young people the social service part of the mission of the Catholic Church. This year the lock-in retreat will take place at St. Anne's on March 14-15 and we are planning to take the youth to a service project in Youngstown for the needy and less fortunate among us run by the Society of Saint Vin-cent DePaul. As part of the preparation for the project, we would like to collect the following items for the people that the Society of Saint Vincent the Paul generously serves (we will be collecting these items at both of our churches between February 16 and March 15):

- canned green beans (small or #10 size can); - canned corn (small or #10 size can); - fruit cocktail (small or #10 size can); - pancake mix and syrup (regular store size); - Styrofoam plates and cups.

Thank you for your kind consideration and generosity!

I also would like to encourage you, especially our two parishes' cate-chists, to attend one of the Catechetical Conferences on the Most Holy Eucharist that are to take place on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church in Ambridge, PA (404 6th St.) and on Saturday, March 21, 2020 at St. Andrew Ukrainian Catholic Church in Parma, OH (7700 Hoertz Rd.). Please, see the bulletin for more information.

Thank you!

May the Lord always bless you and keep you! Have a blessed week!

Liturgical Schedule for Holy Trinity (HT) and St. Anne (SA) Churches

Day: Date: Place: Time: Intention/Activity: Offered By: Responder:

Sun Feb 9 SA HT

8:30am 11:00am

35th Sunday After Pentecost Sunday of the Prodigal Son

Divine Liturgy for the People P. Nachim K. Kreuzwieser

Mon Feb 10 No Service

Tues Feb 11 SA 9:00am †Paul Kasnevich Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schill J. Bodak

Wed Feb 12 SA 9:00am †Paul Lesigonich Roger and Carole Elias C. Elias

Thur Feb 13 HT 9:00am †Jean Yash Marie Woloszyn M. Woloszyn

Fri Feb 14 HT 9:00am †Eva Kowal Ralph and Irene Kinloch J. Bodak/J. Billy

Sat Feb 15 HT 9:00am J. Bodak

Sun Feb 16 SA HT

8:30am 11:00am

36th Sunday After Pentecost Sunday of Meat Fare

Divine Liturgy for the People K. Scenna J. Bodak

1st All Souls Saturday - Divine Liturgy/Panakhyda for the Deceased Members of Both Parishes

Prayer Requests

Holy Trinity Church Ann Blazina, John Fecych, Ann Karnofel, Helen Lesigonich, Dan Malarcik,

Yvonne Mudryk, James Pirko, George Popovich, and Marie Schuller St. Anne Church

Joyce Budinsky, Carole Elias, Roger Elias, Elizabeth George, Carol Kaszowski, Karen Kihm, Anne Krill, Fr. Ignatius, John Laczko, Louis

Mancini, Sylvia Ostapiak, Margaret Rodomsky, Gene Smereka, Josie Timlin, Frank Yukon, and Helen Yurchison

Clergy Bishop Josyf Milyan, Bishop George Murry, Father Steven Paliwoda,

and Fr. Sebastian Dmytrukh Non-Parishioner

Kennedy Eatinger, Dawn Howard, Yaroslava M., Myroslava, Yaroslav, Halyna, Yaroslava Y., Petro, Nadiya, Mylan, Yaremiya, Zoryana, Mariya,

Connor, Claire, Mark, Christine, and Roksolyana

Our very Best Wishes and Blessings To our dear Parishioners celebrating their life milestones this week.

St. Anne Church Feb 10: Olga Ziobert Feb 15: Margaret Rodomsky

Feb 16: Roger Elias

Na Mnohaya ee Blahaya Leeta

Sunday Socials

We would like to thank Fran and Brian Chadwick at St. Anne and those at Holy Trinity for sponsoring their respective Sunday Socials.

The Hieromartyr Blaise (Blasius), Bishop of Sebaste, was known for his righteous and devout life. Unanimously chosen by the people, he was consecrated Bishop of Sebaste. This occurred during the reign of the Roman emperors Diocletian (284-305) and Licinius (307-324), fierce persecutors of Christians. Saint Blaise encouraged his flock, visited the imprisoned, and gave support to the martyrs. Many hid themselves from the persecutors by going off to desolate and solitary places. Saint Blaise also hid himself away on Mount Argeos, where he lived in a cave. Wild beasts came up to him and meekly waited until the saint finished his prayer and blessed them. The saint also healed sick animals by laying his hands upon them. The refuge of the saint was discovered by servants of the gov-ernor Agrilaus, who had come to capture wild beasts to loose on the Christian martyrs. The servants reported to their master that Christians were hiding on the mountain, and he gave orders to arrest them. But those sent out found there only the Bishop of Sebaste. Glorifying God Who had summoned him to this exploit, Saint Blaise followed the sol-diers. Along the way the saint healed the sick and worked other miracles. Thus, a destitute widow complained to him of her misfortune. A wolf had carried off a small pig, her only possession. The bishop smiled and said to her, “Do not weep, your pig will be returned to you...” To the astonishment of everyone, the wolf came running back and returned his prey unharmed. Agrilaus, greeting the bishop with words of deceit, called him a companion of the gods. The saint answered the greeting, but he called the gods devils. Then they beat him and led him off to prison. On the next day, they subjected the saint to tortures again. When they led him back to the prison, seven women followed behind and gathered up the drops of blood. They arrested them and tried to compel them to worship the idols. The women pretended to consent to

this and said that first they needed to wash the idols in the waters of a lake. They took the idols and threw them in a very deep part of the lake, and after this the Christians were fiercely tortured. The saints stoi-cally endured the torments, strengthened by the grace of God, their bodies were transformed and became white as snow. One of the women had two young sons, who implored their mother to help them attain the Kingdom of Heaven, and she entrusted them to the care of Saint Blaise. The seven holy women were beheaded. Saint Blaise was again brought before Agrilaus, and again he unflinchingly confessed his faith in Christ. The governor ordered that the martyr be thrown into a lake. The saint, going down to the water, signed himself with the Sign of the Cross, and he walked on it as though on dry land. Addressing the pagans standing about on shore, he challenged them to come to him while calling on the help of their gods. Sixty-eight men of the governor’s retinue entered the water, and immediately drowned. The saint, however, heeding the angel who had appeared to him, returned to shore. Agrilaus was in a rage over losing his finest servants, and he gave orders to behead Saint Blaise, and the two boys entrusted to him, the sons of the martyr. Before his death, the martyr prayed for the whole world, and especially for those honoring his memory. This oc-curred in about the year 316. The relics of the Hieromartyr Blaise were brought to the West during the time of the Crusades, and portions of the relics are preserved in many of the lands of Europe [and his memory traditionally honored there on February 3]. We pray to Saint Blaise for the health of domestic animals, and for protection from wild beasts. Source: http://oca.org

Holy Martyr Blase, Bishop of Sebaste (February 11th)

Repose of St. Cyril, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Teacher of the Slavs (February 14th)

Saint Cyril Equal of the Apostles, Teacher of the Slavs (Constantine in the schema), and his older brother Methodius (April 6), were Slavs, born in Macedonia in the city of Thessalonica. Saint Cyril received the finest of educations, and from the age of fourteen he was raised with the son of the emperor. Later, he was ordained as a priest. Upon his return to Constantinople, he worked as a librarian of the cathedral church, and as a professor of philosophy. Saint Cyril successfully held debates with iconoclast heretics and with Mos-lems. Yearning for solitude, he went to Mount Olympos to his older brother Methodius, but his solitude lasted only a short while. Both brothers were sent by the emperor Michael on a missionary jour-ney to preach Christianity to the Khazars in the year 857. Along the way they stopped at Cherson and discovered the relics of the Hiero-martyr Clement of Rome (November 25). Arriving at the territory of the Khazars, the holy brothers spoke with them about the Christian Faith. Persuaded by the preaching of Saint Cyril, the Khazar prince together with all his people accepted Christianity. The grateful prince wanted to reward the preachers with

rich presents, but they refused this and instead asked the prince to free and send home with them all the Greek captives. Saint Cyril returned to Constantinople together with 200 such captives set free. In the year 862 began the chief exploit of the holy brothers. At the request of Prince Rostyslav, the emperor sent them to Moravia to preach Christianity in the Slavic language. Saints Cyril and Metho-dius by a revelation from God compiled a Slavonic alphabet and trans-lated the Gospel, Epistles, the Psalter and many Service books into the Slavonic language. They introduced divine services in Slavonic. The holy brothers were then summoned to Rome at the invita-tion of the Roman Pope. Pope Adrian received them with great honor, since they brought with them the relics of the Hieromartyr Clement. Sickly by nature and in poor health, Saint Cyril soon fell ill from his many labors, and after taking the schema, he died in the year 869 at the age of forty-two. Before his death, he expressed his wish for his brother to continue the Christian enlightenment of the Slavs. Saint Cyril was buried in the Roman church of Saint Clement, whose own relics also rest there, brought to Italy from Cherson by the Enlighteners of the Slavs. Source: http://oca.org

Beginning Saturday, February 1st, “Conversations with Consequences” will air at 5 PM on AM 1260 The Rock. A co-production of EWTN and the Guadalupe Radio Network, “Conversations with Consequences is the weekly radio show of The Catholic Association. Dr. Grazie Christie, Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, Maureen Ferguson and Ashley McGuire offer witty and charming conversations about the topics that

matter to an educated and well-formed Catholic audience with the leading thinkers of our time. For a complete listing of programs, visit www.am1260therock.com

10th Annual EYC Lock-in Retreat

Audience: Teenagers/Young Adults

Theme: “I will sing to the Lord as long as I live, I will praise my God as long as I last” (Psalm 104:33-34)

Key Note Speaker: Father Deacon Cyril Kennedy, Edmonton Eparchy, and PhD candidate in Liturgical Theology at Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. Additional Speakers: Seminarians Luke Iyengar and Kyprian Wojciechowski, Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Pittsburgh, PA.

Date: March 14th to March 15th (1:00pm to 1:00pm)

Location: Saint Anne’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, 4310 Kirk Rd, Youngstown, Ohio 44511.

Costs: $25.00 (presentations, book, meals & T-shirts included)

What to bring: Sleeping bag, air mattress or cot, change of clothes, tooth brush, towel, good attitude

Optional Service Project: Society of Saint Vincent DePaul, Youngstown, OH

Contact: Fr. Deacon Myron Spak @ 412-303-9086 /mjspak@verizon.net

RSVP by: Sunday, March 1st

Optional Saturday Morning Social Service Project: Service Project to be performed from 8:30am to 11:30am on Saturday, March 14th at the Society of Saint Vincent DePaul, 252 E Wood Street. Youngstown, OH 44503. Service project itinerary will be provided closer to the Retreat Day.

Lock-in Retreat Program Itinerary:

Day Time Location Activity

Saturday 12:00pm Hall Registration & Lunch & “Singing” Ice Breaker

Saturday 1:00pm Hall Workshop Session #1

Saturday 4:00pm Hall Light Meal

Saturday 4:30pm Church Choir Practice

Saturday 5:00pm Church Vespers

Saturday 6:00pm Church Examination of Conscience & Confessions

Saturday 7:30pm Hall Q & A Written Questions

Saturday 9:00pm Hall Night Time Activities & Optional Choir Practice

Sunday 8:30am Hall Wake-Up & Light Breakfast

Sunday 9:00am Hall Morning Prayer

Sunday 9:30am Hall Workshop Session #2

Sunday 10:30am Church Preparation for Divine Liturgy

Sunday 11:00am Liturgy Divine Liturgy

2020 March for Jesus If you have not already heard, many Mahoning Valley area churches/denominations are planning an event called March for Jesus. The vision is to see churches united in public worship of the Lord Jesus Christ; as well as, Christians working together to impact the Mahoning Valley with praise, prayer and proclamation! He deserves to receive extravagant praise in full public view as a living testimony from a living church to a living God! The March creates an atmosphere for evangelism, prayer efforts, spiritual warfare, and reconciliation because Jesus is the primary focus. The UNITY is created when believers of all ages, races, denominations and affiliations come together to lift up their highest common denominator: Jesus. Each group brings its distinct person-ality to the March. There is room for everyone in the family of faith and the March is a celebration of our Lord by the whole family of believers. The amazing thing about being a part of March for Jesus is that we get to join with Christians from cities across the nation, praising Jesus through our city streets together in Unity! This Na-tional Event is scheduled to take place Saturday, May 30th, 2020. If you are interested in activating your congregation you may register on our local March for Jesus website at: TheMarchForJesusMV.com or call Danielle Gutierrez with any questions at 330-540-9538.

Holy Trinity 50/50 Club January Winners:

Ron and Diane Yourstowsky The January total was $60.00.

The church and the Yourstowskys each receive $30.00.

St. Anne Financials for the Weeks Ending Feb 2, 2020

Attendance: 37 Pyrohy: $ 459.00

Loose Offerings: $ 34.00 Donation: $ 25.00

Weekly Offerings: $ 480.00 Dues: $ 120.00

Candle Offering (Box): $ 12.00 Deposit: $ 1,130.00

St. Anne Miscellaneous Financials

Holy Apostles Bingo Rent (Jan): $ 1,600.00

Holy Apostles Dumpster (Jan): $ 130.00

Accessible Home Services: $ 2,000.00

Lake Rd. Rent (Feb): $ 625.00

Holy Trinity Financials for the Week Ending Feb 2, 2020

Candle: $ 132.00 Postage Reimb: $ 9.67

Sunday Offering: $ 650.00 Candle Blessing: $ 23.00

Dues: $ 22.00 50/50: $ 5.00

Diocesan: $ 22.00 Deposit: $ 923.67

Repairs/Maint: $ 40.00 Feb 50/50: $ 10.00

Theophany: $ 20.00 Attendance: 48 Holy Trinity Pyrohy and Baking News and Notes

Easter Kolachi and Easter Bread

Mark your calendars for March 21st for Easter kolachi baking and April 4th for Easter bread baking.

Orders will be taken starting in mid-February.

St. Anne Easter Kolachi and Easter Bread

Kolachi Bread Nut, poppyseed, and apricot Plain or Raisin Cost: $15/each Cost: $8/each March 14 March 21

Orders are now being taken by Kathy Kurach @ 330-782-5911

Diane Rogers - Chairwoman