Bulletin July 17, 2016

Blessing of Cars: As we call to mind this week the miraculous ascension of Elias into heaven on a fiery chariot, it has become the tradition in the Byzantine Church to bless cars and other modes of transportation on his Feast. The blessing of cars will take place today following the Divine Liturgy.

Baking: It is not too early to consider the scheduling for kolácsi baking for this year’s Slavic Food Festival — Saturday, 5th November. We depend upon your donations to minimize the costs involved with baking: flour (name brands), sugar, butter (salted and unsalted), and margarine (not the ’spreads’). At this point we have all the walnuts we need for this year’s baking — all generously donated!
Closer to the designated baking dates we will need donations of large eggs. Butter and margarine are needed throughout Food Festival prep: butter and margarine are used for kolácsi (60 lbs.), haluški (18 lbs.), sauerkraut (8 lbs.) and pirohi (30+ lbs.).
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Seminary Choir:

  • •The Seminary Choir of Blessed Theodore Romzha Academy in Mukačevo, Ukraine will perform a concert at St. Gregory’s on Thursday evening, September 29th at 7:00 PM. The concert will include selections liturgical services and religious hymns in Old Church Slavonic. The seminarians will visit a number of Byzantine Catholic parishes throughout the Northeast during their visit.
  • Prior to the Concert, we have been asked to provide dinner for the seminarians. There are about 16 seminarians in the group 2 chaperones, and 3 drivers. Bishop Nil Lushchak, Auxiliary Bishop of Mukačevo, may accompany the seminarians. Dinner should begin at 6:00 PM with the concert following at 7:00 PM. The public will be invited to the Concert itself with dessert and coffee to follow after the Concert.

Thank You!: So many parishioners have helped in a host of ways in the process of packing, purging, and moving. Thank you for investing so much time and energy in a task which is primarily a personal favor for me rather than a parish project. Thank you for your ongoing and patient assistance with so tedious a task and thank you to those who helped in the major assault of packing and stacking yesterday. God bless you all!

Let us remember in prayer all those who are in some special need of God’s loving kindness and mercy at this time. Let us remember particularly the “Prayer Requests” of all who have asked for the prayerful support of our Parish Family in their special intentions.

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