5. VELIKONOČNA - NEDELJA 5TH SUNDAY OF EASTER SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH 17/52 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 24. 4. 2016 Fr. Drago Gačnik, SDB ŽUPNIK - PASTOR NASLOV - ADDRESS 125 Centennial Pkwy N Hamilton, ON L8E 1H8 TEL.: 905-561-5971 FAX: 905-561-5109 E-MAIL Gregory_sdb@ stgregoryhamilton.ca WEB PAGE www.carantha.com HALL RENTALS CELL: 905-518-6159 E-MAIL Hallrental@ stgregoryhamilton.ca VESTNIK NOVA ZAPOVED LJUBEZNI Učenik ni izrekel nobene besede pritožbe, ko so se zaprla vrata za Judom, ki je odhitel v noč, da bi Jezusa izdal. Zmolil je le zahvalo Bogu, ki ga bo kmalu v polnosti povelličal. Ob Jezusu izgleda naše stokanje in tarnanje zaradi težav tako malenkostno, otročje in nespametno. Že apostol Pavel je zapisal, »da njim, ki ljubijo Boga, vse pripomore k dobremu, namreč njim, ki šo bili poklicani po njegovem načrtu« (Rim 8,28). Kadarkoli se zgodi kaj nepričakovanega ali ko nas neka stvar rani, se moramo vprašati: »Kaj dobrega mi lahko to prinese?« Mogoče je prinašalec kruta, nevzgojena oseba, toda tudi njega Bog ljubi in lahko uporabi kot svoje orodje. Če hočemo razumeti stvari, ki jih Bog dopušča ali načrt, ki ga uresničuje z našo pomočjo, potem moramo biti odprti in z ljubeznijo sprejemati, kar nam nalaga na ramena. Ne smemo mu postavljati ovir ali delati izjeme. Ko je Jezus učence opozoril, da bo zapustil svet, jim je tudi razločil, kaj pričakuje od njih. Potrebuje našo nesebičnost, darovanje soljudem; da so drugi pred našimi željami. Kdor tako dela, umira sebi in iz dneva v dan ob sprejemanju Kristusove pomoči, v soglasju z njegovo postavo odkriva in izpričuje duha nebeškega kraljestva. Če tega ne dosežemo, smo zgrešili jedro Jezusovega učenja, ki je v izpolnjevanju zapovedi ljubezni. Po zapovedi ljubezni nas bo tudi sodil. In križ je merilo, ki se mu moramo čim bolj približati. V njem se uresničuje ljubezen, kot jo je določil Kristus. Krščanstvo je nekaj posebnega. Oblikujemo ga vsi kristjani. Če smo mlačni, nas bo Kristus izpljunil! Ne daje nam le novo usmeritev v življenju; ne želi, da to le razglašamo ampak, da živimo. Kristusova zapoved ljubezni človeka sili, da nanjo odgovori z vsem svojim življenjem; da jo privzame in jo udejanji po svojih močeh. Ko ljubimo, presegamo sebičnost in pomagamo drugim, tako kot Bog nam. Zamerljivega in sebičnega kristjana bodo zavrnili tudi neverujoči. Kristus nas opozarja, da bo vse ljudi presodil ob odločilnem vprašanju: ali si se res trudil z vsemi svojimi močmi in talenti, da bi uresničil krščanski poklic? Vse ostalo je ob tem manj pomembno. 150 | VESTNIK 2016 152 | VESTNIK 2016 154 | VESTNIK 2016 156 | VESTNIK 2016 KITCHEN SECRETS COOKING SESSION AT ST. GREGORY THE GREAT - HAMILTON Last Saturday, april 16th 2016, was another great day in the Kitchen. With 14 ladies eager to learn, the creations we made in the kitchen were delicious. Every single "Potica" turned out beautifully - they were beautiful to look at, fluffy and most importantly TASTY! We were all ex-cited to bring our potica home to share with our families, although not eating it on the spot was a challenge in itself. While we waited for the rising and baking of our potica, we also made a delicious hearty barley stew. These two recipes are certainly must haves in our recipe box. I would like to thank my mom, Joža Sušteršič who at 91 came out and shared her baking and cooking secrets and tips for these two delicious recipes. Because this was such a popular session, we added a second date to learn how to make Potica and stew. Because of space, we have to cap participation, however, there are a couple spots still open; so if you are interested in participating, please contact me at novakh@sympatico.ca This second session is being held on May 28th in the lower hall kitchen at 8:00 a.m.! VESTNIK 2016 | 151 VESTNIK 2016 | 153 VESTNIK 2016 | 155 5TH SUNDAY OF EASTER Response: I will bless your name for ever, my King and my God. First Reading - Acts 14:21-27 Paul and Barnabas complete their mission-ary journey and put fresh heart into the followers of the Lord. Second Reading - Apocalypse 21:1-5 In faith we see the God who wipes all tears away. Gospel - John 13:31-35 We are to love as Christ loves us. “Everyone will know that you are my disci-ples.” Illustration Karol Wojtyla, the man who would become St John Paul II, had to experience many hardships be-fore he entered the kingdom of God. He lost his mother when he was nine years old. His elder broth-er died when Karol was just thirteen, and before the age of twenty he had lost his father, too. While this series of sorrows was entering his life, his native land was also convulsed by tragedy, being invaded from west and east by Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia, who sought to wipe Poland from the map. Wojtyla’s life, as a student and then as a priest, was lived under a regime of oppression. Life under communism was anything but free. When Wojtyla was elected Pope in 1978, he had spent a lifetime living under an alien and oppressive government. This experience had clearly toughened him, for un-der that smiling exterior and that easy way with people was a strong-minded person who stood very firmly for values he had seen so easily dismissed by ungodly people. People in the West hailed this man from a far country with delight, and then began to be troubled by him. After all, he came to preach the Gospel and not to curry favour with people. He had the knack of disturbing people’s consciences. He was, like St Paul before him, constantly on the move, from the days of his strength even into the years of his frailty, wanting to spend himself for Christ and to put fresh heart into people. Gospel Teaching Today we hear about the great missionary journey of the disciples Paul and Barnabas through Asia Minor. A great message that they gave to peo-ple, on their travels, was to give them encourage-ment in the midst of their trials and hardships. “We all have to experience many hardships before we enter the kingdom of God,” they told their listeners. This is a most consoling thing to hear. In our lives, when hardship strikes us, we can feel very much alone in our sorrow. Our troubles are isolating experiences. If we lose someone in death, if a precious relationship breaks down, we feel terribly alone, and the lives of other people seem so much more peaceable than our own. But as our sorrows ease, we begin to see again that other people suffer the very same things as we do. This recognition brings us back once more into the mainstream of life, and we can find consolation in the truth of our common story and shared experience. The Lord himself, when about to enter the most painful experience of his life, leaves with his disciples his most precious gift, the instruction to love one another as he loves us. There is no sorrow greater than the sorrow that came to the Lord, and out of that dark place the Father restored him to life. For it is the nature of God to wipe away all tears from our eyes. Application In our own lives, perhaps the best way in which we love one another is precisely by giving one an-other encouragement, putting heart into one anoth-er. A mother and a father will do this for their chil-dren who are setting out into the world, coaxing them and supporting them and believing in them. Friends will do this for one another, not allowing jealousy to enter their souls, but urging one another on to greater things. People of faith can see a new heaven and a new earth, and they help to inspire the lives of oth-ers by what they can see. On the night before he died, Jesus talked to his disciples about his glory, about how his faithfulness to God would bring him to glory. It did not look like that the next day, and yet when the Lord was lifted up on the cross that moment of agony was to become a true exaltation. The hardship of the cross led to the brightness of the resurrection. The death and resurrection of the Lord is the new heart that gives life to our lives. And there is nothing greater in life than to put new heart into people, to encourage them to that daily faith-fulness of following the Lord. Karol Wojtyla, St John Paul II, through all the hardships of his life held be-fore his eyes the dignity of every human person, and preached it to the very end of his days. MATERINSKI DAN - MOTHER'S DAY Slovenska Šola pri sv. Gregoriju Velikem vabi na kosilo in program za Materinski dan, ki bo v nedeljo 8. maja. Sv. maša je samo ob 10:00h dopoldne, kosilo ob 12:00h. Po kosilu sledi kratek kulturni program. Že sedaj Vas prosimo, da si to nedeljo rezervirate za nas. Istočasno vas prosimo tudi, da si čimprej rezervirate vstopnice pri Sandy Ferletič (905-977-8464) ali sferletic@gmail.com. The Slovenian School at St. Gregory The Great cordially invites everyone to celebrate its annual Mother's Day with them on Sunday, May 8th. Mass will be only at 10:00 a.m. followed by excellent lunch served at 12:00 noon. After lunch the Slovenian School will put on a short cultural program as well as a display of their project »How My Family Came to Canda« done jointly with the Canadian-Slovenian Historical Society. Please plan to spend part of this day with us. For reservations, please contact Sandy Ferletič by phone at 905-977-8464 or by email at sferletic@gmail.com as soon as possible. Tables are reserved on a first-come, first-serve basis. OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS PEVSKE VAJE Mešani pevski zbor bo imel pevsko vajo v četrtek po večerni maši. DOGODKI V BLIŽNJI PRIHODNOSTI . 24. april-Sunday: Lipa park - Mother's Day Luncheon . 30. april-Saturday: Slovenski park - Spring Banquet . 1. maj-Sunday: Bled - Mother's Day Banquet . 7. maj-Saturday: Sava-Breslau - Mother's Day Banquet - Presentation of the new book . 8. maj-Sunday: Triglav-London - Mother's day . 8. maj-Sunday: Slovenska šola at St. Gregory the Great - Mother's Day - Mass at 10:00 a.m. . 21. maj-Sunday: Slovenski park maša ob 1:00 p.m. . 28. maj-Saturday: Lipa park - Scholarship annual golf tournament . 29. maj-Sunday: St. Gregory the Great - First Communion & Confirmation: mass 10:00 a.m. PRINAŠANJE DAROV: GIFT BEARERS . 24. april, 9:30 a.m.: Vera Gonza in Terezija Pučko. CWL - KŽZ: MASS ON APRIL 27TH Our patroness, Our Lady Of Good Counsel Mass will be held on Wednesday April 27th at 7:00 p.m.. CWL and parish members are invited to attend this lovely mass. We will initiate and welcome new members as well as give out ser-vice award pins to 10 and 25 year members. Following mass we invite those in attend-ance to share in a little light refreshment. THE NEXT PILGRIMAGE SUNDAY AT THE CATHEDRAL The next Pilgrimage Sunday at the Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King will take place on Sunday, May 15th. The Cathedral will open to pilgrims at 2:00 p.m. The Door of Mercy can be accessed through the doors adjacent to the Cathedral Rectory. At 2:30 p.m. prayer in the style of Taize – Scripture and medi-tative chants will be offered. You are welcome to join us for the 4:00 p.m. Mass – Monsignor Earl Talbot will preside and preach. A plenary indulgence may be gained by the faithful who enter through the Door of Mercy. In order to gain the indulgence pil-grims enter the door, make a profession of faith and pray for the intentions of the Holy Father. They should also receive Holy Com-munion and celebrate the Sacrament of Rec-onciliation within 20 days of the pilgrimage. ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT The Slovenian Canadian Scholarship Foundation Annual Charity Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, May 28th, 2016 followed with dinner at Bled Hall. Cost per person: $135. in-cludes golf cart, golf balls, coffee & donuts, hot dog/hamburger, beverage and dinner & door prizes. All funds raised go towards the support of our Slovenian youth bursary and scholar-ship awards program. Dinner only is $25. For information contact: Karl Ferko 905-578-5890 or Andy Habjan 905-899-3876 PRVO OBHAJILO / FIRST COOMUNION IN BIRMA / CONFIRMATION Letos imamo v naši župniji prvo obhajilo in birmo. Kot je e nekaj let v navadi bo to zadnjo nedeljo v mesecu maju in sicer 29. maja ob 10:00 dopoldne. Za to priložnost bo med nami naš hamiltonski škof Douglas Crosby. Če še niste izpolnili prijavnice, prosim, da to storite čimprej, da bomo imeli točno število. Neposredne priprave bodo ob sobotah, 14., 21. in 28. maja. Točne ure se bomo še dogovorili s starši. "GRIEF RELIEF" Has someone you cared about died? Are you grieving the loss of the person’s pres-ence in your life? Are you wondering if these feelings are normal? You are not alone! "Grief Relief" - a six week educational and support series dealing with grief. When: Wednesdays, from May 4th to June 8th Time: 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Where: Diocese of Hamilton Chancery Of-fice – 700 King St. West, Hamilton (next to the Cathedral Basilica) There is no cost to participate. You are free to attend all sessions, or any one or more you can. To register call the Family Ministry Office: 905-528-7988 ext. 2249, or e-mail: fami-lyministry@hamiltondiocese.com. 25. LET VOKALNE SKUPINE PLAMEN VOKALNA SKUPINA PLAMEN bo praznovala 25. obletnico, v soboto, 30. aprila ob 7:00h zvečer, s koncertom in po-gostitvijo, v cerkveni dvorani na Browns Line. Kot gost bo nastopil moški zbor Špendov iz Čikaga, ZDA. Vstopnice po $20 za odrasle in $10 za študente, dobite pri članicah zbora Plamen, v Krekovi banki in pred koncertom. POKOJNI V Sloveniji v Logatcu je 17. aprila 2016 umrl Franc Mihelčič, brat našega farana Lojzeta Mihelčiča. Bil je v 55. letu starosti. Pogreb pokojnega bo v nedeljo, 24. aprila v Logatcu. Za pokojnega Franca bomo v ponedeljek zvečer ob sedmih v naši cerkvi darovali sveto mašo. Iskreno sožalje Lojzetu in vsej družini, pokojnemu Francu pa večni mir in pokoj. ŠMARNICE - MESEC MAJ V nedeljo je že prvi šmarnični dan. Pri mašah bomo brali »šmarnično branje«, kot je to v naši slovenski navadi. Prebirali bomo iz knjige: »Šmarnice s sv. Leopoldom« za leto 2016. Šmarnice so ponatis šmarnic iz leta 1976, ko je bil Leopold Manić razglašen za blaženega. Izdal jih je Kapucinski samostan Škofja Loka. Papež Frančišek je Leopolda Mandića, skupaj s patrom Pijem, izbral za zavetnika svetega leta. SVETE MAŠE - MASS TIMES: Ponedeljek/Monday – Petek/Friday: 7:00 P.M. Sobota/Saturday: 8:00 A.M. – slovenska / in Slovenian 5:30 P.M. – slovenska / in Slovenian - Nedelja/Sunday: 9:30 A.M. – slovenska / in Slovenian - 11:00 A.M. – angleška / in English KRSTI / BAPTISMS: Po dogovoru, prijava 1 mesec prej. - For an app’t, call one month before. POROKE / MARRIAGE: Prijava eno leto prej. / For an app’t, call one year before the wedding date. SPOVED / CONFESSIONS: Vsak prvi petek ob 6:00 P.M. / First Friday of the month 6-7:00 P.M. (or by appointment) BOLNIKI - Sporočite, če je kdo bolan ali v bolnišnici, da ga obiščemo. You are welcome to call for a personal conversation (person counselling) with your priest – please call during business hours for an appointment. Tel: 905-561-5971. DON BOSCO 5. VELIKONOČNA NEDELJA 24. APRIL † †† Za žive in rajne župljane Bronco Balažic Peter in Steve Mihalič 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. Terezija Zadravec Mary Mihalič PONEDELJEK - MONDAY 25. APRIL Marko, evangelist † † †† † Dušan Ramuš Vida Prah Pokojni iz druž. Kisner in Sagadin Franc Mihelčič 7:00 P.M. Sestra Sonja Manja Erzetič Julija Sagadin z družino Brat Lojze Mihelčič z družino TOREK - TUESDAY 26. APRIL Marija Mati dobrega sveta V dober namen Za zdravje 8:00 A.M. Jožica Novak Nevenka Gačnik SREDA - WEDNESDAY 27. APRIL Hozana, devica † †† †† Marija Marič Mihaela in Megan Za zdravje Pokojni farani V čast Mariji Materi dobrega sveta 7:00 P.M. Družina Mes Družina Mes N.N. Družina Malevič CWL - KŽZ ČETRTEK - THURSDAY 28. APRIL Ludvik Montfortski, duh † †† †† Marija Grebenc Francka in Frank Kranjc Pokojni iz družine Kološa Za zdravje 7:00 P.M. Lojze in Peter Grebenc Pavel in Jožica Novak Majda Salajko A.T. PETEK - FRIDAY 29. APRIL Katarina Sienska, dev. †† † †† † Maksimilian in Max, obl. Georg Madronič Štefan in Ema Temlin Štefan Gonza 7:00 P.M. Julija Sagadin z družino Manja Erzetič Sestra Marija in Karel Volf Marija in Karel Volf SOBOTA SATURDAY 30. APRIL Jožef Cottolengo, ust. † † † † †† Pavel Richard Novak Alojz Mes Alojz Mes Janez Košir, obl. Pokojni iz družine Babič 8:00 A.M. 5:30 P.M. Alojz in Agata Sarjaš Hči Amalija Štadler z druž. Sin Kolman Mes z družino Tomaž in Alenka Košir Monika Gašpar z družino 6. VELIKONOČNA NEDELJA 1. MAJ Jožef delavec †† †† Za žive in rajne župljane Štefan in Marija Franc Marica Ipavec in Alojz 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. Toni in Marija Franc Marija in Ivan Ipavec SVETE MAŠE - MASSES Od 24. 4. 2016 Do 1. 5. 2016