Biuletyn / Bulletin – 12-ego kwietnia 2020 roku / April 12, 2020
Parafia p.w. Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny
ST. MARY’S POLISH PARISH
21 Wesley St., Sydney, NS, B1N 2M5
Tel.: (902) 564-4847
www.stmaryspolishparish.ca
Witamy wszystkich! Welcome to all!
St. Mary’s Polish Church is a heritage landmark designated by the Province of Nova Scotia
We are pleased to share our faith and rich traditions with the whole community.
Established in 1913. Church rebuilt in 2015-2016. Our second century of faith and service
PROBOSZCZ/PASTOR: Father Dennis Lamey 902-564-4222; sttheresasydney@gmail.com
MSZY/MASSES: PLEASE NOTE: OUR CHURCH BUILDING IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED. MASSES AND IN-PERSON GATHERINGS AND ACTIVITIES ARE SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. PLEASE PRAY FOR BETTER TIMES.
Please see bulletin for information about televised Masses and opportunities to gather for prayer by telephone or computer
SPOWIEDŹ: Godzina do uzgodnienia z księdzem.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Anytime upon request to the priest.
SAKRAMENT CHRZTU ŚWIĘTEGO: Prosimy o kontakt z księdzem conajmniej na 1 miesiąc przed planowaną datę.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Please contact the priest at least one month in advance.
SAKRAMENT MAŁZEŃSTWA: Zapowiedzi powinny być ogłoszone conajmniej na 6 miesięcy przed planowaną datę.
SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: Intentions must be announced at least six months in advance.
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Niedziela Wielkanocna / Easter Sunday
CZYTANIA / READINGS:
Pierwsze czytanie: Dz 10,34a.37-43
Psalm: Ps 118
Drugie czytanie: Kol 3, 1-4
Ewangelia: J 20,1-9
Reading 1, Acts 10, 34a.37-43
Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 118
Reading 2, Colossians 3: 1-4
Gospel (Passion): John 20: 1-9
TODAY’S RESPONSORIAL PSALM: W tym dniu wspaniałym wszyscy się weselmy. / This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad
May Easter joy be upon us all! Wesołych Świąt Wielkanocnych! Happy Easter!
Here is a link to a very beautiful rendition of the uplifting Easter hymn “Wstal Pan Chrystus” (The Lord Jesus is Risen) by Lil Wally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw4YRbdOvWY (or simply search “Lil Wally” “Wstal Pan Chrystus” on YouTube).______________________________________________________________________________
OGŁOSZENIA / ANNOUNCEMENTS
Let us continue to pray for everyone on the front lines of the struggle against COVID-19, for everyone who has died, for everyone who is ill, for people who have lost employment, or are feeling particularly isolated at this difficult time. And for all other intentions that we carry in our hearts.
EASTER SUNDAY MASS WITH FR. DENNIS ON LINE: Mass may be viewed by going to: http://www.sainttheresasydney.com/
We will sound the Easter chimes from our church steeple on Easter Sunday, in solidarity with churches locally and around the world!
SINCEREST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF KENNETH RATUSHNY: Kenny passed away recently after a long illness. Cheryl, Marianne, Michael, and the entire family are in our prayers. Wieczny odpoczynek racz Mu dać, Panie, a światłość wiekuista niechaj Mu świeci. Niech odpoczywa w pokoju. Amen.
PLEASE KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS: Kasia, the daughter of Joanna Pylat (Polish University Abroad), who has been visiting and working with our parish, including the recent pop-up museum. Kasia is a medical doctor in London. Unfortunately, she has contracted COVID-19, and has been feeling ill for the past week. Joanna’s father-in-law passed away last week in hospital in Poland following a long illness. Because of the quarantine his family could not be with him at the time of his passing
HELP WITH PICKING UP AND DELIVERING GROCERIES / PRESCRIPTIONS: Please call 902-563-1226. The St. Michael’s Polish Benefit Society is providing this assistance to the broader community.
EASTER SUNDAY -- OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THANKS / OFFER PRAYER INTENTIONS IN “REAL TIME” BY TELEPHONE OR COMPUTER: Alison Etter and Tom Urbaniak would like to invite you to Easter Sunday prayer / conversation by linking in by telephone or computer at any of the following times:
6:15 am -- 15-minute sunrise / Resurrection prayer
10:00 am – for 30 minutes followed by virtual tea time
11:00 am - children's activities
11:30 am – for 30 minutes followed by virtual tea time
By phone at 1 647 374 4685. Enter the meeting ID: 941 052 1825
Or by computer by going to this link: https://zoom.us/j/9410521825
ECUMENICAL SERVICES ON FACEBOOK AND RADIO: Alison is also working with a Roman Catholic colleague (Fr. Duaine Devereaux), an Anglican colleague (Rev. Dorothy Miller), and Pastor Dave Sawlor of Lighthouse Church to do ecumenical Lent and Easter services every week for Facebook and radio.
Facebook is 12 noon every Wednesday: https://www.facebook.com/GlaceBayChurches The recording then stays on-line.
And Sundays at 12 noon on The Coast Radio (89.7 FM) This includes Easter Sunday, where Alison will be giving a homily
NEW WEEKLY RADIO SPOT ON POLISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE: The St. Michael’s Polish Benefit Society has partnered with The Coast Radio to do a one-minute spot every week (to be broadcast a couple of times a day) with Polish “words of the week.” More information on this will be sent to everyone on our email list this coming week. (If you are not on our email list, but would like to be, please send an email to tom_urbaniak@cbu.ca) In the coming weeks and months, we would like to involve as many people as possible from our community to record these “spots.” This is a great way to promote Polish language and culture to a broader public
“PEOPLE’S SCHOOL” ON CBC RADIO ONE: Theme – Community Resilience and Leadership: the COVID-19 edition. Every Tuesday and Friday at 4:35pm. This is a collaboration of CBC Radio and CBU Tompkins Institute. This past week, we looked at how organizations, including churches, are staying together using modern technology: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-36-mainstreet-cape-breton . Or go to the Facebook page of CBC Cape Breton. Look for links that say “People’s School".
THANK YOU VERY KINDLY FOR YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HELP COVER ONGOING PARISH BILLS AT THIS TIME. It is possible to make a secure on-line donation to our parish (and receive an instant charitable tax receipt) by going to Canada Helps. Their site address to contribute is: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/st-marys-polish-parish/. (link to this site is provided on our parish website homepage). The parish’s mailing address is St. Mary’s Polish Parish, 21 Wesley St., Sydney, N.S. B1N 2M5. Thank you. God bless. Bog zaplac!
DAILY MASS IN POLISH: Every day at 9:00am our time, you can watch Mass in Polish at www.kolbe.ca. This is from St. Maximilian Kolbe Polish Parish in Mississauga (which is also closed to the public at this time, but where the priests are broadcasting Mass on line).
THANK YOU TO LARRY GNIEWEK: Larry recently replaced his television, but the previous, large-screen television was in great condition and he kindly donated it to the Polish Village Hall in memory of his mom, Mary Gniewek. Thanks so much, Larry! Bóg zapłać! The hall is of course closed during the pandemic, but the new TV will be very useful when the hall re-opens!
PLEASE CHECK OUT THE PARISH FACEBOOK VIDEO: Making a Polish Easter basket and blessing it at home.
Facebook page of:
St. Mary’s Polish Parish: https://www.facebook.com/stmaryspolishchurch/
Polish Village Hall: https://www.facebook.com/polishvillagehall/
THANK YOU TO FATHER RICH PHILIPOSKI for sending an Easter blessing prayer (a script for a family service) in Polish and to BASIA FILIPOWSKI (a friend of our community from Edmonton) for sending a similar document in English. If you would like to receive either of these, please call or e-mail (902-563-1226; tom_urbaniak@cbu.ca). Adapted versions of these were used in our video, mentioned above
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BLESSING OF EASTER FOODS AT HOME -- Shared by Fr. Rich Philiposki (An English version follows):
BLOGOSŁAWIEŃSTWO POKARMÓW PRZED WIELKANOCNYM POSIŁKEM W DOMU ( bez księdza lub diakona)
Po zgromadzeniu się przed uroczystym posiłkiem w Niedzielę Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego, ojciec rodziny lub przewodniczący mowi. W IMIĘ OJCA I SYNA I DUCHA SWIĘTEGO Wszyscy zegnaja sie i odpowiadają: AMEN.
Glowa rodziny świece zapala umieszczoną na stole i mowi: CHRYSTUS ZMARTWYCHWSTAŁ ALLELUJA ! Wszyscy: PRAWDZIWIE ZMARTWYCHWSTAŁ ALLELUJA!
Potem wszyscy spiewają piesn wielkanocnych (np. WESOŁY NAM DZIEN DZIS NASTAŁ, OTRZYJCIE JUŻ ŁZY PLACZĄCY lub ZWYCIEZCA SMIERCI. ( teksty na drugiej stronie)
Ojciec lub Matka może skireować do zgromadzonych słowa przygotowujące do blogoslawienstwa: Przezywając radosny czas zmartwychwstania naszego Zbawiciela, gromadzimy się przy swiątecznym stole. W tym szczesgólnym czasie , kiedy nie mamy pelnej mozliwosci wyrazania naszej radosci publicznie w swiątyniach gromadzimy się w kościele domowym. Prosmy Chrystusa aby obdarzyl nasze serca wzajemna zyczliwoscią
W czasie kiedy jest nam dane gromadzić się na wspólny posilek wielu naszych bliznich tu w Ameryce i w polsce przezywa cierpenia zwiazane z pandemią , jaka nas dotyka. Nie kazdy może zasiąść z bliskimi do stołu, tak jak my- bo pozostają na sluzbie dla innych. Ich wszystkich polećmy Bogu we wspólnej modlitwe: Ojcze nasz .......
Przewodniczający wypowiada słowa modlitwy blogosławieństwa: PANIE JEZU, TY W DZIEN PRZED MEKĄ I SMIERCIA POLECILES APSOTOLOM PRZYGOTOWAC WIECZERZE, W DNIU ZMARTWYCHWSTANIA ZASIADLES DO STOLU Z SWOIMI UCZNIAMI. PROSIMY CIE POZWOL NAM Z WIARA PRZEZYWAC TWOJA OBECNOSC PODCZAS WIELKANOCNEGO POSIłKI. CHELBIE ZYWY, KTORY ZSTĄPILES Z NIEBA I DAJESZ ZYCIE SWIATU, POBLOGOSLAW +TEN CHLEB I WSZELKIE SWIATECZNE PIECZYWO . BARANKU BOZY , TY OBMYLES SWIAT Z GRZECHU, POBLOGOSLAW+TO MIESO, WEDLINY IW SZELKIE POKARMY, KTORE BEDZIEMY JEDLI NA PAMIATKE BARANKA PASCHALNEGO I SWIATECZNYCG POTRAW JAKIE SPOZYLES Z APOSTOLAMI W PODCZAS OSATNIEJ WIECZERZY.
CHRYSTE, NASZE ZYCIE I ZMARTWYCHWSTANIA , POBŁOGOSLAW+TE JAJKA, ZNAK NOWEGO ZYCIA, ABYSMY DZIELAC SIE NIMI, MOGLI SIE TAKZE DZIELIĆ WZAJEMNĄ RADOSCIᾼ Z TEGO, ZE JESTEŚ Z NAMI. OTWÓRZ NASZE OCZY I SERCA NA POTZREBUJĄCYM, WALCZA O ZDROWIE I ŻYCIE INNYCH. POZWÓL NAM WSZYSTKIM DOJŚC DO WIECZNEJ UCZTY W DOMU OJCA, GDZIE ŻYJESZ I KROLUJESZ NA WIEKI WIEKÓW AMEN, Jezeli jest woda swiecona w domu teraz nastąpi pokropienie jedzenie na stolu.
POLSKIE PIESNI WIELKANOCNE
Zwycięzca śmierci, piekła i szatana
wychodzi z grobu dnia trzeciego z rana.
Naród niewierny trwoży się, przestrasza
na cud Jo-na-a-sza. A-al-le-lu-ja!
Ziemia się trzęsie, straż się grobu miesza,
anioł zstępuje, niewiasty pociesza:
"Patrzcie, tak mówi, grób ten próżny został,
Pan zmartwychpowstał." Alleluja!
Otrzyjcie już łzy płaczący,
żale z serca wyzujcie
Wszyscy w Chrystusa wierzący,
weselcie się, radujcie.
Bo zmartwychwstał samowładnie,
jak przepowiedział dokładnie.
Alleluja, alleluja,
Niechaj zabrzmi –alleluja!
Wesoły nam dzień dziś nastał,
Którego z nas każdy żądał:
Tego dnia Chrystus zmartwychwstał,
Alleluja, Alleluja!
Jako śliczny kwiat. zakwitał:
Po śmierci się nam pokazał.
Alleluja, Alleluja
This English-language version was shared by Basia Filipowska, a friend of our parish in Edmonton:
Let us pray, that Christ the Lord, ever present among those who love Him, may bless this food for the Easter table.
A moment of silence
Christ, The Living Bread,
you came down from heaven and
gave the gift of the Eucharist to the world.
Bless our bread + that recalls both the manna
with which the Father fed the Israelites
as they wandered in the desert,
and the bread with which you miraculously fed
those who followed you in the wilderness.
Lamb of God,
you who conquered death
and redeemed us from our sins,
bless + the meats, sausages, and all the foods
that we eat in memory of the Paschal Lamb,
who shared the Passover meal
with His Apostles at the last Supper.
Bless the salt + and,
as salt keeps food from spoiling,
protect us from the corruption of sin.
Christ, our life and our hope,
bless + the eggs,
a symbol of new life,
that we will share with
family, friends and guests
and thus, share with them
the joy of your presence among us.
Invite us to your eternal feast,
the heavenly banquet,
where You live and reign forever and ever.