Fr. Jason Charron, Pastor

Fr. Ivan Smereka

Fr. Deacon Myron Spak

Confessions

3:00 to 3:45 on Saturday

or by appointment

Divine Liturgy

Saturday 4:00 p.m. (Eng.)

8:30 a.m. (Ukr.) and 11:00 a.m. (Eng.)

Diocese of St. Josaphat

stjosaphateparchy.com

730 Washington Avenue + Carnegie + PA + 15106

Rectory:

412-279-4652

Office Hours:

M-W-F 9:00 a.m

to 12:00 p.m.

Fax:

412-279-5109

Pyrohy:

412-276-9897

E-mail:

holytrinitycarnegie

@gmail.com

Website:

www.htucc.com

Facebook:

@HolyTrinityUkrainian

CatholicChurch

Instagram:

@holytrinitycarnegie

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Pyrohy

making 8am

2

Archery

Contest

at Trinity

Acres

11:30-2:30

3 21st Sunday

After

Pentecost

Set your

clocks back 1

hr.

4 ESL

9am-12pm

5 Music class 3-9pm

Men’s Bible

study - 7:30pm

Rectory

basement

DL at 12pm

6 Women’s

Bible study

8pm Ketcham

House

7 Pyrohy making

8am

8 St. Michael

Feast Pyrohy

making 8am

9

10 22nd Sunday

After

Pentecost

11 ESL

9am-12pm

12 St. Josaphat

Music class 3-9pm

Men’s Bible

study - 7:30pm

Rectory

basement

DL 12pm

13 14 Pyrohy making

8am

St.Philip’s

Fast Begins

Moleben at

7pm

15 Pyrohy

making 8am

16 Nite at the

races

5:30 pm

Debutante ball

5 pm

17 23rd Sunday

After

Pentecost

18 ESL

9am-12pm

19

Music class 3-9pm

DL 12pm Emmanuel

Moleben

at 7pm

20 Vespers for

Entrance of

Theotokos 7pm

followed by Women’s Bible

study in the

church hall

21 Entrance of

the Theotokos

Divine Liturgy

10 am

Pyrohy making

8am

22 Pyrohy

making 8am

23

DRC

meeting

2pm

24 24th Sunday

After

Pentecost

25 Liturgy at

9:15am

ESL

9am-12pm

26

DL 12pm Emmanuel

Moleben

at 7pm

27 28 Thanksgiving

LITURGY

10am

29

30 ST.

ANDREW

November 2019

November 17, 2019 – From the Desk of the Pastor…

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

Dear Friends,

One time a man was making fun of women who go to confession so often: “For every

man going to confession, you’ll find thirty women.” Back came the retort from the

woman in the crowd: “And that’s why you’ll find thirty men in jail for every

woman!”

During the 4th century a world-famous scholar, but a great sinner, envisioned a good

way to assess value and put the soul in its proper perspective. He asked himself this

question: “If all these fellows have been able to do it, why can’t you, a scholar, do

likewise?” This sentence made a saint of the great scholar who changed his way of

life. His name was Augustine. A young and rich noble in the 12th century thought

about the same thing. “If so many have been able to do it, why can’t I?” He was

Bernard of Clairveaux. In the 16th century an aggressive soldier was wounded and

while recuperating read many saints’ biographies. “If they could do it, couldn’t I?”

His name was Ignatius, the founder of the Jesuits.

And now, in the year 2019, who among us will continue this tradition? Will you

become the saint God desires you to become? The answer is in how you live today.

Sincerely in Christ,

Jason (priest and sinner)

PS: Divine Liturgy each Tuesday at 12 pm. There will be a short sermon on Church

Fathers each Tuesday. This week: St. Gregory Nazianzen

Sunday Gospel Reading

Євангеліє святого Луки 13:10-17

10 І навчав Він в одній з синагог у суботу.11 І ось там була одна жінка, що

вісімнадцять років мала духа немочі, і була скорчена, і не могла ніяк

випростатись.12 А Ісус, як побачив її, то покликав до Себе. І сказав їй: Жінко,

звільнена ти від недуги своєї.13 І Він руки на неї поклав, і вона зараз

випросталась, і стала славити Бога!14 Озвався ж старший синагоги, обурений, що

Ісус уздоровив у суботу, і сказав до народу: Є шість день, коли працювати

належить, приходьте тоді та вздоровлюйтеся, а не дня суботнього.15 А Господь

відповів і промовив до нього: Лицеміре, хіба ж не відв'язує кожен із вас у суботу

свого вола чи осла від ясел, і не веде напоїти?16 Чи ж цю дочку Авраамову, яку

сатана був зв'язав вісімнадцять ось років, не належить звільнити її суботнього

дня від цих пут?17 А як Він говорив це, засоромилися всі Його супротивники. І

тішився ввесь народ всіма славними вчинками, які Він чинив!

Sunday Gospel According to St. Luke 13:10-17

10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 11 And there was a

woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; she was bent over and

could not fully straighten herself. 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her and said to

her, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.” 13 And he laid his hands upon her,

and immediately she was made straight, and she praised God. 14 But the ruler of the

synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, said to the people,

“There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be healed,

and not on the sabbath day.” 15 Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does

not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead it away

to water it? 16 And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound

for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?” 17 As he said this, all

his adversaries were put to shame; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things

that were done by him.

Events at Holy Trinity ☛Congratulations to Bishop John Bura on his retirement! Many blessed years to you,

Vladyko!

☛As you noticed, we started once again to sing in church “O come ,

o come Emmanuel”. It means that St.Philip’s Fast (Advent) started.

Throughout Advent, there will be Emmanuel Moleben at 7pm every

Tuesday. As such, Confessions will start by 6:30 pm before the

Moleben service.

☛Christmas Angel project is giving you an opportunity to

help people right here in our Carnegie community during this

Advent season. You will see a small Christmas tree at the

entrance of our church that is covered with “angel cards” of

items requested by those in need here in Carnegie. Please buy

a gift, wrap it, attach your “angel card” to the wrapped gift

and place it under the tree by Friday December 13th. If you

have any questions, call Mary Ann Davis 412-708-8003.

☛ Would you be interested in giving your child free voice lessons with a

professional here at HTUCC? E-mail Fr. Jason for more information:

holytrinitycarnegie@gmail.com

St. Nicholas celebration here at Holy

Trinity auditorium will be on Sunday,

December 8th after 11 a.m. Liturgy. A

visit from St. Nicholas and lunch will

be served. All are welcome!

☛On Sunday December 15th at 2 pm our parish will host Ukrainian female vocal

ensemble “Zorya” from Parma, OH with their Christmas concert series. More

information to follow.

Reminders & Notes

☛A big welcome to Joann Thomas! She will start helping Fr. Jason in the parish

office Monday, Dec. 2nd. She will be here Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, from 9am-

12am. God bless you, Joann!

☛HTUCC Homemade Bread for Thanksgiving – Orders must

have been placed by November 15th. Plain loaf: $8.00, Raisin loaf: $9

PICK UP Tusday, Nov. 26th (2pm-6pm).

Homemade Nut Rolls

Our HTUCC Ladies will be baking Nut Rolls for Christmas. All

orders must have been placed by November 18th, the price is $15

a roll. Pick up date is December 5th & 6th.

Christmas Poinsettias for the church

We are ordering 8 (10in) at $25 and 36 (8in) at $16 each.

There are offering envelopes in the church vestibule to list your

memorial names and make your donation. The list will be published

in our Christmas bulletin. Deadline to submit your names is

Friday, December 20th.

☛On Sunday, January 19th, between the two liturgies, our parish will hold a

General Meeting. This is an opportunity to share your ideas about our parish’s future,

what is in need of improvement, what is coming along well, what is uncertain, what

needs to change, what needs to stay the same. Concerns, ideas, questions, complaints

are all welcome. They can be submitted anonymously by being placed in a blank

envelope in the collection basket when it comes around during Liturgy. Or, they can be

shared at the meeting itself. Further ideas? E-mail holytrinitycarnegie@gmail.com

☛ Your parish provided a foundation to you in life, providing for your spiritual

and moral growth. Please remember our parish in your Last Will & Testament. The

wording to do this is as follows: “I give and bequeath to the Holy Trinity Ukrainian

Catholic Church, Carnegie, __% of the residue of my estate [or: the sum of $____].”

You can direct your bequest in any way you wish: it can go towards iconography in

the church interior, a chandelier for our church, toward missionary activity so that we

spread the faith, toward a Catholic educational fund for young women or young men

in the parish, toward church gardening expenses, toward the upkeep of our beautiful

cemetery, your funds can be designated in any way you wish.

Save the Dates for Ministering in Ukraine

Come and serve with the Sisters of St. Basil in their ministry to Ukraine's poor and

needy. This coming year’s Basilian Volunteer Program will take place from May 24 to

June 14, 2020. These visits to orphanages and psychiatric institutions will include two

separate groups to two different regions, one group will travel to eastern Ukraine

(Poltava) and one to western Ukraine (Ivano-Frankivsk, Mukachevo and Drohobych).

Sr. Ann will be shepherding the Poltava contingent from May 22 to June 7, 2020 and

Sr. Monica will be leading the contingent to Ivano-Frankivsk the week of May 27 to

May 31, 2020, in Mukachevo from June 2 to 7, 2020 and in Drohobych June 10 to June

14, 2020. Volunteers provide their own airfare to Lviv or Kyiv and the Sisters provide

room and board within Ukraine. For an application and additional information for the

Basilian Volunteer Program with the Sisters in Ukraine contact Sr. Ann Laszok, OSBM

at srannl@aol.com or 412-260-1607.

Numbers are limited to 8 in each region so please apply early. Anyone wishing to help

the Sisters financially can donate by sending a check to: Sr. Dorothy Ann Busowski,

OSBM at 710 Fox Chase Rd. Jenkintown, PA, 19046

☛ Abby Johnson - Tickets Selling Fast! On December 5 at 7:00 PM Saints John &

Paul welcomes Abby Johnson as part of our Boldly Catholic Speaker Series. Abby

Johnson is the author of the nationally best-selling book, Unplanned, which

chronicles both her experiences within Planned Parenthood and her dramatic

exit. Tickets are $20 and available at greatgrouping.org/johnson

In order to keep our cemetery

beautiful, we will need to make a few

rate adjustments. Effective Jan. 1st, as per our recent PAC meeting, price increases are

as follows: Parishioner rate will increase from $500 to $1,000. Non-parishioner rate

will increase from $800 to $1,500. This is still below the rate of almost every area

cemetery. Grave opening/closing rates will increase from $1,350 to $1,500. Also, at

the time of opening/closing, there will be an option to contribute 10% of the opening

cost toward a perpetual care fund. As a church operated cemetery, we are not legally

bound to have a “Perpetual Care Fund” for our cemetery but starting such a fund will

only help us in covering our expenses. Between now and Dec. 31st cemetery plots are

still available at the current rate. Concerns? Call Fr. Jason at office.

“WE KNEW NOT WHETHER WE WERE IN

HEAVEN OR ON EARTH” …Continued from last week

What is it that we ought to see when we walk into a Byzantine church? The chief

function of iconography is to instruct and elevate. The selection of icons depicting

events of salvation history is intended to instruct us in those truths of faith that are most

important. These icons should reflect the cosmic order, with the floor level

representing the earthly, and the ceiling representing the heavenly. From this

perspective, we the faithful are at the same time in heaven and on earth, and

iconography—where the temporal and the eternal intersect—can help us know this.

In the central dome of the nave we see Christ Pantocrator, master of the visible and

invisible universe: the Almighty looking down upon His world. The Pantocrator icon

constitutes the summit within the hierarchy of the cosmic imagery.

In the apse (the semi-circular wall in the sanctuary), midway between the dome and the

floor, we see the Theotokos, Birth-giver of God and the “bridge” between heaven and

earth. Below her on the wall (but visible over the altar) we see the Mystical Supper—

the Communion of the Apostles—exemplar of the Eucharist, with Christ as the priest

and angels as acolytes.

Lower than the central dome (below Christ Pantocrator) but on the upper level is

depicted major events from the Old and New Testaments. On the lower walls are

saints, heavenly counterparts of the faithful assembled to worship the one true God.

At the back of the church, moving from the nave into the narthex, we often see the

Dormition of Theotokos or the Last Judgment, important reminders to the faithful as

we "go forth in peace" after the liturgy.

At the front of the church, separating the nave from the sanctuary—but at the same

time uniting the nave to the sanctuary—we see the iconostas. The most prominent

and distinctive visual element of the interior of a Byzantine church, the iconostas

offers a theological feast for our eyes.

(final installment in next week’s bulletin)

Weekly Collection Report

Sunday, November 17th, 2019

Sunday regular: $2,042, Candles $125.70, Utilities $6, Natalia in Ukraine $23,

Vestments $20, priests retirement fund $30, cemetery plots $2,500,

Refund $1,324.36

Total: $ 6,101.06

Pyrohy: $ 4,692.

Thank you to all of our generous supporters!

Catechism Quote:

Please, pray for these people:

Diana Antoinette Adeline Makar Mike Makar

Katherine Volanski Bob Kness Dave Burke

Kara Stemplewicz Jim Naddeo Ann Kohl

Helen Moskal Christy Colalella Mary Simek

Steve Neczipir Don Schultz Harry Kohl

Clara Wasylyk Jack Schellhaus Jean Staude

Carol Ostaffe Maria Bagmet Laura Boyce

John Maslany Mary McLaughlin Helen Popivchak

Mark Popivchak Michalina Pituch Lucille Mosur

Gabby Blythe Sha Smith Anastasia Chruszcz

Josh Carmino Trish Chorba Ray Komichak

James McGuire Amy Gentile Esther Koss

Tracy Riggle Eric Stehle Sandra Mitchell

Divine Liturgy Schedule

24th Sun. of Pentecost: Week of November 24th Sat. 11/ 23 24th Sunday After Pentecost

4 p.m. Divine Liturgy for the soul of Fr.Jerry Ikalowych, requested by

Mike and Lois Karbowski. (IS)

Divine Liturgy for the people. (JC)

Sun. 11/24

8:30a.m. Divine Liturgy for the soul of Robert Esterburg (47th anniversary),

requested by his sister Arlene. (IS)

11:00a.m. Divine Liturgy for the souls of Michael and Alice Haritan, requested

by their children . (JC)

Mon. 11/25

9:15 a.m. Divine Liturgy for the soul of Stephanie Fedora, requested by

Stephen Zinski. (JC)

Tues. 11/26

12 p.m. Divine Liturgy for the soul of Sally Brunn, requested by

McCauley family. (IS)

Thurs. 11/28 Thanksgiving Day

10 a.m. Divine Liturgy for the soul of Mitar Kiridzic, requested by

pyrohy group. (IS)

25th Sun. of Pentecost: Week of December1st

Sat. 11/ 30 25th Sunday After Pentecost

4 p.m. Divine Liturgy for the soul of Danny Pituch, requested by Nick

Kotow. (IS)

Divine Liturgy for the people. (JC)

Sun. 12/1

8:30a.m. Divine Liturgy for the soul of Roman Nazarewycz (2nd anniversary),

requested by his wife Tatianna and family. (IS)

11 a.m. Divine Liturgy for the health and well-being of Eleanor Patross,

requested by Sanders and Sgro families. (JC)

Baptism of Stephan Mykhailiv. Mnohaya Lita!

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Baptism

at 11 am DL

2 3 Emmanuel

Moleben

at 7pm

4

5 Pyrohy making

8am

6 Pyrohy making

8am

St Nicholas

of Myra

7

8 Saint Nicholas

Party

after 11 am DL

Maternity of

the holy Anna

9 Pyrohy

making 8am

ESL

9am-12pm

10 Pyrohy making

8am Music class 3-9pm

Emmanuel

Moleben

at 7pm

11 Pyrohy making

8am

12 Pyrohy making

8am

13 Pyrohy making

8am

14 12 pm

Ridna

shkola

concert

15 Zorya

performance

here

2pm

Choir Practice

10am

16 ESL

9am-12pm

17 Music class 3-9pm

Emmanuel

Moleben

at 7pm

18 19

20

21

22 Sunday

Before

Christmas

Choir Practice

10am

23

24

Christmas

Eve

25

Christmas,

Christ is

Born!

10 am DL

26 Synaxis DL

at 10am

27

St. Stephen

DL at 9am

28

29

Sunday

after

Christmas

30

31

December 2019

vember 2019

Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church Parish Contacts

PAC (Pastor’s Advisory Council):

Maryann Davis (contact person)

412-708-8003

Adult Faith Formation:

Fr. Dcn. Myron Spak 412-303-9086

Apostleship of Prayer:

Jean Daniels

412-276-1735

CCD Religious Education:

Angela Honchar

412-279-4652

Safe Environment:

Marika Zaliszczuk

412-215-5372

Youth Group:

Salvador Ramirez Brambila

626-483-1844, htuccym@gmail.com

Church Lectors:

Al Trautman

724-695-8137

Music:

Stephen H. Zinski

412-276-2259

Pyrohy Project:

Ted Sywy

412-877-6083

Evangelization & Bible Study:

Men’s: Matthew Ketcham

720-556-7491

Women’s: Hannah Ketcham

402-443-8379

Social Media/Young Mother’s Group:

Carola Graefin Vom Hagen (Medwig)

412-528-1811

League of Ukrainian Catholics:

Nick Kotow

412-835-8714

Annual Picnic Committee:

Andrew Kurzawski

St. Josaphat Society:

Tom Kerchansky

412-279-5987

Men Following Christ Group:

Fr. Dcn. Myron Spak

412-303-9086

Diocesan Resource Committee:

Zac Sudiak

412-266-6153

Altar Decorating:

Arlene Esterburg

412-279-4652 (Rectory)

Ridna Shkola:

Olexandra Korenovska

412-708-1260

Poltava Dance:

Christina Hlutkowsky

412-980-1993

Finance Committee:

Keith & Mary Reabe, Tom Medwig

Rectory: 412-279-4652

Bishop’s Review Board-Protection of

Children: Dr. Justine Perhosky

412-276-3699