June 2016

Volume 1, Issue 1

A Year in Review

The event started at 7:00pm on

Friday, January 29 and con-

cluded after liturgy on Saturday,

January 30. Life is choices was

the focus of the two days. Fri-

day evening included getting to

know the youth present, bowl-

ing, playing “Let’s make a

Choice”, watching God’s Not

Dead and enjoying a variety of

snacks. Saturday was a busy

day. Many of the youth did not

get any sleep and watched vari-

ous movies during the night.

There were two sessions based

on Decision Point’s Life is

Choices where we were re-

minded that hundreds of

choices are made each day and

that each choice has a conse-

quence, and “to demonstrate

that God’s way and the way of

the world are very different and

invite the candidates to choose

to walk with God”. The sessions

included videos along with

questions for discussions. We

were very privileged to have

Zack Evans of the Ottawa RED-

BLACKS come and speak to us.

He spoke about some of the

major and minor choices he has

made in his life and how those

choices have influenced him.

He brought his Grey Cup ring

from when he won it with the

Saskatchewan Roughriders in

2013. Other activities included

helping fold bulletins for Liturgy,

playing cards and visiting with

the seniors at the Manor, and

attending and assisting with

5:15 liturgy at St. Basil’s. Many

of the youth will say that this

event is the highlight of the

year!

Annual Lock In

Ultimate A & B Youth (St. Athanasius and St. Basil’s Youth)

2015-2016 Dates:

September 25

October 23

November 20

December 4

January 29 & 30

February 5

February 26

April 29

May 27

Inside this issue:

September 2

October 2

November 2

December 2

February 3

April 3

May 4

Next Year 4

Back: Lesia Lazurko, Brooke Dozorec, Hannah Kehler, Zack Evans (Ottawa RED-

BLACKS), Jesse Dozorec, Abbey Derow, Petro Lazurko

Front: Fr. Basil Malowany, Sean Gordon, Mihael Simunovic, Sarah Buchko, Maria

Lazurko, Maggie Derow, Nataliya Baran, Sarah Kehler

“The highlight of youth was

the lock-in because we played

cards at the St. Basil’s

Manor and were able to

meet Zack Evans”

-Abbey Derow

November

This was the first event of the

year. It was a great night for

the youth to get together and

discuss how their summer

went. The night was filled with

making pizzas, visit-

ing, ice breakers and

playing various

games.

watched a video of an inspira-

tional high school football

player and had a Bible Bowl. A

Bible Bowl is just like a game of

football, but in order to move

10 yards, the team needed to

answer a question based about

the Bible.

In honour of the 2015 Grey Cup

taking place just weeks away,

the theme for November was

football. We recited “the ath-

lete’s prayer” to begin our eve-

ning. The youth and leaders did

a few team building games,

prepared some snacks you

would get at a football game,

September

Theme: Mary and

Halloween. As Octo-

ber is the month for

Mary, our evening started off

with a decade of the rosary.

This led into pumpkin

carving which brought out

the creative side in some

of the youth. The night

continued with the youth

being split into two teams

and playing Catholic Jeop-

ardy. The categories included:

Sacraments, Church building,

Commandments, Mary and

Clergy. They had to put their

thinking caps on. It was fun to

see what they knew such as:

(The “N” in the I.N.R.I. written

on the Christian Cross refers to

this place.) and what they

learned (How many priests are

in the Regina Deanery?)

October

“ This was my first year

being apart of Ultimate

A & B Youth. I was

always looking forward to

next month’s event.”

-Petro Lazurko

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December

Our Christmas wind-up was held

at Houston Pizza. The youth were

treated to appetizers, pizza and

dessert. We had a Chinese gift

exchange. The youth brought

some unique gifts.

“ It was a really fun and

good experience. I hope

more youth in aour

church get involved. You

don’t know what it’s like

till you come.”

- Lesya Ochitwa

February was a busy month. On

Friday, February 5th, we held a

Fish Fry event with the assis-

tance of the Knights of Colum-

bus Bishop Budka Council

#5914. The youth loved inter-

acting with the children within

the parishes , along with our

parishioners. We appreciate

everyone that were able to

come out eat some fish and

play a game or two before Lent

began.

Friday, February 26, the youth

gathered with a night filled

about lent. We took part in at-

tending Pre-sanctified Liturgy at

St. Basil’s with Petro reading

the epistle readings. The youth

were asked what Lent means to

them. They were asked to cre-

ate a short commercial about

facts on Lent including what it

means to them. It is in the

works of being premiered at the

beginning of Lent next February.

February

Love Song Game.” We had to

come up with as many songs as

we could that had the word

‘love’ in them. We spent the

rest of the evening talking

about God’s love and the big

question love poses. It was, ‘

when was a time you chose to

love even though it was diffi-

cult’. There were videos about

teenagers questioning belief

and Judas struggling with his

turmoil. Those videos lead into

talking about the passion and

the bible verse John 3:16. The

night concluded with a 25 min-

ute quiet reflection. Most of the

time we don’t leave time to just

sit in quiet and listen to God.

The reflection gave time to re-

flect on the ‘Big question’ along

with other questions about love

and listening to Ken Yasinski

speak about “The Father’s love”

April

Love, what is it? During the

event in April we discussed

what love is? The event began

with 5 questions: what is love,

does God love and in what

ways, what and who do you

love, is love real, how do you

know and what’s the farthest

you have travelled for some-

thing? The answers were

thoughtful and started the dis-

cussion for the night. We split

into 3 teams and played “The

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“ For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever be-

lieves in him shall not perish but have eternal life” - John 3:16

“ I enjoy being a part of

youth because it has helped

me grow closer to God. It

also gives me the

opportunity to meet people

I can relate too.”

-Maggie Derow

“We are a team striving to

achieve the same faith

goals and having fun while

doing it.”

-Maria Lazurko

Like “us” on Facebook:

search ‘Ultimate A & B Youth” or

https://www.facebook.com/Ultimate-A-B-

Youth-363356623795243/

Ultimate A & B Youth is a joint parish youth program

between St. Athanasius Ukrainian Catholic Parish and

St. Basil’s Ukrainian Catholic Parish (the only Ukrain-

ian Catholic Parishes in Regina).

It is for youth from Grades eight to 12 within both of our

parishes. We encourage the youth to bring friends to the

events to experience our faith and to join in the fun.

Contact Information

Plans:

As of right now, the event

themes have not been finalized.

One exciting plan for our Octo-

ber youth event is that we will

be getting together with Resur-

rection Parish’s Higher youth

group for a joint event. The

youth coordinators and leaders

are hoping that it will be a great

team building event and a gath-

ering to get to know youth in

other parishes within our city.

Dates:

Events are usually held once a

month on the third Friday from

7:00-9:30pm at either parish.

Tentatively the dates for the fall

are: Friday, September 16, Fri-

day, October 21, Friday, Novem-

ber 25 and Friday, December 9.

Please keep an eye out for the

bulletin along with the posters

posted in your parish for more

information.

Next Year

A UCYC Organization

May

Our last event of the year was a Barbeque. It was a night just to get

together and reminisce about the youth events from the past year,

roasting some marshmallows and having fun playing a few games.

Photo Credit: Hollywood Life, Brooke Dozorec, Lesia Lazurko, Fr. Vladimir Simunovic, Sarah Buchko, Oksanna Zwarych

Lesia Lazurko

306-789-8054

llazurko@hotmail.ca

Brooke Dozorec

brookedozorec33@gmail.com

Contact the youth leaders :

ultimateaandb@hotmail.com

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