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!
We are pleased to share our faith and rich traditions with the whole community.
Celebrating 100 years of faith and service (1913-2013)

PROBOSZCZ/PASTOR:  Father Paul Murphy 564-4355

MSZY/MASSES: Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. followed by Novena to Our Lady of Częstochowa. Praying of the Rosary begins prior to Mass at approximately 3:35 p.m.

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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Trzecia Niedziela Wielkanocna / Third Sunday of Easter

TODAY’S MASS INTENTION is for Julia Ardelli offered by Leona Ardelli Whitburn. Eternal rest grant onto her O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon her. Wieczny odpoczynek racz Jej dać Panie, a swiatłość wiekuista niechaj Jej świeci na wieki wieków. Amen

TODAY’S RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Ukaż nam, Panie, Twoją ścieżkę życia [Show us, O Lord, Your path for life.]  Pronunciation: Oo-ka-dg / nam / Pa-nee-e / Tv-o-yo /sh-ch-esz-k-e-w / dg-i-tch-a

The Vigil Candle this week is for Pope Francis’s prayer intention for May: “That Mary, Star of Evangelization, may guide the Church in proclaiming Christ to all nations.”  

Eucharistic Minister for today: Suzanne Campbell

Ushers for collection today: Bernie LaRusic, Wilf Ingram

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NASTĘPNY TYDZIEŃ / THE WEEK AHEAD

Wednesday, May 7, 4:00 p.m. Mass followed by Novena to Our Lady of Częstochowa. Praying of the Rosary prior to Mass beginning at approximately 3:35 p.m. The Mass intention is for Anthony Niedzielski offered by Jo-Ann & Francis Wall.

Sunday, May 11, 9:30 a.m. The Mass intention will be for Bridget Kyte offered by the Kyte family.
Lectors: Stephanie Black, Janusz Wawrzyszyn 
Eucharistic Minister:  Marilyn Gillis
Altar Servers: Noah, Matthew                                       
Ushers: Larry Gniewek, Toni LaRusic
Greeters: Marjorie Ardelli, Carolyn Ardelli Kiley
Altar Society volunteers for May: Peggy Ryba, Ursula Melski, Lynette Ryba, Charlotte Ingram                 

Collection receipts for Sunday, April 27:  $2313.00 (broken down as follows: $545.00 weekly contribution, $150.00 monthly supplementary contribution, $50.00 candles, $32.00 loose, $20.00 Holy Thursday, $1506.00 Pierogi sale profits to Building fund, $10.00 additional building fund, $46.00 flowers. Thank you very much for your generous support of St. Mary’s Polish Parish. Dziękujemy serdecznie!

MASS CARDS/VIGIL CANDLE: Contact Tom Urbaniak (563-1226)

IN MEMORIAM DONATION: To make an In Memoriam donation, please pick up one of the IMO cards/St. Mary’s Polish Church envelopes at the back or speak with Shauna McKay. These will be acknowledged in the bulletin. We also welcome donations to the Building Fund, as we continue with improvements and repairs.

“IMIENINY” (NAME DAYS) FOR THE COMING WEEK. Help to maintain a longstanding Polish Catholic tradition by acknowledging relatives, friends, and colleagues who are celebrating their “name day,” corresponding with the feast day of a saint of the same name.  Where there is more than one saint of the same name who has been assigned a day, your “name day” is the one closest to your birthday. It is customary in the Polish tradition to acknowledge the name day of a relative or friend:
May 4: Grzegorz, Michał, Monika
May 5: Irena, Teodor, Waldemar
May 6: Gościwit, Jan, Judyta
May 7: Benedykt, Bogumir, Ludmiła, Ludomiła
May 8: Marek, Michał, Piotr, Stanisław
May 9: Bożydar, Grzegorz, Karolina, Mikołaj
May 10: Częstomir, Jan
May 11: Filip, Franciszek, Iga, Ignacy, Lew, Lutogniew, Mira, Żegota

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OGŁOSZENIA / ANNOUNCEMENTS

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF PARISHIONERS – After Mass today. We would be grateful if everyone can remain for this short meeting here in the main church. Thank you.

Please note that there is no lunch after Mass today.

PARISH LUNCH AFTER MASS NEXT SUNDAY to help celebrate First Holy Communions: Responsible for lunch this month are: Diane and Elie Blondin, Jola and Andrzej Cebula, Janet Hawthorne, Carolyn Kiley, Patsy Kiley, Mary Jane and Leo Kyte, Jancia and Bernie LaRusic, Toni LaRusic, Janina MacCormack, Jean Maillette, Mary McMullin, Liz Melski, Tony Melski, Ursula and Michael Melski. Thank you kindly, everyone! If anyone else would like to bring a dish you are most welcome to do so.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION: Congratulations to our First Holy Communion candidates, who will celebrate this important sacrament at Mass next Sunday (Mother’s Day): Keagan Edward Campbell, Frankie Christina Chislett, James Christopher Clarke, Rudy Anthony Magliaro. Bog zaplac!

A NOTE OF THANKS: God bless everyone who attended and worked on the beautiful Divine Mercy and canonization celebration last Sunday. Visitors to our church reported being very moved by the service and the level of preparation, by Father Paul’s homily, and warmly welcomed by our parishioners. It was a very spiritual and meaningful gathering. To everyone who decorated, prepared lunch, served in various ministries before, during, and after the service, assisted with set-up and clean-up, submitted photographs – and of course to our exceptional choir – Bog zaplac! We have almost run out of the Saint John Paul II prayer cards that we had specially made for last Sunday. However, if you wish we can have more printed.

RECENT “IN MEMORY OF” CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BUILDING FUND:
IMO Jennie Melski from Mary Pierrynowski
IMO Jennie Melski from Doris Timmons

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: The inter-faith Habitat for Humanity group has been meeting at our church. We will now be rotating to each other’s places of faith. The next meeting is on Sunday, May 13, at 7 p.m. at St. Alban’s Anglican Church in the Pier. This group is working together very well – and please stay tuned for information on some summer activities. If you would like to be part of it, please speak with Tom Urbaniak.

MEDIA COVERAGE: The parish has been in the news a lot this past week. Many thanks to all who gave eloquent interviews and represented us well: Stephanie Melnick Black, Krista Ann Starzomski, Ursula Melski, Tony Melski, Bernie LaRusic, Nicole Baker.

UNVEILING RECEPTION: Thank you to everyone who attended and worked on our special May 3rd reception yesterday at the Polish Village Hall.

POLISH CLASSES: Our Saturday Polish classes are going very well. Thank you to our teacher Edyta Baczyk and to all our students!

MARY, QUEEN OF POLAND (Feast: May 3 – also Constitution Day): Excerpted from an article by Martin LaMartina in Christian Culture (2009):  For the ultimate expression of Polish Catholic devotion we can look to the fruition of Polish Marian piety in the lives and in the enduring spiritual gifts to the Church of her contemporary martyrs, saints, priests, and religious. The list includes St. Faustina, Blessed Pope John Paul II and St. Maximillian Kolbe. These sons and daughters of Poland of the twentieth century are still influential in the life of the universal Church of today … The nation’s strong devotion to Mary traces its roots back to the installation and adoration of Our Lady’s iconic image at Czestochowa. While each of these individuals has given us a unique personal witness, they are all similar in their personal dependence on the will of Christ through obedience to His Mother through the Church. A dependence summed up in the motto of John Paul II: “Totus Tuus”. This motto is also applicable to the collective soul of the Polish nation from which these saints come forth. This soul was officially recognized, and Poland’s faith was solidified, with the crowning of Mary as “Queen of Poland” through an official Act of Parliament proposed by King John Casimir.

PARISH CENTENARY COOKBOOKS: $10.00

PRZEZ POKOLENIA: Prayers and Customs of St. Mary`s Polish Church: $10.00  (563-1226)

GIFT CERTIFICATES – POLISH VILLAGE HALL.  Please speak with Bernie LaRusic. Since the renovations, the hall is seeing increasing traffic as a comfortable, modern, versatile space for events large and small.

THE RENOVATED AND REFURBISHED POLISH VILLAGE HALL is a comfortable, well appointed, modernized venue for events large and small. Please consider renting the hall for your events. Please call 564-8494.

PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR ON-LINE “VIRTUAL TOUR” AND AN 8.5 MINUTE PARISH WELCOME VIDEO ON OUR WEBSITE:  www.stmaryspolishparish.ca

Wishing you a blessed week! Bóg zapłać!

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TODAY’S HYMNS: (linked to the Feast of Mary Queen of Poland)
Entrance: Z Dawna Polski Tyś Królową [Queen of Poland Through the Ages]-- #199 in the coil-bound hymnal, verses 1 and 3
Offertory: Nie Opuszczaj Nas [Do Not Forsake Us] -- #143
Communion: Bądź pochwalon na wieki [Be Praised for the Ages]-- #101
Post-Communion: Królowo ziem polskich [Queen of the Polish Lands] – not in hymnal
Closing Hymn: Boże, Coś Polskę  [God Save Poland] -- #242