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 Rich Philiposki is currently in residence (seasonal) as pastor. Contact info: rphiliposki@aol.com 702-881-3674 (cell)
-During Father Rich’s extended times outside the region, Father Evo DiPierro will serve as Administrator: dipierro@dal.ca

MSZY/MASSES: PLEASE NOTE: Public health continues to strongly recommend wearing masks in congregate settings

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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Świętej Bożej Rodzicielki Maryi (uroczystość) / Feast of Mary, Mother of God

Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku! Blessings for the New Year!
World Day of Prayer for Peace

CZYTANIA / READINGS:
Pierwsze czytanie / First Reading: Lb/Numbers 6,22-27
Psalm: 67
Drugie czytanie / Second Reading: Ga 4,4-7
Ewangelia / Gospel: Łk 2,16-21
RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Bóg miłosierny niech nam błogosławi / May God bless us in his mercy

MASS INTENTION FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, New Year's Day / Nowy Rok, Solemnity of Mary Mother of God / Uroczystość Matki Boski, 9:30am: For deceased members of the Ryba & McKay families

UPCOMING MASSES:
MASS INTENTION FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 2, Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory, 6:30pm (followed by Novena to Saint Monica): For the soul of James Hamper offered by Terry & Celina Hamper
MASS INTENTION FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, Most Holy Name of Jesus, 6:30pm: For the soul of Delores Starzomski offered by the family
MASS INTENTION FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, St. Elizabeth Seton, 6:30pm (followed by Novena to Our Lady of Częstochowa): For the soul of Rudy Pierrynowski offered by Erik & Alicia C.
MASS INTENTION FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, St. John Neumann, 9:00am: For the souls of Ted & Louise Baker offered by Jean Annette & Richard White
MASS INTENTION FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, Votive Mass in honour of Sacred Heart, 6:30pm (followed by Sacred Heart of Jesus Litany & Benediction): For the soul of Steve Melnick offered by Wayne Joseph
MASS INTENTION FOR SATURDAY JANUARY 7, St. Andre Bessette, 9:00am (followed by Devotions to Our Mother of Perpetual Help): For the soul of Rudy Pierrynowski offered by Wayne Joseph
MASS INTENTION FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, Epiphany of the Lord (Three Kings / Trzech Kroli), 9:30am: For the souls of Bernie Kokoska’s parents--Mary (Ardelli) & Bernie Kokoszka, his mother's parents--Katarzyna (Wanut), & Josef Ardelli, and his father’s parents --Rozalia (Wojcik) & Walenty Kokoszka

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OGŁOSZENIA / ANNOUNCEMENTS

POLAND 2023 PILGRIMAGE TOUR MEETING: Next Sunday, 11:00am, in Sala 1050

OPŁATEK MASS AND POTLUCK: Sunday, January 15. This is our special annual Opłatek Mass and potluck, where we exchange a meal and the traditional Polish Christmas wafer. Mass will be at 11:00am that day (there will be no 9:30am Mass that day) followed by the potluck at the Polish Village Hall. Bishop Wayne Kirkpatrick will join us that day. Thank you to anyone and everyone who can bring a dish to the Opłatek.

POP-UP "JASELKA": This is like a little traditional Christmas pageant but with a very Polish spin! It’s a heart-warming tradition. We will do a fun version in person at the Oplatek on January 15, but similar to what we did on-line the past couple of years. We will have no collective rehearsals, but we would give you a line in Polish and a character (eg. shepherd, angel, etc). We’ll give you a recording of your line to help with Polish pronunciation. We will give out the lines one week in advance. If you would like a line, please just say the word and it will be great to have you in it! Absolutely no previous experience with the Polish language is required. We’re not aiming for any kind of perfection, just a chance to come together as a community and keep our unique traditions going.

VEHICLE PLATES: Cape Breton Polonia and Nova Scotia Polonia front vehicle plates are still available at the back of the church. $25.00 each

FUND-RAISING FOR UKRAINIAN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE: We are using all the funds raised to support three charities that are directly helping refugees and displaced people either within Ukraine itself or who have fled to Poland. Our largest chunk of support has been going to our sister city Wałbrzych’s Ukrainian refugee assistance fund (via the CBRM). We are also supporting Caritas efforts on the ground (via the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace) and the Catholic Near East Welfare Association. We have special envelopes (marked “Ukrainian Humanitarian Assistance”) at the back of the church if you are considering making a contribution. Thank you for your support!

FOOD CUPBOARD: Please consider bringing a non-perishable food or personal care item (e.g. shampoo, soap, toilet paper) to church when you come to Mass. These items will help stock our food cupboard outside the Polish Village Hall. There is a significant need in our community. Thank you for any help. A big thanks to Julie Tynski’s colleagues at McInnes Cooper for the significant recent collection for the Food Cupboard. Also thank you to Krista Ann Starzomski’s students for filling the Food Cupboard.

OUR POLISH-THEMED RADIO SEGMENTS: The Coast Radio 89.7 (weekdays at 3:50pm and 7:50pm or any time at coastalradio.ca). This coming week's topic will be January as an active continuation of the Christmas season in Polish Catholic pracitce. Thank you to Stephanie Black for lending her voice. And thank you to Father Rich for sponsoring this week’s segment!
We’re always looking for sponsors and volunteers. It’s $100 for a whole week. Sponsors are recognized on air – and any dedications, too (eg. if you’re sponsoring as a memorial or as a birthday or anniversary gift). The Coast is generously redirecting the sponsorships back to the St. Michael’s Polish Benefit Society (which produces the segments), which has been a big help to the Society. If you think you might like to sponsor a week, please e-mail tom_urbaniak@cbu.ca or call 563-1226. Many thanks!

PUBLIC HEALTH PROTOCOLS – MASKS ARE STILL STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. Thanks for all your kindness, patience, and co-operation through the pandemic.

COLLECTION FOR CHRISTMAS will be published in next week’s bulletin. Many thanks, everyone, for your kindness and generosity!

THANKS VERY KINDLY FOR YOUR DONATIONS TO OUR PARISH : We are truly grateful for everyone’s generosity through the pandemic. If you are attending Mass, you will find a collection basket near the entrance and exit (since we are not passing around the basket due to the public health restrictions). Also, please free to use the mail: St. Mary’s Polish Parish, 21 Wesley St., Sydney, NS, B1N 2M5. Donations can also be made securely on-line at Canada Helps (which will email you an instant tax receipt):   https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/st-marys-polish-parish/. (link to this site is provided on our parish website homepage). Thanks for your support!

THANKS to everyone who helped with the New Year’s Eve celebration.

MASS FOR SHUT-INS: Our parish’s recording of Mass for Shut-Ins will be broadcast next Sunday, January 8, at 11:30am on CTV. (It’s also broadcast on many CTV stations across the country, so please feel free to share the info with family members)

FATHER RICH’S COLUMN: We conclude the octave of Christmas with the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God on this first day of the New Year. January 1st is also World Day of Prayer for Peace as the war unleashed on our Ukrainian cousins continues with horrible atrocities and human loss and suffering. I wish to thank all those who made our Christmas a most beautiful experience at St. Mary's Church. Special thanks to our organist, St. Cecelia Choir, lectors, ushers, altar server, church decorators. We are grateful for all the material support of our parish and the continued support for helping the Ukrainian refugees in our sister city of Wałbrzych, Poland. I want thank those parishioners who remembered me with Christmas greeting cards, gift cards and cash gifts. May God reward you - Bog Zaplac! This week there will be Mass daily at 6:30pm except Thursday and Saturday at 9:00am. Next Sunday we will celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord, also known as Three Kings Sunday. I will bless small packets of chalk and incense which are the symbolic gifts by the Three Kings (Wise Men) to the Christ Child. The following week I will devote to the traditional blessing and visiting of parishioner homes so called Koleda. I will call and confirm the time of the visit from the returned forms that were placed on the tables. Next Sunday, January 8th will be the first informational meeting at 11:00am for the Poland Pilgrimage Tour planned for May 27-June 10th with our Nova Scotia group joining a larger group from Las Vegas in Poland. Please remember that Sunday, January 15th we will have the pastoral visitation of our Bishop Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick of the Diocese of Antigonish at a special 11:00am Mass ( NO 9:30 Mass that Sunday). After Mass, the annual "OPŁATEK " will take place potluck style in St. Michael's Polish Village Hall. Thank you to anyone and everyone who can bring a dish.

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PIEŚNI / HYMNS:

Entrance: Nowy rok bieży (The New Year is Here … During the Season of Christmas)
1.Nowy rok bieży, w jasełkach leży,/ A kto, kto?/ Dzieciątko małe, dajcie mu chwałę,/ Na ziemi.
2.Leży dzieciątko jako jagniątko,/A gdzie, gdzie?/ W Betlejem mieście, tam się pospieszcie,/ Znajdziecie.
3.Jak go poznamy, gdy go nie znamy,/Jezusa?/Podło uwity, nie w aksamity,/Ubog

Offertory: Bóg się rodzi (God is Born)
1.Bóg się rodzi, moc truchleje,/ Pan niebiosów, obnażony, /Ogień krzepnie, blask ciemnieje,/ Ma granice Nieskończony./ Wzgardzony, okryty chwałą, /Śmiertelny Król nad wiekami/
Ref. A Słowo Ciałem się stało,/ I mieszkało między nami. (x2)
2.Cóż masz niebo, nad ziemiany?/Bóg porzucił szczęście Swoje./ Wszedł między lud ukochany,/Dzieląc z nim trudy i znoje./ Niemało cierpiał, niemało,/ Ześmy byli winni sami. Ref

Communion: Narodził się Jezus Chrystus (Jesus Christ Was Born)
1.Narodził się Jezus Chrystus bądźmy weseli,/ chwałę mu na wysokości nucą Anieli./ Gloria, gloria in excelsis Deo,/ Gloria, gloria in excelsis Deo.
2. Na kolana wół i osioł przed nim klękają,/ a swoim go Stworzycielem i Panem znają./ Gloria, gloria in excelsis Deo,/ Gloria, gloria in excelsis Deo.

Post-Communion: Gdy śliczna Panna (A Carol About the Blessed Mother and Her Child)
1. Gdy śliczna Panna Syna kołysała,/ z wielkim weselem tak Jemu śpiewała: / Li li laj, moje Dzieciąteczko,/ li li laj, śliczne Paniąteczko.
2. Wszystko stworzenie, śpiewaj Panu swemu,/ pomóż radości wielkiej sercu memu./ Li li laj, wielki Królewiczu,/ li li laj, niebieski Dziedzicu!

Recessional: Przybieżeli do Betlejem pasterze (The Shepherds Headed to Bethlehem)
1.Przybieżeli do Betlejem pasterze,/ Grając skocznie Dzieciąteczku na lirze./
Chwała na wysokości, chwała na wysokości, / A pokój na ziemi. (x2)
2.Oddawali swe ukłony w pokorze/ Tobie z serca ochotnego, o Boże!/
Chwała na wysokości..

Życzymy błogosławionego tygodnia / Wishing you a blessed week!