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From the Desk of Father John

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From the desk of Father John....

My dear Parishioners and Readers,

I pray that you all celebrated a Blessed and holy Christmas. May the Prince of Peace abide with you and all your loved ones.

Now that the New Year is upon us, may our most important resolutions be that we draw ourselves closer to God in 2012. I pray that we ALL can achieve this by attending the Divine Liturgy every Sunday and Holydays of obligation.

We should also honor God by participating in our Parish services, activities and other aspects of parish life. Many of our elderly parishioners who are unable to attend Liturgical services would welcome our prayers and a call or visit from us. People can also become involved by continuing their support to our “food for the poor” program.

We are also in need of new volunteers for our kitchen and hall in order to continue our beautiful customs and traditions such as our Easter Dinner, Malanka, Holy Supper, parish Festival and Pirhoy making projects among others. Without your involvement these customs and traditions may be lost. (I pray that this does not happen).

Our Parish will grow and prosper and be blessed if we have the total cooperation and participation of all capable members.

Sincerely yours in Christ,
Father John.....

MSGR. JOHN P. STEVENSKY

MEETS WITH

BLESSED POPE JOHN PAUL II, THE GREAT

	Msgr. John P. Stevensky celebrated a Divine Liturgy with Blessed Pope John Paul II, the Great in his private Chapel on June 9, 1998. He arrived at the Vatican at 6:00 AM that morning and was met by the Swiss Guards who escorted him up three flights of marble steps to an elevator on which we were taken to the papal apartment.
There 3 Bishops and 12 Priests vested and were escorted to the Pope’s Chapel where the Holy Father was already kneeling in prayer before the Altar. Father Stevensky stood out among the other Priests wearing his Eastern Rite vestments. The Liturgy began at 8:00 AM and lasted for one hour.
	After the Liturgy we all met with the Pope in a large library outside the Chapel where the Holy Father spoke and gave all present a rosary. We were told to simply state our name and where we were from. The Pope would then respond “God bless ....and America , hand you a rosary and move to the next person. When he came to Father John, Father greeted the Pope with “Slava Isusu Khrystu!”. To which the Pope responded “Slava na Viki!”. Both then conversed in Ukrainian for several minutes.
The Holy Father asked what I was doing in Rome, where I was from and who was my Bishop. When Father John told the Pope that he was in Rome to celebrate his 38 Anniversary of Priestly ordination. The Pope responded that “you don’t even look 35 years old”. The meeting lasted about until about 10:00 AM after which we departed on “cloud nine” with the memories of a lifetime.

Слава Ісусу Христу! Слава на віки!Glory Be to Jesus Christ! Glory Be to Him Forever!

From the Desk of Father John

MSGR. JOHN P. STEVENSKY

MEETS WITH

BLESSED POPE JOHN PAUL II, THE GREAT

Слава Ісусу Христу! Слава на віки!
Glory Be to Jesus Christ! Glory Be to Him Forever!