Parafia p.w. Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny
ST. MARY’S POLISH PARISH
21 Wesley St., Sydney, NS, B1N 2M5
(meeting until our rebuilding at Holy Redeemer Church
with thanks to our friends of Holy Redeemer Parish)
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.
Established in 1913. Our second century of faith and service … WE WILL RISE AGAIN

PROBOSZCZ/PASTOR:  Father Paul Murphy 564-4355

MSZY/MASSES: Sunday at 9:00 a.m. (temporarily at Holy Redeemer Church)
Wednesday Masses on hold until we rebuild our church.
Novena to Our Lady of Częstochowa will now be said before Sunday Masses.

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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Druga Niedziela Wielkanocna / Niedziela Miłosierdzia Bożego / Second Sunday of Easter / Divine Mercy Sunday

TODAY’S MASS INTENTION is for Bronia Markotich offered by Jancia & Bernie LaRusic. Wieczny odpoczynek racz Jej dać, Panie, a swiatłość wiekuista niechaj Jej świeci. Niech odpoczywaja w pokoju. Amen.

TODAY'S RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Dziękujcie Panu, bo jest miłosierny [Thank the Lord, for he is merciful.] Pronunication: Jen-kooy-ch-e / Pa-noo / bo / yest / me-wo-sh-e-r-ni

Eucharistic Minister for today: Marilyn Gillis

Ushers for collection today: Robert Melski Sr., Tony Gniewek

Niedziela Miłosierdzia Bożego / Divine Mercy Sunday: “Jesus said to Sr. Faustina one day: `Humanity will never find peace until it turns with trust to Divine Mercy.’ Divine Mercy! This is the Easter gift that the Church receives from the risen Christ and offers to humanity.”—St. John Paul II, April 22, 2001
Sister Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) was canonized in 2000, and the Holy Father officially designated the Sunday after Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday in the General Roman Calendar, an important moment of Grace and Devotion reflecting what was communicated to Sister Faustina. Divine Mercy Sunday is also the day after the conclusion of the Novena of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, which begins on Good Friday. Its closing prayer is: “Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion — inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself.”

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NASTĘPNY TYDZIEŃ / THE WEEK AHEAD

WEDNESDAY MASSES are on hold while we rebuild. Please note that Father Paul leads the Novena to Our Lady of Czestochowa every Sunday before Mass (starting at about 8:40 a.m.), except during Lent. Copies of the Novena are at the back of the church.

Sunday, April 10, 9:00 a.m. The Mass intention will be for Maria Wawrzyszyn & Konstanty Wawrzyszyn offered by Janusz & Genevieve Wawrzyszyn.
Lectors:  Teresa Fagan, Janusz Wawrzyszyn                                                                   
Eucharistic Minister: Suzanne Campbell
Altar Servers: James Campbell, Rudy, Luca
Ushers: Joe Gillis, Tony Melski
Greeters: Anna Wesołkowska, Marjorie Ardelli

Collection receipts for Sunday, March 27: $4532.75 (broken down as follows: $2213.90 general collection, $2318.85 rebuilding fund). Thank you very much for your generous support of St. Mary's Polish Parish. Dziekujemy bardzo.

MASS CARDS: To reserve Mass Intentions please call Carolyn Ardelli-Kiley 902-539-1725.

IN MEMORIAM DONATION: To make an In Memoriam donation, please speak with Shauna MacKay. These will be acknowledged in the bulletin. Building Fund contributions will go toward the new church. To contribute to the Rebuilding Fund, if you do not have an envelope, you can write on your regular envelope or cheque “Designated to the Rebuilding of St. Mary’s Polish Church.”

“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:
April 3: Antoni, Jakub, Ryszard
April 4: Benedykt, Izydor
April 5: Borzywoj, Irena, Wincenty
April 6: Ada, Adam, Ireneusz, Katarzyna, Świętobor
April 7: Donata
April 8: Cezary, Radosław
April 9: Dobrosława, Dymitr, Maja
April 10: Antoni, Daniel, Henryk

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OGŁOSZENIA / ANNOUNCEMENTS

CHANGE TO SUNDAY MASS TIME AS OF TODAY: Beginning today, the regular Sunday Mass for St. Mary’s Polish Parish will be held at 9am. This change will give me a little more breathing time in between the two Sunday morning masses. Most parishes in the area that still have two Sunday morning masses have the same time frame. – Father Paul

ŚWIĘCONKA BREAKFAST: Our parish's Polish Easter breakfast will be today immediately after our 9 a.m. Mass in the Polish Village Hall. Please check with Shauna McKay about ticket availability. Tickets are $10, except $5 for age 12 and under. Proceeds to our rebuilding. Thanks so much for your support. Dziękujemy serdecznie. And thank you to the members of our Hospitality Committee!

STATIONS OF THE CROSS have been donated to us by the former St. Joseph’s Church. We are most grateful to the Parish of St. Marguerite Bourgeoys! In the coming weeks, we will be looking to paint Polish inscriptions below the images.

RECENT IMO ("IN MEMORY OF") CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE (RE)BUILDING FUND:
IMO Deceased Members of the Melski family from Robert & Michelle Melski
IMO Teofil Pierrynowski from Mary Pierrynowski
IMO Lydia Clarke-Inch from Walter & Mary Clarke
IMO Peter Stephenson from Agnes Stephenson
IMO Krasowski family from Eileen Fagan-Steele

PARISH CARE : If you know about a parishioner who is homebound or might appreciate a call or a helping hand for any reason, and for us to pray for them, please let Catherine Tucker know (902-567-0146). Thank you to everyone in the Care team for the beautiful gesture of bringing blessed Easter baskets to homebound parishioners whose names had been called into the team by fellow parishioners. The parishioners who received the baskets said they were grateful and very touched that we are remembering them.

PASTA DINNER TO SUPPORT OUR REBUILDING: Thank you to the Pogoria Polish Folk Ensemble for singing at Friday’s dinner fund-raiser to support our rebuilding held at our Lady of Fatima hall, so generously put on by Frank DiVito, members of Our Lady of Fatima Parish, and the Knights of Columbus. This was such a generous initiative on their part. It raised just over $1,500, and we received another $500 donation at the event from the Knights of Columbus Moses Coady Council. We also distributed our fund-raising post-cards and received other donation pledges!

PARISH DINNER THEATRE – FUND-RAISER: Fellow parishioner Brittany Fagan-Steele, who has a background in theatre arts, has developed a very interesting and totally “do-able” proposal for a pre-Christmas parish dinner theatre – as a fund-raiser for our rebuilding (we’ll still be fund-raising to finish the hall/reading room/kitchen section!) Brittany will say more about this at our Easter breakfast today.

THE ST. MICHAEL’S POLISH BENEFIT SOCIETY meets this evening at 7 p.m.

SEEDS FOR OUR FOOD GARDEN: Alina Stahevitch is accepting donations of seeds for this year’s parish community food garden.

PAINT PARTY to help paint the inside rooms of our new church! Please watch for details in an upcoming bulletin.

A NOTE ON CHOIR RECRUITMENT – NEW MEMBERS WELCOME!  Being part of the choir is an incredible way to praise God, to keep alive our beautiful language, hymns, and traditions, and to bring great joy to the community. Current choir members (all wonderful people!) would work with you, and you could ease in gradually.

MASS OF CONSECRATION: (now scheduled for Sunday, July 3, at 1 p.m.). A couple of weeks prior to that (date still to be announced) we will have an Open House to welcome the community and say thank you to everyone who has been so generously assisting us. We would be so grateful if, together, our parish could learn this hymn, which speaks about being under the protection of heaven no matter what the adversity or life’s circumstances.
1. Pod Twą obronę, Ojcze na niebie,
Grono Twych dzieci swój powierza los.
Ty nam błogosław, ratuj w potrzebie,
I broń od zguby, gdy zagraża cios.

2. Czy toń spokojna, czy huczą fale,
Gdy Ty Twe dzieci w Swej opiece masz,
Wznosimy modły dziś ku Twej chwale,
Boś Ty nam tarczą, Boże Ojcze nasz

ŚMIGUS-DYNGUS / “WET” EASTER MONDAY: In Poland, Easter Monday is a holiday known as Lany Poniedziałek or Śmigus-Dyngus. It is traditionally a day when people try to drench each other with buckets of water. It was said that a single person’s chances of getting married were greater the more she or he got drenched! In some North American cities, Easter Monday is called “Dyngus Day” and is a celebration of Polish culture and Easter traditions.

TO CONTRIBUTE ON-LINE TO OUR REBUILDING, PLEASE GO TO OUR PARISH WEB HOME PAGE (www.stmaryspolishparish.ca) and please click the link to our Canada Helps donation page. It’s a secure system and you’ll receive your charitable tax receipt promptly. Thanks for your support! Please spread the word.

REBUILDING FUND ENVELOPES are at the back of the church. Thank you for your support.

REBUILDING FUND CONTRIBUTIONS: Building Fund contributions will go toward the new church. To contribute to the rebuilding if you do not have an envelope, you can also write on your regular envelope or cheque “Designated to the Rebuilding of St. Mary’s Polish Church.”. Donations can also be made by regular mail: St. Mary's Polish Parish 21 Wesley St. , Sydney, N.S. B1N 2M5. We still need to raise about $150,000 to complete Phase 2. Thank you so much for your support.

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

Życzenia na miłego nowego tygodnia / Wishing you a blessed week! Bóg zapłać!

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TODAY’S HYMNS: Please see bulletin insert for the words.
Entrance: Alleluja biją dzwony [Alleluia, Bells Are Ringing]
Offertory: Wstał Pan Chrystus [The Lord Jesus Has Risen]
Communion: Bądź pochwalon na wieki  [Be Praised for the Ages]
Post-Communion: Bądź Uwielbiony Panie [Be Glorified, Lord]
Closing: Jezu, Ufam Tobie [Jesus, I Trust in You – on the occasion of Divine Mercy Sunday]