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 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 902-564-4222

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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Niedziela Miłosierdzia Bożego / Divine Mercy Sunday

CZYTANIA / READINGS:
Pierwsze czytanie / First Reading:
Psalm:
Drugie czytanie / Second Reading:
Ewangelia / Gospel:

MASS INTENTION FOR TODAY 9:30am DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY: Mass intention for the souls of Michael & Dawn Marie Ardelli offered by Shirley & Family, followed by St.Monica Novena

MASS SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK:
Monday, April 17, 6:30pm: Mass intention for the soul of Diane Morrison offered by Toni LaRusic
Tuesday, April 18: No Mass
Wednesday, April 19, 6:30pm: Mass intention for the soul of Raylene Ann Morykot offered by the family, followed by Our Lady of Częstochowa Novena
Thursday, April 20, 9:00am: Mass intention for the soul of Edythe MaCaskill offered by Bernie & Jancia LaRusic
Friday, April 21, 6:30pm: Mass intention for the soul of Diane Morrison offered by Bernie & Jancia LaRusic, followed by Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Saturday, April 22, 9:00am: Mass intention for the soul of Frank Ardelli offered by the family
Sunday, April 23, 9:30am: Mass intention for the soul of Agnes Wroblewski Stephenson offered by Peggy Ryba

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OGŁOSZENIA / ANNOUNCEMENTS

ŚWIĘCONKA PARISH EASTER BRUNCH will take place after Mass on Sunday, April 23, in Sala 1050. Please bring a dish If you can. Please feel free to bring what you wish, but of particular interest this time are any items that you would find at a typical Polish Easter breakfast such as eggs or dishes with eggs, sausage, cheese, ham, pickles, babki, poppy seed cake, other cakes, some rye bread. We will have some additional eggs on hand to bless and share as per the Polish tradition. Everyone is welcome.

LOOKING AHEAD TOWARD MAY 2nd and 3rd: We would be so delighted if you could reserve the afternoon of Tuesday, May 2, and the evening of Tuesday, May 3 on your schedule (International Polonia Day and Feast of Mary Queen of Poland/Polish Constitution Day). On Tuesday, May 2, we will have a Polish Café at the Polish Village Hall. Students from Whitney Pier Memorial will present the artistic fence posts they have been making for the Twin City Pocket Park. At 8:00pm on Tuesday, May 3, we will be hosting on Zoom a lecture for the Polish holiday. The well-known Polish-American author on Polish folk traditions Sophie Hodorowicz Knab will join us! Her books are a delight! The cover of one of them is shown here. This lecture will be dedicated to the memory of Steve Melnick.

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 in the midst of all the suffering caused by this terrible invasion.

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

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. There is a collection box at the entrance to the church. We try to fill the Food Cupboard after each Sunday Mass. Thank you so much!

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 Twaróg Polish Farmers’ Cheese. Thank you to Wandzi Pierrynowski for lending her voice to this segment. This segment is dedicated to John Morykot on the occasion of his 80th birthday!
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 RECOMMENDED. Thanks for all your kindness, patience, and co-operation.

COLLECTION FOR APRIL 9: $3009.65 including $75.00 for the Building Fund, $81.10 for Good Friday special collection. Thank you for your generosity to carry on the work of our parish and maintain our beautiful sacred space. Bόg zapłać!

THANKS VERY KINDLY FOR YOUR DONATIONS TO OUR PARISH : Donations may be made during weekly Sunday Mass collection. Also, please feel 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!

FATHER RICH’S COLUMN: Chrystus Zmartwychwstal! Prawdziwie Zmartwychwstal! Christ is Risen! He is truly Risen ! Alleluia! Today we conclude the Octave of Easter, but the Easter season continues to Pentecost Sunday. It was proclaimed on the second Sunday of Easter in the year 2000, that Saint Pope John Paul II at the canonization ceremony of Blessed Faustina Kowalska, the Polish nun who died at the age of Christ 33 in 1938. The Pope announced to the world that henceforth this Sunday after Easter would be the Feast of Divine Mercy for the universal Church. Since I learned that there are no special services at other churches in our area, I decided we would have a special celebration today at 3:00pm. It will be preceded with an hour of Eucharistic adoration of the Blessed Sacrament beginning at 2:00pm. I will be available for confession in the reconciliation room during that hour. I am painfully aware that very many of our parishioners have not confessed their sins for years. I hope that there will be penitents coming to receive the graces that flow from that sacrament of mercy. At 3:00pm. I will have a talk relating to my own experiences regarding Saint Faustina and Divine Mercy devotion, the chaplet will be sung and Benediction will conclude the service. I want to sincerely thank all those who contributed to the beauty of our Holy Week and Easter services. To the church decorators, readers, our organist, choir singers, lectors, ushers , former altar servers who assisted with the Resurrection procession, bearer of the Resurrection picture, donors of flowers and generous donors to Loaves and Fishes and those who delivered the Easter baskets. A sincere “Bog Zaplac” (May God repay you) to all! Regarding the Poland Pilgrimage Tour, we have six persons from our parish and with a possible another three very interested . We would be joining a larger group from Las Vegas, I learned that we will have a larger motorcoach for the trip and that it appears that there are still seats available on the Condor flight from Halifax. If someone is interested, please let me know. Please plan on attending our communal parish “Swieconka” Easter brunch next Sunday after Mass. Have a blessed week! – Fr. Rich

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PIEŚNI / HYMNS:

Entrance:Alleluja biją dzwony (Alleluia, the Bells are Ringing)
Alleluja! biją dzwony, / Głosząc w świata wszystkie strony, / Że zmartwychwstał Pan. / Alleluja, alleluja, alleluja! Biją długo i radośnie, / Że aż w piersiach serce rośnie, / Triumf prawdzie dan. / Alleluja, alleluja, alleluja! W majestatcie Boskiej chwały. / Idzie Chrystus Zmartwychwstały. / Między uczniów swych / Alleluja, alleluja, alleluja!

Offertory: Wstał Pan Chrystus (Christ is Risen)
Wstał Pan Chrystus z martwych ninie, / Alleluja alleluja. / Uweselił lud swój mile /Alleluja alleluja./ Nie żałował życia swego/ Alleluja alleluja./ Dla człowieka mizernego Alleluja alleluja.
Christ is risen, earth rejoices. Alleluia, Alleluia. / Christians all unite your voices. Alleluia, Alleluia. / He who suffered death and sorrow, Alleluia, Alleluia / Rose triumphant in the morrow, Alleluia, Alleluia

Communion: Pan, Kiedyś Stanął Nad Brzegiem (When You Stood By the Seashore) - choir

Post-Communion: Jezu Ufam Tobie (Jesus, I Trust in You) – for Divine Mercy Sunday

Recessional: Nie Zna Smierci (He Knows Not Death)
Nie zna śmierci Pan żywota, chociaż przeszedł przez jej wrota:/ Rozerwała grobu pęta, ręka święta. Alleluja. Adamie, dług twój spłacony, okup ludzi dokończony;/ Wnijdziesz w niebo z szczęśliwemi dziećmi twemi. Alleluja. Próżno, żołnierze, strzeżecie, w tym grobie Go nie znajdziecie; Wstał, przeniknął sklepu mury, Bóg natury. Alleluja

Życzymy błogosławionego tygodnia / Wishing you a blessed week!