PARISH MEETING, SUNDAY, JAN 12

SAVE THE DATE  

Please plan to attend this meeting, which will provide updates on the state of the parish, as well as discuss plans for the coming year.

 

JUBILEE ITALY PILGRIMAGE 2025

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An 11 day pilgrimage through Italy (May 5-15, 2025) is being planned through the Archdiocese of Pittsburgh.  The cost is $4,829 per person and reservations/payment are due by Dec. 26, 2024.  For full details visit https://stmarybccnyc.org/files/brochure/italy-Jubilee-2025-Metropolitian-Church-of-Pittsburgh.pdf 

 

NEW GIFTS TO THE PARISH: 

We give special thanks to the family and relatives of our late pastor, Msgr. Russell Duker, for the generous gift of a complete and fully re-gilded Chalice Set, previously among his private effects. We also give thanks to the Yeo Family, for their generous donation of a new Evangelion (Book of the Gospels) and Apostolarion (Book of the Epistle Readings).  We pray that these will continue to assist us in our devotion to the revenant celebration of the liturgy and in our continued growth in the fullness of the life of faith. Ďakujem vám!

Icon Screen Update
As we know, the icon screen is a beautiful and important part of our Byzantine Catholic tradition, and we are instructed to have one by the Ruthenian Recension, various popes, Vatican II, and the Archbishop.
We have been blessed with the opportunity, with the help of a generous donor, to purchase a full icon screen at a remarkable discount from a Byzantine Catholic monastery that, unfortunately, must close.This will not be installed immediately, as a number of repairs and considerations must be made first. There will also be discussion regarding the icons for the screen and the Holy Place in general.
Please note that the original icons in the Holy Place will remain!