St.

Philip the Apostle Byzantine (Ruthenian) Catholic Church

3866 65 th street
Sacramento, CA 95820
Phone: (916) 452-1888 E-mail: feromurin@hotmail.com
http://www.stphilipofsacramento.com Mobile: (916) 539-1534

O Holy Apostle Philip,

Intercede with the merciful God
That he may grant our souls forgiveness of sins.

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory for ever!

Slava Isusu Christu! Slava i vo viki!

From the Fathers …

St. John Climacus

"Repentance is the renewal of baptism. Repentance is a contract with God for a
second life. A penitent is a buyer of humility. Repentance is constant distrust of
bodily comfort. Repentance is self-condemning reflection, and carefree self-care.
Repentance is the daughter of hope and the renunciation of despair. A penitent is
an undisgraced convict. Repentance is reconciliation with the Lord by the practice
of good deeds contrary to the sins. Repentance is purification of conscience.
Repentance is the voluntary endurance of all afflictions. A penitent is the inflicter
of his own punishments. Repentance is a mighty persecution of the stomach, and a
striking of the soul into vigorous awareness."
(http://orthodoxwiki.org/John_Climacus)

Announcements
• On Sunday, March 27th, the attendance was 41 souls, collection was
$____total (tithes: ____, candles: __, Bishop’s Appeal: ___, other: __). May our
Lord God reward you abundantly for your generosity.
• Hospitality sign-up sheet: April 10: Prescott family, April 17: Baker
family.April 24: Pascha Pot Luck, May 1: Thomas Sunday Pot Luck. Please sign
up, the list of dates is downstairs in the hall.
• Prayer requests. Please remember in your prayers the members of our
parish family: Steve Klinkovsky, Oceana Grabianowski (Slawomir’s wife),
Aggie Ward, Agatha Gavura (Fr. Francis’ aunt), Gary Stewart.
• Bishop’s Appeal 2011. Brody Smith agreed to be a chairman of Bishop’s
Appeal for our parish. He will facilitate communication regarding the appeal,
collect the pledges (ask for a pledge card if you don’t have one) and have
information available about how close we are to reaching our goal. Feel free to
contact him with any ideas, questions or concerns regarding the Appeal. So far,
we received 7 pledge cards and contribution of $____. To reach our goal, we
still need to raise $_____. Please consider supporting this annual collection for
our church. Bishop’s Appeal ends on May 31, 2011.

Liturgical schedule
Fri Apr 8th 6:00 PM Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts.

Sat Apr 9th 5:00 PM Akathistos to the Akathistos Saturday.

Theotokos. Vespers.

Sun Apr 10th 9.00 AM Confessions. 5th Sunday of the Great

9.40 AM Office of the 3rd Hour. Fast – Mary of Egypt,
10.00 AM Divine Liturgy. Venerable. Tone 5. (pp. 146,
230)

On Sundays of the Great Fast Liturgy of St. Basil the Great is celebrated.
Wednesdays and Fridays are days of abstinence or equivalent penance. Let us
remember each other as we offer prayers and sacrifices to God, in union with the
Cross of Christ.
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