2011 Bishop’s Annual Appeal

1. 2011 Bishop’s Annual Appeal Working Towards “Vibrant Parishes”

2. Don't let worry kill you. Let the Church help. • Please attend the Potluck Supper on Thursday night. Prayer and medication to follow. • A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow. • The Choir invites any parish member who enjoys sinning to join the choir. Parish Bulletin Bloopers

3. Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community. • Don't forget the upcoming rummage sale. It is a good chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Wives, bring your husbands. • Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help they can get. Parish Bulletin Bloopers

4. Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 pm. Please use the back door. • The peace-making meeting scheduled for today has been cancelled due to a conflict. • Visitors please feel free to stay after service and say hell to the pastor. • Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday at 8 pm in the recreation hall. Come out and watch us kill Christ the King. Parish Bulletin Bloopers

5. During the absence of our pastor, we enjoyed the rare privilege of hearing a good sermon by our substituting priest. • This afternoon there will be a meeting in the north and south ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends. • Church sign: “Jesus Saves!” Grocery store sign across the street: “We save you more!” Parish Bulletin Bloopers

6. My Parish? “Drop in Centre” or “A Place to Call Home?” Working Towards “Vibrant Parishes”

7. Jesus said to them, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. “And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matthew 28: 19-20). The Commissioning of the Disciples

8. 2011 Synod of Bishops • Curitiba, Brazil

9. 2011 Synod of Bishops • Iguacu Falls

10. 2011 Synod of Bishops • Iguacu Falls

11. Vibrant Parishes:“Places to Encounter the Living Christ” It is the parish where most often the faithful have their first encounter with Christ, whether it be through attending the Sunday Divine Liturgy, a baptism, wedding or funeral. Evangelization often first happens on the level of the parish. Vision 2020

12. Operating Revenue for 2010

13. Operating Expenses for 2010 Operating surplus: $53,120

14. Evangelization – A New Springtime Vibrant Parishes:“Places to Encounter the Living Christ” 25 Year Eparchial Pastoral Plan • Vibrant Parishes

15. From getting to know someone, to falling in love and getting married, to living happily ever after. From knowing Christ, to loving Christ, to serving Christ. Falling in Love – A Lesson from Life • Vibrant Parishes

16. Word Eucharist Service Teach and Learn Pray and Celebrate Care and Share Three pillars of renewal • To know God, to love God, to serve God

17. Word • Teach and Learn • Scripture Study • Catechesis and Faith Development • Formation of Laity • and Clergy • Eucharist • Pray and Celebrate • Word of God • Eucharist and • Sacraments • Spirituality and • Devotions • Service • Care and Share • Stewardship • Building Community • Serving the Poor Three pillars of renewal • Vibrant Parishes

18. New programming: • Scripture Study • Family and Parish Bible Study • Scripture Fest, study days, workshops • Catechesis and Faith Development • God with Us Series • Generations of Faith for Byzantine Churches • Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults • Sacramental preparation and post-sacramental care Word – Teach and Learn • Vibrant Parishes

19. New programming: • Formation of laity, clergy, religious, monastics • Parents as First Educators • Baba and Dido Power • Youth Evangelizing Youth • Continuing education: clergy, religious, monastics • Mentorship for newly ordained clergy, newly vowed • Inculturation programs for foreign clergy Word – Teach and Learn • Vibrant Parishes

20. Nativity of the Mother of God New Liturgical Year How to make the Sign of the Cross Exaltation of the Holy Cross Take a break… Protection of the Mother of God The Jesus Prayer “Our Faith” Religious Education Newsletter • Vibrant Parishes

21. Catechism of the Ukrainian Catholic Church Christ Our Pascha New publication! • Vibrant Parishes

22. New programming: • Word of God, Eucharist and Sacraments, Spirituality • Centrality of Sunday Eucharist • Promote active participation of laity in liturgy • Full Christian Initiation of Infants • Special celebrations for children, teens, young adults • Marriage, sacred orders, anointing of sick, reconciliation • Liturgical Year • Saints • Teach Me to Pray • School of Iconography Eucharist – Pray and Celebrate • Vibrant Parishes

23. Prayer Book Beneath the Mantle of Your Mercy New publication! • Vibrant Parishes

24. Rite of Christian Initiation What is baptism? Pastoral note for pastors Preparing for baptism Rite of baptism What comes after baptism? New publication coming! • Vibrant Parishes

25. Bishop-Martyr Nykyta Budka First Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada New publication coming! • Vibrant Parishes

26. New programming: • Witness and Testimony • Stewardship – a Divine Vocation • Personal Stewardship: life, purpose and mission; gift of time, talents, education, skills; health, well-being; possessions, wealth • Collective Stewardship: Gospel and the Church; neighbour; family; community; leadership; the Earth and all that lives upon it Service – Care and Share • Vibrant Parishes

27. New programming: • Building Community • Being welcoming to one another • Paying attention to the guest and stranger • Community table and fellowship • Offering hospitality to visitors, travelers, and homeless • Serving Those in Need • Social outreach and works of charity – food banks, clothing dives, soup kitchens, aid to single mothers, helping immigrants and refugees, visitation of sick and shut-ins, Grief Share, Divorce Care, Third-World needs Service – Care and Share • Vibrant Parishes

28. Social Justice in Action Homeward Trust Edmonton 2011 Award: Recognizing Outstanding Organizations, People and Housing • Vibrant Parishes

29. Social Justice in Action • Vibrant Parishes

30. Social Justice in Action 38,000 staff and students in the Edmonton Catholic School District recognize Holodomor (Ukrainian Famine-Genocide) Memorial Day. • Vibrant Parishes

31. Alberta’s Legislature Social Justice in Action Catholic Sisters’ Legacy Recognition Project “Education – Health Care – Social Welfare” • Vibrant Parishes Image 13 of 37 Image 13 of 37

32. It is our hope that our 25 Year Pastoral Plan will help prepare us to become the Church that God intends us to be in the future… ….to become people and places in which we encounter the Living Christ. Glory to God! A new springtime of evangelization • Vibrant Parishes

33. 1 ??? million(potential) 2 7.5 million (including occasional church-goers) A new springtime of evangelization 3 4.3 million registered faithful Eparchy of Edmonton 2011 – 6,000 each Sunday 2020 – 12,000 (double) 4 1.1 million regularly practicing faithful • Vibrant Parishes

34. 2011 Bishop’s Annual AppealWorking Towards “Vibrant Parishes” Thank you for your support!