something you should know

  • EPISTLE & GOSPEL
  • CENTENIAL CELEBRATION
  • 2011-12 SCHOOL YEAR
Fr. Philip WeinerTHIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

EPISTLE: 1st Timothy 4: 9-15

Timothy, my son: You can depend on [training in godliness] as worthy of complete acceptance. This explains why we work and struggle as we do; our hopes are fixed on the living God who is the savior of all men, but especially of those who believe. Read more
Very Rev. Archpriest Kiril AngelovCENTENIAL CELEBRATION

     The history of St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church can be traced back to the arrival of Ukrainian immigrants to the Rochester area in 1903. As more immigrants arrived, there developed a need to provide for the religious and cultural life of the people. In the early years, priests from Auburn, Buffalo, Elmira Heights and Troy, New York would come to Rochester to administer to the spiritual needs of the faithful.

     In 1908, the Benevolent Fraternity of St. Josaphat, a branch of the Ukrainian National Association, was organized. This benevolent society and its membership are the pioneers of organized Ukrainian life in the Rochester area.

     On November 15, 1908 the first official meeting of the Ukrainian Catholic Community took place at St. Stanislaus Church with the serious intent of organizing a parish. At a meeting held on June 28, 1909, 93 parishioners agreed to contribute 3 days salary and on July 5, 1909 the sum of $417.50 was collected to purchase land on Remington Street, where the first St. Josaphat Church was constructed. Read more
2010-11 SCHOOL YEAR
Welcome back to the 2010-11 School Year!

     Sunday School registration will be held before and after the 10:00 Liturgy on Sept 12 & 19. All children grades K 6 are encouraged to register and participate. Our first class will be Sept. 19, with all children and their families sitting together for 10:00 Liturgy. Completed registration forms can also be returned to the Church Office.

     If you have any questions, please contact Sunday School Coordinator, Paula Siviy, at psiviy@gmail.com.     SCHEDULE & REGISTRATION FORM


something you should know

  • FOR YOU TO KNOW
  • THE IMITATION OF CHRIST
  • LENTEN PRAYERS
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Confessions: Both daily and Sundays before all Liturgies
Baptisms: By appointment. Sponsors must be practicing Catholics
Marriage: Please contact you Pastor at least six months in advance. Attendance at PreCana is required.
Religious Education: Grades K-8 Sundays at 11:15 AM
Ministry to the Sick: Kindly notify the rectory office about parishioners who are confined to home, hospital, or convalescent home, so that a priest might visit them.
Sunday Bulletin Deadline: Notices should be phoned in or brought to the Parish Office no later than 12:00 noon on the Monday previous to the publication.
New Parishioners: Welcome to St. Josaphats! Please stop by the Rectory to introduce yourselves and register. We look forward to meeting you.
Bequests: In making out your will, kindly remember your church. St Josaphats Ukrainian Catholic Church of Rochester, NY is our legal title.
     He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, says our Lord.

In these words Christ counsels us to follow His life and way if we desire true enlightenment and freedom from all blindness of heart. Let the life of Jesus Christ, then, be our first consideration.

The teaching of Jesus far transcends all the teachings of the Saints, and whosoever has His spirit will discover concealed in it heavenly manna. But many people, although they often hear the Gospel, feel little desire to follow it, because they lack the spirit of Christ. Whoever desires to understand and take delight in the word of Christ must strive to conform his whole life to him. Read more
PRAYER FOR THE BEGINNING OF LENT

0 Lord Jesus Christ, my God, hope of all bounds of the earth, and of those far away at sea, You have established these holy days of fasting by Your law and the prophets, as a way of my mortification and repentance.

In the fullness of time, You manifested Yourself in the flesh on this earth, and by Your fast of forty days and nights, You sanctified the practice of fasting and commanded me to follow Your example.

As a merciful and gracious God, enable me to begin these holy days of Great Fast with perfect repentance, with humility rather than hypocrisy, with diligent prayer, with hunger and thirst, with frequent prostrations, and with a contrite heart. Enable me also to complete this time of the Great Fast, without fault and with a pure conscience, keeping my faith intact and achieving victory over sin. Read more