For 2010 Lenten Schedule of New Gracanica Midwestern America Diocese,
Milwaukee Deanery, please follow this link.
For St. Basil Guest Lecture Series schedule please follow this link.
UPCOMING AT ST. BASIL OF OSTROG SOC
Sun March 14
New St. Basil Church eBay Program Presentation.
Sat March 20—Teas with Nina—5 Teas and 5 Dishes. $20.00 per person following vesper services.
Enjoy an evening of prayer and fellowship while learning new ideas about Lenten season teas and foods.
Complimentary glass of wine. Vespers at 5:00. Teas with Nina starts at 6:00.
Tickets available on Sundays and by calling the church office to make a reservation.
Sun Mar 21—World Renown Guest Speaker on Orthodoxy: Kathryn Saclarides
Topic: How does Orthodox Church define mission work? Sat Mar 27—Free Youth Pysanky Workshop
Ukranian Easter preparations are made during Great Lent when Pysanky, raw, decorated eggs, are made. The pysanka (from the Ukrainian word
“pysaty”. to write) is Ukraine’s most famous product.
Dates: (Lazarus Saturday) March 27, 2009
Time: After Liturgy (Approx. 12:30pm)
Location: Gracanica Monastery Hall
RSVP: Please contact: Mira Hausser at 847-356-7814 or via email mhausser@comcast.net if you will be attending.
Sun March 28—Soup for the Soul—Fundraiser for Orphanage in Serbia
Sat May 8—Saturday High Tea with Gerry hosted by KSS - St. Basil Social Hall -
Watch for future announcements about High Tea - An event you won’t want to miss! Get your hats out!
Wed May 12 St. Basil of Ostrog
Sat May 29 2nd Annual Memorial Day Ping Pong Tournament - it's back!
SOUP TO GO
Each week during lent you will be able to preorder lenten soup of the week and pick it up at coffee hour freshly made and packaged to take home.
Take one night off from cooking and have homemade soup for the family!
This week KSS offers another fine Lenten Soup.
Place your order by Mar 11 to pick up at coffee hour on Sunday.
There aren't many extras for sale at pick up time so its best to place your order ahead of time to ensure you get some delicious lenten soup.
Respond to church weekend reminder email or email to arandjelovic@comcast.net
Besides by email one can order by calling us at (847) 247-0077 or faxing your pre-order to (847) 247-0088.
Our kolo is also, testing out an eBay project hoping to facilitate the raising of additional funds that will go directly into the church account
by selling selected donated items. Watch for future announcements about this too. Please join our kolo through membership and/or through the support
of various projects or by attending any of our efforts to support our youth and our church. Thanks to
everyone for all your support!
On Sunday, Feb 28, Dr. Srdja Trifkovic presented his latest book
"The Krajina Chronicle,
A Short History of Serbs in Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia" ,
which has just been published by The Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies
The talk was accompanied by an audio-visual presentation and followed by a lively Q&A session.
If you missed this chance to hear from the author talk about his newly published book, you can still order your copy on
line at http://www.balkanstudies.org/books.
Thanks to all who came to play chess at St. Basil’s First Chess Tournament. Our first chess tournament was successfully organized thanks to KSS for providing lenten refreshments and all who worked and helped
prepare this tournament.
There were two groups and two champions of the St. Basil's First Chess Tournament. Champion of the beginners group was Miss Danijela Vranjes while the championship
in the advanced group was much deservedly taken by Mr. Ilija Trivanovic. Once again, thanks to everyone for coming for an afternoon of friendship and fellowship.
+ HOME BLESSINGS + The Theophany blessing of homes in our parish will begin after Theophany, on Tuesday, January 19. Have a candle, a small bowl and a list of the living and deceased members of your family on the table in the dining room or in the kitchen. Priest will bless all the rooms in the house.
The blessing of homes with Theophany Holy Water is an old Orthodox tradition. Priest comes to your house in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ who said to his apostles: “As you enter the house, salute it. And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it.” (Mt. 10:12-13). “He who receives you receives me”. (Mt. 10:40).
Make this visit of your priest to be a blessed experience for you and the members of your family by fully participating in prayers offered in your home. All in the house should join priest standing up in reverence. The radio, T.V., etc. should be turned off. May the blessing of our Lord Jesus Christ and His protection be upon you and your home.
ST SAVA PROGRAM 2010 We've posted our St. Sava Day Program photo album, click here to see it.
NEW 2010 CALENDARS
HAVE ARRIVED! Don’t miss the chance to pick up a new 2010 pocket church-year calendar available starting today at the candle table. The price is $5.00 each.
These will give you a convenient compact way to have access to special dates, planning and diocesan contact information. Supply is limited so be sure to pick up a few calendars. Keep one in the car, at home and or in your purse. The compact format makes it easy to stay in touch with special dates.
See our updated Calendar
for the 2009/10
Church School Year.
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO EVERYONE! Sunday was a wonderful day in the life our parish and we want to thank all of you for your hard work over the past few days, weeks, months and even years. We thank everyone for their hard work and those who provided special leadership for this celebration. Through everyone’s efforts, prayers and the intercessions of St. Basil, God has blessed us with an opportunity to start again. We received tremendously generous donations from all our parishioners and guests; especially from His Grace, Bishop Longin and the Stokovich Family. Their belief and faith that this can become a shining example of an Orthodox parish we can be proud of gives us tremendous confidence that we will succeed in our efforts to leave a legacy for our children. We also want to thank everyone for their your support. We are so gratefulfor that. Neil Burmeister, Trusteeship President
and Trusteeship Board Members of
St. Basil of Ostrog Serbian Orthodox Church
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation .... To view photo album from our October 18, 2009 Welcome Banquet click here and
here.
SUNDAY SCHOOL AND FRIDAY CLASSES Sunday School, along with dance and Serbian classes are in session weekly. Please be sure to register your children for classes. Parents have developed a set of expectations for Friday evenings to help in assuring a safe and learning environment. Classes are provided for PreK through Grade 12. We are blessed with a team of great teachers who are giving of their hearts to provide memorable lessons and experiences. Parents can attend adult classes while their children are in their classes.
CHURCH FACILITIES UPDATE New Church Roof Completed!
The new church roof was completed by Thursday. The new roof will prevent the recent problems we faced from the rain. Many many thanks to all the donors who made this project possible and the generosity. Thank you everyone for answering the call for help.
To view our Taste of Serbia 2009 photo album click here.
Fr.Djuro's Sermon delivered on Sunday before Theophany, January 17th, 2010: Today we are short time from the celebration of Christ's baptism in the River Jordan. Today we are on the Sunday before of the Feast of Theophany, the celebration of the Holy Trinity made manifest. Manifest means it was made clear and real to us. Each Theophany (a time when God appeared in the flesh as Christ), we celebrate the newness of creation. In the Gospel we hear: "Today the Creator of heaven and earth approaches the River Jordan in the flesh; the Sinless One asks for baptism, that He may cleanse the world of the falsehood of the enemy."
...to read more or other Fr.Djuro's sermons
click here.
Listen to His Eminence, Archbishop Lazar (Puhalo) and His illuminating podcasts from the RADIO ORTHODOX CANADA:
EYE ON SCRIPTURE
For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to weakness. Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for himself, offer sacrifices for sins.
(Heb. 5:1-3)
FROM THE PRIEST
CHRIST'S TEACHINGS ABOUT SALVATION
For the attainment of the Kingdom, that is, man's salvation, the Lord Jesus Christ rather clearly taught as essential two things: faith and works. Passages of the New Testament that emphasize one or the other have often been quoted to show that it is exclusively by faith or by works that one is saved. Yet the Lord Himself never excluded either in His teaching.
....read more on pg. 2 of our Bulletin.
STEWARDSHIP COMES IN MANY WAYS
To keep expenses as manageable as possible, we are starting a new program at St. Basil Church and are asking for faithful individuals or families to volunteer to help in maintaining the church area of our complex sometime after and/or before Sunday and other Liturgies. All supplies and equipment will be provided. Typical tasks needing weekly attention include: vacuuming church, cleaning candle stands, wiping icons, cleaning glass on entry doors, straightening chairs, dusting etc. This stewardship is only for the church and is not for maintaining the social hall and other areas cleaned regularly. Individuals and/or families can sign up on a form kept where candles are sold.
SUNDAY LUNCHES
After Divine Liturgy, please join us in the Social Hall for Coffee Hour and the KSS Hot Lunch!
