730 Washington Avenue + Carnegie + PA + 15106

To become a new member of our parish family or arrange for a

baptism, emergency anointing or communion, or to add a name to

our sick / shut-in list, contact the rectory.

Rectory:

412-279-4652

Office Hours:

M-F 8:30 a.m

to 4:30 p.m.

Fax:

412-279-5109

Pyrohi Kitchen:

412-276-9897

E-mail:

holytrinitycarnegie

@gmail.com

Website:

www.htucc.com

Rev. Fr. Jason Charron, Pastor

Rev. Fr. Ivan Smereka

Fr. Deacon Myron Spak

Confessions

3:00 to 3:45 on Saturday

or by appointment

Divine Liturgy

Saturday 4:00 p.m.

Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Rosary

12 p.m.

2 3 Pyrohi

4 Pyrohi

5

6 1st

Reconciliation

Roman,

Julian and

Megan

7 8 Rosary

12 p.m.

9 Ascention

Vesperal

Liturgy 7pm

10 Pyrohi

Ascension of

Our Lord

10 a.m.

Liturgy

11

Pyrohi

12 “Ridna

shkola”

concert at

12pm

13Fathers of

1stEcumenical

Council

Mother’s Day

14 15 Rosary

12 p.m.

16 17

Pyrohi

18

Pyrohi

19

All Souls

Saturday

9am

20 Pentecost

Sunday

21 Pentecost

Monday

Liturgy at

11:30 a.m.

22 Rosary

12 p.m.

23 24

Pyrohi

25

Pyrohi

26

27 All Saints

28 10 a.m.

@Trinity

Acres

29 Rosary

12 p.m.

30 31

Pyrohi

May 2018

May 20, 2018 Pentecost Sunday

From the Desk of the Pastor Glory to Jesus Christ!

Dear Friends in Christ,

Today we celebrate the birth of Christ’s holy Church! It is truly stunning to think

what this clan of fishermen was able to accomplish in world history. Truth is, it was

the Holy Spirit working through them who accomplished these great victories, but

these men were part of the plan and for this we offer our veneration and respect.

Narrowing it down to one quality, though, we would have to say it was their bold

proclamation of the truth which set them apart. Before Pentecost they were a

collective of cowards cowering behind locked doors. After Pentecost, they were

brave prophets going into the streets and onto the Temple Mount itself proclaiming

the truth for all to hear, come what may!

What can you and I do here in America to contribute to a “second” Pentecost of the

Church, a renaissance unlike anything this generation has seen? I think we can take a

page out of the Acts of the Apostles and out of the recent history of our own

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. From the Acts of the Apostles we read these

words of St. Peter spoken to the Sanhedrin when they commanded that he must cease

preaching in the name of Jesus, “We must obey God rather than men!” (Acts. 5:29).

Yes, friends, and the Church grew overnight in spectacular ways. The same truth has

been played out in our modern era with the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. When

faced with worldly opposition, she chose imprisonment and speaking the truth of

God rather than the ease and acceptance promised by cooperation with godlessness.

Look how our church in Ukraine flourishes after its period of suffering for the

Truth: if in 1989, at the end of the catacomb period, only 300 very aged priests

remained of the 3,000 pre-WWII clergy, today there are again 3,000 priests with an

average age of just 38. The Church in Ukraine is vibrant and dynamic and has seen a

new Pentecost. What can we do to work for a second Pentecost? Proclaim the truth!

My brothers and sisters, love of truth and love of life are as close together as a baby

to an umbilical cord. Along this line, I’m including a powerful article in today’s

bulletin for your reading pleasure. It helps us understand the truth behind so many of

the rapid changes in our society. Knowing this truth will help us to stand up against

errors and be like St. Peter who said, “We must obey God rather than men!”

Jason, priest and sinner

New Things Happening at Holy Trinity

On Saturday, May 19, we will have a Festival meeting at the rectory after

4 p.m. Liturgy. Everyone is welcome to attend.

***On Pentecost Sunday, May 20 Sr. Barbara Jean, OSBM, of Mt. St.

Macrina in Uniontown, Pa, will be here selling Ukrainian gift items. The

proceeds will benefit children and seniors in need in Ukraine.

St. Josaphat Society is offering scholarship to the graduating students. If you

are interested, please email or call the rectory to obtain application form.

Deadline is July 14.

Our Memorial Day Liturgy will be on Monday, May 28 at the cemetery.

Liturgy will be followed by blessing of the graves. The Memorial Liturgy

envelopes are on the side of the church entrance and in the back. Please submit

your names by Friday, May 25.

The Parish Youth Group will be assembling 130 lunches (260 sandwiches) on

Friday June 1 in the church hall for distribution to the homeless and less

fortunate in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. The total cost of this project is

approximately $300.00. Any monetary donations are greatly appreciated.

Luncheon for our Graduates and their families will be on Sunday June 3,

following the 11 a.m. Divine Liturgy.

Baptism for the Dunlap children will be on Sunday, June 17 at the 11

a.m. Divine Liturgy.

Day Camp 2018 is June 25-July 6. We already have 40 kids registered for each

week. To provide financial assistance to those families that cannot pay for the

camp we try to raise money by selling hoagies. A big thank you to Angela

Honchar for running the fundraiser and to all of you who buy hoagies.

Our next Hoagie fundraiser will run on June 2 and 3. The order envelopes are

on the side and in the back of the church. Order deadline is May 29. Thank you

for your continual support.

Congratulations Class of 2018 Stanislav Davyda

Graduated from the Charters Valley High school

Will attend Robert Morris University

Monica Karpa Graduated from Carlynton High School

Will attend Gannon University in Erie to major in Biology for Pre-Dental

Damian Karpa

Graduated from Penn State with a Bachelor’s Degree in

Marketing Management

Anna Christina Kohl

Graduated from West Allegheny High School Will attend Duquesne University nursing program

Alexandr Christian Konecky Graduated from PA Cyber Charter School

Will begin nursing program at CCAC in fall 2018

Emily Kurzawski Graduated from Seton Hill University with

Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish

Iryna Lutsiv Graduated from Carlynton High School

Will attend Duquesne University to major in Integrated Marketing communications

Olenka Malyarska Graduated from University of Pittsburgh with Bachelor of Science

In nursing (Magna Cum Laude)

Events at Holy Trinity

Parish Festival this year will be on August 25-26.

For the Parish Festival we are asking for auction items,

monetary donations or gift cards. If you happen to have a gift

card you will never use, please donate it to the festival. All

donations will be listed in the bulletin. Please submit

your donation by July 31, 2018. Please call Mary Sembrat at

412-276-5828 or Mary Ann Davis at 412-708-8003 with any

questions. Consider also asking your employer to sponsor our

festival sign.

Prayer and Educational Events in Our Eparchy

SAVE THE DATE: St. Josaphat Cathedral Apsidal Icons Blessing

November 10, 2018 at 2 p.m. You are cordially invited to join St. Josaphat Cathedral

Community. Be a part of creating and preserving the living legacy of our faith!

Events in Our Ukrainian Community

The Ukrainian Technological Society (UTS) online scholarship application for fall

of 2018 scholarships, is now accessible. Current high school seniors or college

students, log into www.utspgh.org , then select “scholarship application“, and then

follow the directions. Applications must be made online or postmarked, by July 5.

The Ukrainian Technological Society is now accepting nominations for our 2018

Ukrainian of the Year. The qualifying factors are: professional accomplishments,

humanitarian efforts, and contributions to Ukrainian arts and culture. Your nominee’s

accomplishments could be within the local, national, OR international realm. Your

candidate must commit to attending our Ukrainian of the Year dinner dance on

November 3rd, if chosen. The nomination deadline is July 1st.Please send your

nomination, and the reasons for your nomination, along with YOUR name and contact

information to: Ukrainian Technological Society, P.O. Box 4277, Pittsburgh PA

15203.

Eparchial Youth Days are upon us soon! Attention youth ages 9-17 years old! The

deadline for registration is June 7, 2018. The registration forms are in the back of the

church or the church office. This will be an amazing experience, and it is at no cost to

our youth as expenses will be covered. The filled forms should be sent to:

Eparchial Youth Committee

c/o Fr. Lubomyr Zhybak

526 W. Rayen Ave.

Youngstown, OH

44502

May 2018 Lector Schedule

Sunday of the Man Born Blind

Saturday, May 5 – 4 p.m. – Helen Zaletski

Sunday, May 6 – 8:30 a.m. – Serhiy Chovnyk

Sunday, May 6 – 11:00 a.m. – First Repentance – Children

Wednesday, May 9 – 7 p.m. – Vesperal Liturgy – Al Trautman

Thursday, May 10 – 10 a.m. – Ascension of Our Lord – Cantor

Sunday of the Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical Council

Saturday, May 12 – 4 p.m. – Sandy Krivonyak

Sunday, May 13 – 8:30 a.m. – Terry Styran

Sunday, May 13 – 11:00 noon – Sophia Charron

Pentecost Sunday

Saturday, May 19 – 4 p.m. – Al Trautman

Sunday, May 20 – 8:30 a.m. – Terry Styran

Sunday, May 20 – 11:00 a.m. – Cantor

First Sunday after Pentecost

Saturday, May 26 – 4 p.m. – Mary Reabe

Sunday, May 27 – 8:30 a.m. – Serhiy Chovnyk

Sunday, May 27 – 11:00 a.m. – Sophia Charron

PRAYER LIST

Stephanya Borszcz Harry Kohl Danny Pituch

Bob Kness Jia Kohl Michalina Pituch

Dave Burke Ray Komichak Helen Popivchak

Josh Carmino Helen Novak Justine Perhosky

Trish Chorba Sharon Maddern Donald Schultz

Anastasia Chruszcz Mike Makar Mary Simek

Penelope Fahey John Maslany Kara Stemplewicz

Maria Bagmet Mary McLaughlin Bobby Wiznievisky

Daniel Holowaty Chris Miller Jim Nadeo

Ted Hritzko Helen Moskal Linda Warman

Weekly Collection & Reminders

Vital Statistics: Sunday collection $2179.80, Loose $80, Candles $111, Eparchial

$15, Utilities, $20, Holy days $660, Mother’s Day 935, Special $5, Natalia Fund $69,

Catechism book $25, donation $150, Day camp $450, Memorial donation Tillie

Volanski $495, Reimbursement 471.24. Total: $5,666.04 (Note: the “total” in last

week’s bulletin was incorrect, it should have read $4,081.90. Pyrohi amounts: April

26-27 $1, 188 May 3-4 $1,442, May 10-11 $1,327

The Church was a Mother to you in Life, providing for your Spiritual Needs: Please

Remember the Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma in your Last Will and Testament. The

wording to do this is as follows: “I give and bequeath to the Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of

St. Josaphat in Parma, located in Parma, Ohio, ___% of the residue of my estate [or: the sum

of $_____].”

Divine Liturgy Schedule

Pentecost Sunday

Sat 4:00 p.m. Divine Liturgy for Theophil Konecky

5/19 Requested by Eleanor Patross. (IS)

Divine Liturgy for the people. (JC)

Sun 8:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy for the repose of Luba and Peter

5/20 Hlutkowsky

Requested by St. Josaphat Society. (IS)

11:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy for the soul of Anna Zaletski

Requested by Eleanor Patross. (JC)

Mon 11:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy for Ezidor and Mary Forytas

5/21 Requested by Conrad and Margie Kulik. (JC)

Sunday of All Saints

Sat 4:00 p.m. Divine Liturgy for Marie Sgro, 40th day

5/26 Requested by Family. (JC)

Divine Liturgy for Wassil Medwig

Requested by Tom and Ming Medwig. (IS)

Sun 8:30 am Divine Liturgy for Katherine Kerchansky,

5/27 Requested by her son, Tom. (IS)

11:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy for Mathilda Volanski, 40th Day

Requested by Tanya and John Conti. (JC)

Mon 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy at Holy Trinity cemetery

5/28 For all deceased, followed by a blessing of the graves. (JC)

Tues 11:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy for Ihor Vykhnevych, 10th anniversary,

5/29 Requested by his daughter, Halyna, and family. (JC)

Happy Birthday! Pentecost is the birthday of the Church!

The Holy Trinity Children’s Herald Jesus Loves All His Little Children

May 20th, 2018 Pentecost Sunday Vol. 16, # 1

How Americans Got Hoodwinked By Anthony J. DeBlasi

"It gives us a very special, secret pleasure to see how unaware the people around us are of what is

really happening to them." When he said this, Hitler could have been speaking about America

today. The "secret" in Nazi Germany and democratic America is that minds were and are getting

washed with propaganda from government and "official" channels of information and news. By

mid-century, the American press was virtually a branch of government, and it was a secret only to

uninformed citizens that the public was being hoodwinked.

American labor organizer and former general secretary of the Communist Party USA, William Z.

Foster, spelled out the plan for America in 1932: “The proletarian revolution in the United States

will at once make a devastating slash into this maze of hypocrisy and intellectual rubbish. Not less

than in the Soviet Union, it will usher in a profound cultural revolution[.] ... [Education] will be

revolutionized, being cleansed of religious, patriotic and other features of the bourgeois

ideology. The students will be taught on the basis of Marxian dialectical materialism,

internationalism and the general ethics of the new Socialist society. Present obsolete methods of

teaching will be superseded by a scientific pedagogy.”

Was this just a political rant, like that proliferating throughout Europe and America after World War

I? Or was it the "writing on the wall" by a vanguard of dedicated enemies of America? By mid-

century, the mission of Marxist activists to transform America into a Soviet-style collective was

considered by many in the mainstream "a thing of the past" and all but forgotten. When war broke

out in Vietnam in the 1960s, however, and violent demonstrations on college campuses and riots

erupted across America, older Americans suspected that the Marxist movement had been relegated

to the dustbin of history too soon. Student confrontations with police became daily news, blood was

spilled, buildings were blown up, in brutal waves of protest against "the Establishment." Accused of

crimes against humanity, "the Establishment" was summarily convicted and sentenced to "justice"

according to Marxist rules. In their execution of "justice," the younger rebels practiced violence

while their seniors engaged in planning and subversion.

Postwar activists, funded by agents in and out of government, had geared up to the wholesale

trashing of Western culture, in preparation for the communist takeover planned early in the 20th

century. Marxists had already begun to inject their poison ideology in public schools by the start of

World War II in a program of education called "Progressive," designed to prepare the young for a

collectivist society. How could such a trick be pulled off in a democratic country? Democracy,

according to John Dewey, the "father of Progressive Education," is a tool, not a form of

government. That's how. A twist of words converted the will of the people into the will of the State!

By the time of the 1960s uprisings, it was clear to all but the blind that America was under attack

from within. Where were the news media reports of subversion? Why was the public kept from

knowing, for example, that the Soviet Union provided $1 billion to the U.S. anti-war

movement (AKA peace movement)?

I was aware of the deadly mixture of truth and falsehood being fed the public in the news, on

campus, in the school room, in church – distortions of truth dressed in noble language that

concealed the intent of political rebels "to demolish beyond hope of repair the engine of Western

metaphysics" – to use the words of J. Hillis Miller, an outspoken academician of the political left.

The Vietnam War was fuel for the social firestorm breaking out across America in the 1960s, staged

and started by rebels and dissenters of every stripe. The Vietnam War – let it be clear – was an

excuse, not a cause for the violence on this side of the Pacific. Where were the brigades of concerned

citizens to quell the skirmishes and fight the battles? – where the groundswell of voices drowning

the political drivel in the press, on TV, on college campuses? In a country where part of a soldier's

oath is to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and

domestic" – for which they were sent to all corners of the world – such "oversight"

of internal warfare amounted to treachery!

Regardless of congressional action like that of Senator Joseph McCarthy to identify communists in

an effort to quash plots against the government, and despite the abundance of anti-communist

commentary and calls to action from books, pamphlets, periodicals, talk programs, and church

leaders, no effective measures were put in place by the government to counter the threat to the

American way of life. And instead of sounding an alarm to alert the public that their way of life was

being threatened, the mainstream news media continued to justify and support the 1960s social

revolution and its culture-bashing aftermath.

By the 1980s, an entire new generation was disoriented. School and media had turned young minds

toward an ideology at odds with America's founding principles and values. Americans progressively

lost their moral bearings and their identity as Americans. Marxist activists and other crusaders for a

collectivist nation had by now taken positions of leadership in academia, government, and

church. Public schools were beginning to pit students against their parents and filling their heads

with ideas calculated to undermine the core values of their country and heritage.

Americans who got all their news from the mainstream press or TV were unaware that a culture war

had broken out across the country. Mainstream media reporters, allegedly on the side of truth, were

either ignorant or complicit. Reporting the truth, never safe, was more than ever a sure way of

getting fired. If you, as an honest writer or editor, didn't like what was going on, you could join the

ranks of publications and organizations that were blacklisted or struggling to get the word out.

As in "the invasion of the body-snatchers," America changed from a relatively free and happy land to

a fretful and contentious one. The atmosphere throughout the land soured, with a slew of legally

backed prescriptions for thought, speech, and behavior, facetiously dubbed "political correctness" –

rules that pit oppressor class against victim class (a Marxist trick to divide and control

people). Most damaging was the fact that these "politically correct" instructions were being fed to

schoolchildren and reinforced in the mainstream media by groups and agencies that were not

elected by or represented the people.

The brainwashing of American minds was accompanied by a progressive deterioration of morality,

due in great measure to the failure of religious leaders to publicly condemn those in the public eye

who acted amorally or immorally. "Anything goes" hoaxes against the mind (such as the so-called

"sexual revolution") to detach the mind from the heart weakened the moral sense and the mental

acuity of mainstream Americans. It also weakened the initiative and enterprising spirit that once

formed the character of American society.

All the foregoing said, it must be everyone's hope and prayer that the long journey back to political

and social sanity be conducted with honesty and love for one another.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2

3

2nd Sunday

After

Pentecost

4 5 6 7 8 9

Eparchial

Evangeli-

zation

Conference

10

3rd Sunday

After

Pentecost

11 12 13 14

Eparchial

Youth

Days

15

Eparchial

Youth

Days

16

17

4th Sunday

After

Pentecost

18 19 20 21 22 23

24

Fr. Philip

Bumbar

50th

Priesthood

Anniversary

25 26 27 28

Vesperal

Liturgy

7 p.m.

29 Ss. Peter

and Paul

Liturgy at

the camp

30

June 2018

Parish Day Camp at Trinity Acres: Camp Heritage (Week 1)

Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church

Parish Activities

PAC (Pastor’s Advisory Council): Maryann Davis (contact person)

412-708-8003

Adult Faith Formation: Fr. Dcn. Myron Spak Apostleship of Prayer: Jean Daniels

412-303-9086 412-276-1735

CCD Religious Education: Mark Medwig Safe Environment: Marika Zaliszczuk

412-427-1422 412-215-5372

Youth Group: Bohdan Mykhailiv Church Lectors: Stephanie Fedora

412-726-8309 724-693-9255

Music: Stephen H. Zinski Pyrohi Project: Stephanie Fedora

412-276-2259 724-693-9255

Bible Study: Karen Colaizzi Young Mother’s Group: Carola

412-600-9264 Graefin Vom Hagen (Medwig)

412-528-1811

League of Ukrainian Catholics: Nick Kotow Annual Picnic Committee: Russ Zorey

412-835-8714 412-771-7234

St. Josaphat Society: Tom Kerchansky Men Following Christ Group: Fr. Dcn. Spak

412-279-5987 412-303-9086

Diocesan Resource Committee: Zac Sudiak Altar Decorating: Arlene Esterburg

412-266-6153 412-279-4652 (Rectory)

Ridna Shkola: Olexandra Korenovska

412-708-1260

Poltava Dance: Christina Hlutkowsky

412-980-1993

Finance Committee: Keith & Mary Reabe & Tom Medwig

Rectory: 412-279-4652

Bishop’s Review Board-Protection of Children: Dr. Justine Perhosky

412-276-3699