Sts. Peter & Paul Church
Historical Events
1996 to 1999
Sts. Peter & Paul Church
Historical Events
1996 to 1999
1996
FEBRUARY 5
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD ITS ANNUAL POT LUCK LUNCHEON.
MARCH 23
THE ENGLISH LENTEN RETREAT BEGAN, PREACHED BY FATHER ROCKY GRIMARD, OMI.
APRIL 23
THE OFFICIAL SIGNING OF THE CONTRACT WITH BROMAC CONSTRUCTION FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE CHURCH TOOK PLACE. THE MASSES WERE THEN CELEBRATED IN THE PARISH HALL WHILE CONSTRUCTION TOOK PLACE.
MAY
BUILDING FUND D0NATIONS:
$6, 000.00 WAS RECEIVED FROM MRS. ALICE LEON, OF THORNHILL.
$1,000.00 FROM THE CANADIAN POLISH CONGRESS NIAGARA DISTRICT.
THE PARISH JOINED ELISABETTA AND ADAMO PICHELLI AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
MAY 25
SISTER ALEXANDRETTE SMITH CELEBRATED HER 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF RELIGIOUS LIFE. THE CELEBRATION TOOK PLACE IN MISSISSAUGA AT THE HOLY NAME OF MARY HIGH SCHOOL CHAPEL.
JUNE
BUIDLING FUND DONATIONS:
$7,000.00 FROM THE POLISH CANADIAN LEGION.
$1,000.00 FROM THE POLISH COMBATANTS FROM ST. CATHARINES.
JUNE 1
THE CANADIAN POLISH SOCIETY HELD A DINNER IN SUPPORT OF THE PARISH BUILDING FUND, WHICH RAISED $2,708.05 AFTER EXPENSES.
JUNE 3
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR ANNUAL DINNER MEETING AT THE BLUE STAR RESTAURANT.
JUNE 10
THE ROSARY SOCIETY HELD THEIR ANNUAL PICNIC AT THE FELICIAN SISTERS CONVENT.
JUNE 17
FATHER EDWARD JANKOWSKI, FORMERLY FROM OUR PARISH, CELEBRATED HIS 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF ORDINATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD.
JULY
BUIDLING FUND DONATIONS:
$5, 000.00 WAS RECEIVED FROM THE KNIGHTS OF COLOMBUS FROM TORONTO.
$3, 000.00 WAS RECEIVED FROM MRS. JADWIGA ROBOTYCKI.
$1,000.00 WAS RECEIVED FROM THE POLISH CANADIAN SOCIETY IN ST. CATHARINES.
AUGUST 13
THE CHURCH STEEPLE WAS PUT INTO PLACE.
SEPTEMBER 22
OFFICIAL BLESSING OF THE NEWLY RENOVATED CHURCH TOOK PLACE AT 10:00 AM MASS, AND WAS OFFICIATED BY BISHOP JOHN O'MARA. A RECEPTION TOOK PLACE IN THE PARISH HALL FOLLOWING THE MASS.
FATHER ZYGMUNT MUSIELSKI CELEBRATED HIS FINAL MASS WITH THE PARISH AS HE MOVED TO TORONTO TO THE PROVINCIAL HOUSE TO WORK ON THE ARCHIVES.
FATHER JOHN (JAN) WADOLOWSKI, OMI, OF WINNIPEG, BECAME THE NEW PASTOR OF STS. PETER & PAUL PARISH.
OCTOBER
FATHER V. FERDYNUS, OMI, FORMERLY OF OUR PARISH, CELEBRATED HIS 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS PRIESTHOOD.
OCTOBER 20
THE PARISH AUTUMN BAZAAR WAS HELD, WHICH RAISED OVER $3,000.00 FOR THE BUILDING FUND.
NOVEMBER
THE PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE: FATHER JAN WADOLOWSKI, O.M.I., PASTOR, SISTER ALEXANDRETTE SMITH, CSSF, PASTORAL ASST., DAVE SPALTON, CHAIRPERSON, RENO CIROCCO, FRAN GULAS, MARCO MAGAZZENI, BEATRICE NAJBERT, LAURENCE PETER, MIKE SIKORSKI, AND FRANK TROTZ.
NOVEMBER 3
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION WAS RECEIVED BY BRYCE INFANTINO AND STEPHAN PUSZCZALOWSKI.
NOVEMBER 8
A PIZZA PARTY WAS HELD FOR THE ALTAR BOYS AND GIRLS.
NOVEMBER 10
A SPECIAL MASS WAS HELD TO CELEBRATE SISTER M. ALEXANDRETTE'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF RELIGIOUS LIFE. A RECEPTION FOLLOWED IN THE PARISH HALL.
NOVEMBER 17
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR ANNUAL BAZAAR AND PENNY SALE IN THE PARISH HALL.
THE PARISH JOINED DAVID AND JANICE SPALTON AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 17TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND RENEWED THEIR VOWS.
NOVEMBER 24
THE PARISH JOINED JOHN AND HELEN DURLEY AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
NOVEMBER 26
THE PARISH JOINED TOM AND OLGA SYDOR AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WITH AN OPEN HOUSE IN THE PARISH HALL.
DECEMBER 8
SAINT NICHOLAS (MARCO MAGAZZENI) VISITED THE PARISH WITH GIFTS FOR ALL OF THE CHILDREN.
DECEMBER 9
THE ROSARY SOCIETY CELEBRATED THEIR ANNUAL "CELEBRATION OF LIGHT" FOLLOWED BY MASS.
DECEMBER 28
DECEMBER 29
THE PARISH FAMILY GATHERED AT THE POLISH COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR MASS AT 10:00 AM. FOLLOWING THE MASS, THE PARISHIONERS SHARED THE TRADITIONAL OPLATEK AND OFFERED SUPPORT TO EACH OTHER OVER THE TRAGIC LOSS OF THE CHURCH.
JANUARY 25
MASSES WERE MOVED TO THE PARISH HALL ON 291 BEATRICE ST.
A MEETING WAS HELD WITH ALL PARISHIONERS TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THE PARISH.
FEBRUARY
THE STUDENTS OF ST. MARY'S SCHOOL MADE POSTERS OF THE SUNDAY GOSPEL MESSAGES WHICH WERE HUNG ON THE WALLS OF THE HALL (OUR TEMPORARY CHURCH).
FEBRUARY 1
WATER FONTS WERE MADE AND DONATED TO THE CHURCH BY TED TROSCINSKI AND CHRIS PAWLIK.
FEBRUARY 9
THE PARISH JOINED WITH REAL AND MARGARET TISI AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 40TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
FEBRUARY 9-12
THE POLISH LENTEN RETREAT WAS PREACHED BY REV. JAN BARTCZAK, OMI.
FEBRUARY 22-25
THE ENGLISH LENTEN RETREAT WAS PREACHED BY VERY REV. TED NOWAK, OMI, PROVINCIAL OF OBLATE FATHERS OF ASSUMPTION PROVINCE, AND REV. ADAM FILAS, OMI, PASTOR OF ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE PARISH IN MISSISSAUGA.
MARCH 9
A DINNER IN HONOUR OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY WAS HELD AT THE POLISH COMMUNITY CENTRE. PROCEEDS WENT TO ASSIST THE SCOUT GROUP.
MARCH 16
FATHER FAUSTUS A MCKENNA OF THE
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS IN WELLAND, PRESENTED A CIBORIUM TO THE PARISH. THE
HONOUR GUARD WAS ALSO PRESENT.
THE FORMER CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION
WAS PURCHASED BY THE DIOCESE FOR A PASTORAL CENTRE. STS. PETER AND PAUL
PARISH INHERITED THE PEWS WHICH WERE PLACED IN THE PARISH HALL (TEMPORARY
CHURCH).
MARCH 21
A GOOD FRIDAY DINNER WAS HELD AT THE POLISH HALL WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO THE SCOUTS.
MARCH
A DONATION OF $1,000.00 WAS RECEIVED FROM THE FELICIAN SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS OF CANADA FOR THE PARISH BUILDING FUND.
APRIL 6
AN EASTER DINNER WAS HELD FOR PARISHIONERS AT THE POLISH HALL.
APRIL 20
THE SWEET HARMONY CHOIR GAVE A CONCERT AT THE CANADIAN POLISH COMMUNITY CENTRE AS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE CHURCH. A TOTAL OF $1, 080.00 WAS RAISED FOR THE BUILDING FUND.
APRIL 25
CONFIRMATION WAS CELEBRATED BY BISHOP O'MARA FOR KATHRYN MATHIAS, NATHAN INFANTINO, LONI MCANDREWS, MELISSA GUIGERE, DUSTIN SWORDS, ERIC KOWALSKY, DARREN WEST, AND MARK BELANGER.
MAY
THE PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE:
FATHER JAN WADOLOWSKI, O.M.I., PASTOR, SISTER ALEXANDRETTE SMITH, CSSF, PASTORAL ASST., FRANK TROTZ, CHAIRPERSON, RENO CIROCCO, ANTHONY GALLACCIO, FRAN GULAS, JOHN KALINOWSKI, MARCO MAGAZZENI, BEATRICE NAJBERT, LAURENCE PETER, MIKE SIKORSKI, AND DAVE SPALTON.
MAY 6
THE PARISH JOINED WITH ANTHONY AND BARBARA GALLACCIO AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND RENEWED THEIR VOWS DURING THE 9 AM MASS.
MAY 11
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION WAS MADE BY NICOLE JACKSON, PETER LLOYD, AND PETER SPALTON.
MAY 25
FATHER JAN SHOWED SLIDES AND TOLD STORIES TO PARISHIONERS ABOUT HIS MISSIONARY EXPERIENCES IN MADAGASCAR FOLLOWING THE MAY DEVOTION.
MAY
A SKIN CARE WORKSHOP FOR THE LADIES OF THE PARISH WAS HELD BY KATHY KRUGER OF MARY KAY COSMETICS. THE EVENT RAISED $100.00 FOR THE PARISH.
JUNE - WORLD WIDE WEB PAGE
STS. PETER & PAUL PARISH WENT WORLDWIDE! A PARISH WEB PAGE WAS CREATED BY PARISHONER, TONY GALLACCIO. IT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO GAIN INFORMATION ABOUT STS. PETER & PAUL PARISH VIA THEIR COMPUTER AND THE INTERNET. SPECIAL THANKS TO MR. FRANK DECHELIS OF INTERNET ACCESS WORLDWIDE, A LOCAL INTERNET ACCESS PROVIDER, FOR ALLOWING US FREE SPACE ON HIS SERVER.
JUNE 3
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR DINNER MEETING AT THE CANADIAN POLISH COMMUNITY CENTRE.
JUNE 7
THE FIRST MEETING OF THE PARISH YOUTH GROUP WAS HELD WITH 10 YOUNG PEOPLE IN TOTAL, LED BY ALICIA AND LAUREN GALLACCIO.
JUNE 8
A SPECIAL MASS WAS HELD AT 9:00 AM FOR SISTER MARY ANIELA'S GOLDEN JUBILEE, FOLLOWED BY A RECEPTION.
JUNE 10
THE ROSARY SOCIETY HELD THEIR ANNUAL PICNIC AT THE FELICIAN SISTERS CONVENT.
JUNE 22
SISTER ANIELA'S GOLDEN JUBILEE WAS CELEBRATED AT 11:00 AM MASS.
THE POLISH COMMUNITY CENTRE HELD A PICNIC.
JULY 8
PARISHIONERS AND THE ARCHITECT ATTENDED A MEETING WITH THE COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT TO OBTAIN PERMISSION TO REBUILD THE CHURCH WITH RELIEF FROM ZONING BY-LAWS OF PARKING SPACE AND YARD SPACE.
AUGUST 9
PARISHIONERS ATTENDED A VISIT TO MARINELAND FOR "PARISH FAMILY DAY."
AUGUST 24
THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM WAS CELEBRATED FOR TRISTAN JAMES O'BRIEN.
SEPTEMBER 7
THE ROSARY SOCIETY HELD THEIR MEETING.
SEPTEMBER 8
THE STS. PETER & PAUL SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR MEETING.
OCTOBER 4
THE FELICIAN SISTERS CELEBRATED THEIR 60 YEARS OF MINISTRY IN CANADA.
OCTOBER 14
THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE HOLY ROSARY SOCIETY WAS HELD.
THE SENIORS CLUB MET AT THE CANADIAN POLISH SOCIETY CENTRE.
OCTOBER 15
FATHER LEONARD BROUGHAN OF THE CARMELITE FATHERS HELD AN EVENING OF PRAYER AND INSTRUCTION FOR THE AUXILIARY MINISTERS OF OUR PARISH.
NOVEMBER
OUR SINCERE THANKS WAS EXTENDED TO PIOTR WOJCIK, A SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST WHO CREATED A BEAUTIFUL PAINTING OF "OUR LADY OF OSTRA BRAMA". THIS PAINTING WAS HUNG IN OUR PARISH HALL, THE TEMPORARY CHURCH FACILITY.
OUR SINCERE THANKS WAS EXTENDED TO THE HENRY AND MARY CIMEK OF OUR PARISH, FOR THEIR KIND AND GENEROUS DONATION OF A DOLL HOUSE WHICH WAS USED AS A FUNDRAISER FOR OUR NEW CHURCH. THE DOLL HOUSE WAS TRULY A LABOUR OF LOVE.
TICKETS FOR THE DRAW WERE PAID FOR BY THE KNIGHT'S OF COLUMBUS, ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, COUNCIL #2146 OF WELLAND.
A DONATION OF $500. TO OUR BUILDING FUND WAS RECEIVED FROM MARIA KUHARIK IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND.
NOVEMBER 13
ALL PEOPLE'S UNITED CHURCH HOSTED A TURKEY DINNER AS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE CHURCH BUILDING FUND. THIS DINNER WAS SPONSORED BY THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM ECUMENICAL, AND SHOWED THE GENEROSITY OF OUR NEIGHBOURS IN SUPPORTING THE BUILDING OF OUR NEW CHURCH. THE EVENT RAISED $2,010. FOR OUR CHURCH BUILDING FUND.
NOVEMBER 16
THE STS. PETER & PAUL SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR ANNUAL BAZAAR AT THE CANADIAN POLISH COMMUNITY CENTRE.
DECEMBER 1
THE ROSARY SOCIETY HELD THEIR ANNUAL SCRIPTURAL CELEBRATION OF LIGHT IN THE PARISH HALL, TO CELEBRATE "CHRIST THE LIGHT."
DECEMBER 7
ST. NICHOLAS (TONY GALLACCIO) PAID A VISIT TO THE CHILDREN OF OUR PARISH, BRINGING GIFTS FOR ALL.
DECEMBER 8
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR ANNUAL "CHRISTMAS DINNER MEETING" AT THE POLISH HALL.
DECEMBER 17
THE PARISH COUNCIL HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.
1998
JANUARY
BUILDING FUND DONATIONS:
$1,200.00 TO OUR CHURCH BUILDING FUND WAS RECEIVED FROM THE LADIES ALTAR SOCIETY OF OUR LADY OF HUNGARY PARISH.
DONATION RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF AGNES NAWOTKA.
DONATION RECEIVED FROM THE NOWAK FAMILY IN MEMORY OF ZOFIA PACHCINSKA.
MR. & MRS. ANTHONY & LORETTA AGUECI DONATED $550.00 ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
MR. W. HORPENUK GENEROUSLY DONATED A GIFT OF $1,000.00.
CHRISTMAS THANK-YOU'S WERE EXTENDED TO ANNE MCDOUGAL, NORMA SZIGATTI, IRENE NAWOTKA, LAUREN, ALICIA, NICK AND TONY GALLACCIO, FOR THE GENEROUS SHARING OF THEIR TIME AND TALENTS IN DECORATING THE PAIRSH HALL, OUR TEMPORARY CHURCH; TO THE DYMEK FAMILY FOR PROVIDING THE CHRISTMAS TREES AND MANGER; TO THE RECZYNSKI FAMILY FOR DONATING MATERIAL FOR THE GOLDEN CHASUBLE AND KRYSTINA WOJCIK FOR SEWING THE CHASUBLE; AND TO BILL SYDOR FOR HIS HELP.
JANUARY 3
A MEETING AND PIZZA PARTY WAS HELD FOR THE ALTAR SERVERS OF THE PARISH.
JANUARY 5
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.
JANUARY 11
THE POLISH COMMUNITY CENTRE HELD A DINNER TO CELEBRATE CHRIST'S PRESENCE AMONG US. PARISHIONERS GATHERED TO EXCHANGE CHRISTMAS GREETINGS AND TO SHARE OPLATEK, THE CHRISTMAS WAFER.
JANUARY 12
THE ROSARY SOCIETY HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.
JANUARY 15
THE PARISH COUNCIL HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.
JANUARY 28
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD FOR ALL LOVED ONES OF OUR PARISH WHO DIED IN THE YEAR 1997.
FEBRUARY 2
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING AND POT- LUCK DINNER AT THE POLISH COMMUNITY CENTRE.
FEBRUARY 9
THE ROSARY SOCIETY HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING FOLLOWING A MASS.
FEBRUARY 19
THE PARISH COUNCIL HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.
FEBRUARY 22-25
THE POLISH LENTEN RETREAT WAS PREACHED BY FATHER MAREK MICHALIK, OMI
MARCH
BUILDING FUND DONATIONS:
$1,000.00 FROM JJ PATTERSON & SONS FUNERAL RESIDENCE.
$200.00 FROM THE SENIORS CLUB.
MARCH 2
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.
MARCH 12
THE PARISH COUNCIL HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.
MARCH 14-17
THE ENGLISH LENTEN RETREAT WAS PREACHED BY FATHER LENOARD BROUGHAN.
APRIL 6
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.
APRIL 12
JESSICA RENEE FRASER WAS WELCOMED INTO GOD'S FAMILY THROUGH THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM.
APRIL 23
THE PARISH COUNCIL HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.
MAY
GENEROUS DONATIONS TO THE CHURCH BUILDING FUND WERE RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM KALMATS, DANTE GUGLIELMI JR., CHRISTINE MELESKIE, ZENOBIA BENDZIK, WLADYSLAW DENEGA, AND ANTONI JASINSKI.
THE PARISH JOINED BERNARD & WANDA KORDYJACKA AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 50th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. A SPECIAL GIFT OF $3,000.00 WAS DONATED TO THE CHURCH BUILDING FUND IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR ANNIVERSARY.
BUILDING FUND DONATIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE FELICIAN SISTERS, AND FROM THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION POLISH VETERANS, BRANCH 418 OF ST. CATHARINES.
MAY 3
THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION WAS CELEBRATED BY MOST REVEREND BISHOP JOHN O'MARA, D.D. FOR STACEY PEREZ, RYAN SMUTNICKI AND CHRISTOPHER SPALTON.
MAY 4
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.
MAY 9 - SOD TURNING CEREMONY
THE SOD TURNING CEREMONY & EUCHARISTIC LITURGY WAS HELD TO MARK THE FIRST STEPS TOWARDS THE BUILDING OF OUR NEW CHURCH. THE MASS WAS FOLLOWED BY A BANQUET AT THE CANADIAN POLISH SOCIETY, AND PROCEEDS FROM THE BANQUET WERE DONATED TO THE BUILDING FUND.
A TOTAL OF $5, 344.00 WAS RAISED BY THE BANQUET.
SPECIAL GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDED:
REV. MONSIGNOR VINCENT O'DONOHUE, P.H., Episcopal Vicar for Administration;
REV. TADEUSZ NOWAK, OMI, Provincial of Missionary Oblates of Assumption Province;
REV. ANTONI MENDRELA, OMI, Past Provincial & Pastor of St. Casimir's in Toronto;
REV. VINCENT FERDYNUS, Retired Past Pastor of Sts. Peter & Paul Church;
REV. ZYGMUNT MUSIELSKI, Past Pastor of Sts. Peter & Paul Church;
REV. JAN WADOLOWSKI, Pastor of Sts. Peter & Paul;
SISTER M. ALEXANDRETTE, Pastoral Assistant;
SISTER MARY ANNE OLEKSZYK, representing the Felician Sisters;
ST. CECILIA'S CHOIR MEMBERS FROM ST. STANISLAUS PARISH IN TORONTO WITH ROSE ZARESKI, Choir Director;
RALPH BELVEDERE, architect;
STEVE MCQUADE, General Contractor;
MR. ALEX KUSKA, Innovator of the Separate School Board;
SANDY O'DELL & JIM LAROUCHE, City Councillors of Ward 6;
MR. JOHN BUCKO, President of the Polish Combatants;
MR. JOHN BEDNAROWSKI, President of the Polish Canadian Congress;
MR. PAUL KOCULA, President of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 418;
MAY 17
THE ROSARY SOCIETY CELEBRATED THEIR 13th ANNIVERSARY. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION WAS CELEBRATED FOR PATRICIA DIMARCANTONIO AND DONOVAN COLEMAN.
JUNE
A DONATION OF $1000.00 TO THE CHURCH BUILDING FUND WAS RECEIVED FROM MR. & MRS. GERALD & FRANCES CAVIN FROM VICTORIA.
JUNE 1
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR MONTHLY DINNER MEETING.
JUNE 8
THE ROSARY SOCIETY HELD A POT-LUCK PICNIC AT THE HOME OF BILL & MURIEL SYDOR.
JUNE 18
THE PARISH COUNCIL HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.
JULY
BUILDING FUND DONATIONS:
$2,000.00 FROM ROSE, FRANCES, TOM & ANNE ZARESKI, IN MEMORY OF THEIR PARENTS.
$250.00 WAS RECEIVED FROM NANAJAN ABRAHAM.
AUGUST
A DONATION OF $200.00 WAS RECEIVED FROM ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST HUNGARIAN GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WELLAND.
AUGUST 2
THE PARISH JOINED THE MELESKIE FAMILY AS THEY CELEBRATED A FAMILY REUNION MASS.
AUGUST 9
THE ROSARY SOCIETY SAID GOODBYE TO STELLA SALINIEWICZ, A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE PARISH AND ROSARY SOCIETY, AS SHE MOVED TO WOODSTOCK TO BE CLOSER TO HER DAUGHTER.
AUGUST 20
THE PARISH COUNCIL HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.
AUGUST 26
THE PARISH JOINED JERZY & JANINA MINSZCZAK AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 25th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
AUGUST 30
THE PARISH WELCOMED THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, COUNCIL 2146 AND THEIR FAMILIES, AS THEY ATTENDED 9:00 AM MASS TO CELEBRATE "FAMILY COMMUNION SUNDAY."
THE PARISH JOINED MRS. REGINA ZOMERFELD AS SHE CELEBRATED HER 88th BIRTHDAY.
SEPTEMBER 1
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.
THE PARISH JOINED HENRYK & JOLANTA FANFARA AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 20th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
SEPTEMBER 6
THE DRAW FOR THE DOLL HOUSE FUNDRAISER WAS HELD. JULIE SHUKIS OF PORT COLBORNE WAS THE LUCKY WINNER.
SEPTEMBER 14
THE ROSARY SOCIETY HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.
SEPTEMBER 27
THE PARISH JOINED WIESLAW & KRYSTNA WOJCIK AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 30th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
OCTOBER
A GENEROUS DONATION OF $4,500.00 TO THE CHURCH BUILDING FUND WAS RECEIVED FROM FATHER ANTONI MENDRELA AND THE ROSARY SOCIETY MEMBERS OF ST. CASIMIR'S PARISH IN TORONTO. GENEROUS DONATIONS WERE ALSO RECEIVED FROM JAMES O'BIRECK, IN MEMORY OF ROSE O'BIRECK; FROM HELN MAJKUT, IN MEMORY OF EDWARD MAJKUT; AND FROM KATHLEEN MUDIE.
OCTOBER 2
PARISHIONERS JOINED HOTEL DIEU HOSPITAL AS THEY CELEBRATED 50 YEARS OF CARING IN THE NIAGARA REGION WITH AN ANNIVERARY EUCHARIST CELEBRATED AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. CATHARINE OF ALEXANDRIA, FOLLOWED BY A BANQUET.
OCTOBER 3
THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE WAS CELEBRATED BY JOHN STERLING BULIUNG AND LISE AIMEE LANTEIGNE.
OCTOBER 5
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.
OCTOBER 6
THE PARISH COUNCIL HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.
OCTOBER 15
A SPECIAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED IN OUR CHURCH ON THE OCCASION OF 20 YEARS OF POPE JOHN PAUL II's PONTIFICATE. OCT 25 SAGER LO JOSEPH KUDRICK WAS WELCOMED INTO GOD'S FAMILY UPON RECEIVING THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM.
NOVEMBER
A DONATION OF $200.00 IN MEMORY OF JOHN DOMITREK WAS RECEIVED FOR THE BUILDING FUND. A DONATION OF $50.00 WAS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF FEDERICO & MARIA BATTISTELLI FROM BOB & LUCIA KILTY.
NOVEMBER 9
THE ROSARY SOCIETY HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.
NOVEMBER 15
THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM WAS CELEBRATED FOR VANESSA DAWN O'BIRECK, AS SHE WAS WELCOMED INTO GOD'S FAMILY.
NOVEMBER 17
THE PARISH COUNCIL HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.
NOVEMBER 21
THE PARISH JOINED MRS. MARIA KARAS AS SHE CELEBRATED HER 90th BIRTHDAY. NOV 25 THE PARISH JOINED JOHN & HELEN DURLEY AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 62nd WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
NOVEMBER 28
FOLLOWING THE 5:00 PM MASS, ROBERT HARDY OF THE KNIGHT'S OF COLUMBUS, ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI COUNCIL 2146, PRESENTED THE PARISH WITH A CHEQUE FOR $7,000.00 , THE MONEY RAISED THROUGH THE DOLL HOUSE FUNDRAISER. THIS DOLL HOUSE WAS GENEROUSLY DONATED BY MR. & MRS. HENRY & MARY CIMEK.
DECEMBER
A GENEROUS DONATION OF $625.00 WAS RECEIVED FOR THE CHURCH BUILDING FUND IN MEMORY OF JAMES O'BIRECK.
A GENEROUS DONATION OF $1,000.00 WAS RECEIVED FROM LOTTIE & MIKE SIKORSKI IN MEMORY OF THEIR PARENTS. TOMASZ NAJBERT GENEROUSLY DONATED $1,000.00 TO THE BUILDING FUND IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE, ZOFIA NAJBERT.
DECEMBER 6
SAINT NICHOLAS (TONY GALLACCIO) VISITED OUR PARISH, BRINGING GIFTS FOR ALL THE CHILDREN.
DECEMBER 13
BLESSING OF OUR NEW CHURCH
by Most Reverend John A. O'Mara, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of St. Catharines, took place on Sunday, December 13, 1998 during the Mass at 11:00 AM. The church was filled to capacity with about 350 dignitaries, parishoners and friends.
Master of Ceremony: Rev. Stuart MacDonald.
Assisting Clergy: Rev. Msgr. V. D. O'Donahue, Episcopal Vicar for Administration; Very Reverend Tadeusz Nowak, Provincial of the Missionary Oblates of Assumption Province; Very Rev. Msgr. Conrad B. Dachuk, Mitred Archpriest of St. Michael the Archangel Church - The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy; Rev. Vincent Ferdynus, OMI, Past Pastor for 19 years, Retired; Rev. Richard Wolak, OMI - Editor of the newspaper the "MISSION TODAY"; Rev. Wladyslaw Karciarz, OMI - Pastor of Holy Ghost Parish in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Rev. Adam Filas, OMI - Pastor of St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish in Mississauga, Ontario and Rev. Jan Wadolowski, OMI, Pastor;
Dignitaries:Sister Mary Colette, Provincial of Felician Sisters; Mother Alba, Superior of Sacred Heart Sisters; Mr. & Mrs. Richard Reuter, Mayor, City of Welland; Mr. & Mrs. Rafaelle Belvedere - Architect; Mr.s & Mrs. Steve McQuade, Contractor; Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus Colour Guard; Mr. Alexander Kuska, remembered especially for his work in fostering Catholic Education;
DECEMBER 14
THE ROSARY SOCIETY HELD THEIR ANNUAL "CELEBRATION OF LIGHT" IN THE PARISH HALL.
1999
JANUARY 2
A MEETING AND PIZZA PARTY WAS HELD FOR THE ALTAR SERVERS IN THE PARISH HALL.
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