COMMUNITY CHRONICLE (09/26/99)

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE

Philly boys win soccer tournament

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals under-10 boys team, coached by Taras Kozak, won first place in the King of Prussia Soccer Tournament on Saturday, August 21. They played four preliminary games in which they won three against the Sounderton Spartans, Perkiomen Valley Lazers, Havertown Phantoms and tied one against the Ashton Hurricanes. The Ukrainian Nationals made it to the finals and once again defeated the Souderton Spartans by a score of 2-0. Also worth mentioning is that this past spring, while playing in the under-9 division, the boys won in that division in the Rock Spring League.

- Irene Zwarych

New members inducted into Apostleship of Prayer

WILMINGTON, Del. - On June 6, 12 members were inducted into the Apostleship of Prayer organization at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church here. The Rev. Vasyl Sivinsky, pastor of St. Nicholas parish, performed the ceremony.

The Apostleship of Prayer is a religious organization, spreading the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus that has been in existence for over 100 years. There are 35 members currently in the organization at St. Nicholas.

New officers for the 1999-2000 term are: president, Grace Pryslak; vice-president, Barbara Thomas; vice-president of Ways and Means, Lilli Thomas; treasurer, Denise Stevens; assistant treasurer, Sandra Koch; recording secretary, Mary Krawczuk; corresponding secretary, Marbeth Szczerban; and member-at-large, Sharon Mynuk.

Present at the June 6 ceremony were: Marbeth Szczerban, Mary Kazio, Joanne Kurych, Anna Zaryckyj, Olga Pastuszok, Rev. Vasyl Sivinsky, Maria Woloszyn, Julia Tresznewsky, Stephania Hrycushko, Katarina Kostyshyn, Kataryna Hlyniansky, Sofia Cybak, Anna Dziubinsky, Justina Szczerban, Eugenia Picyk, Katherine Schurga, Catherine Husak, Irene Serba, Joanna Dycio, Josephine Sadiwnyk, Olena Paranczak, Sandra Koch, Grace Pryslak, Lilli Thomas, Barbara Thomas, Sharon Mynuk, Mary Krawczuk and Denise Stevens.

Members not present included: Mary Bilecki, Anna Ginsiorsky, Mary Kucaba, Dolores Losten, Maria Maybroda, Areta Skamay, Anastasia Stecko, Rosalia Stolar.

Parma parish hosts teens from Ukraine

PARMA, Ohio - On Saturday, July 24, at the invitation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., 28 teenagers and two chaperones from Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Lviv arrived at Kennedy Airport in New York City for a monthlong visit to Ukrainian Orthodox parishes in the United States. This trip was co-sponsored by the organization Educators for Peace, a division of UNESCO.

On their arrival in the United States, they were taken to the Archdiocesan Center of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. in South Bound Brook, N.J., where they were welcomed by Archbishop Antony.

Following one week of touring New York City and various parts of New Jersey, they traveled to All Saints Ukrainian Orthodox Camp, located on the Allegheny River in western Pennsylvania. There they joined over 60 teenagers attending the annual Diocesan Teenage Conference. While participating in religious and cultural activities, as well as sporting events, they interacted with their American counterparts. While at the camp, they also visited with Metropolitan Constantine.

From Saturday, August 7, through Wednesday, August 11, the teenagers were hosted by St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Parma, Ohio. On Sunday they attend the divine liturgy at St. Vladimir's Cathedral, following which they proceeded to the monument to the Great Famine and placed a wreath at its base.

Representing the group, Maryna Gorobets, spoke on their impression of their visit and explained their surprise to find such an active and organized Ukrainian community in the United States. She said, "We came expecting to learn English and, to our surprise, we are learning Ukrainian." The group also toured the Memorial Famine Room in the parish school building, where they saw, for the first time, pictures of that horrible Ukrainian tragedy of 1932-1933.

Their visit to Parma also included a trip to Sea World, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, a tour of Cleveland and a boat ride on the Cuyahoga River, as well as individual trips and activities arranged by their host families.

On Wednesday, August 11, prior to their departure, the students gathered at the cathedral for a prayer service for a safe journey. The Rev. John Nakonachny, pastor of St. Vladimir's, asked them to remember their visit to Parma and encouraged them to let their parents and friends in Ukraine know about the active religious and cultural Ukrainian communities that exist in the United States.

From Parma, the group traveled to Youngstown, Ohio, and then on to Philadelphia and Washington. They returned to Kyiv on August 22.

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