June 2013

JUNE 2013 THE ORTHODOX VISION 1

IN THIS ISSUE

Anastasi The closing Hymn of the Res-urrection Service reveals a great

blessing bestowed to us during

the Paschal Celebration.

by Fr. Andreas Vithoulkas

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ISSUE NO. 280 WWW.HOLYTRINITYBRIDGEPORT.ORG JUNE 2013

Chosen and Appointed by

God to Go and Bear Fruit

JUNE 2013 THE ORTHODOX VISION 2 June 2013 Weekday & Saturday Liturgies as of May 21, 2013 Orthros 8:15 & Divine Liturgy 9:15 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 DAY 2 of our Festival 11:00am to 11:00pm 4th Saturday af-ter Pascha Martyr Justin the Philosopher Righteous Pyrrus

2 DAY 3 of our Festi-val 11:00am to 9:30pm Sunday of the Samaritan

Woman

3 5th Monday af-ter Pascha Martyrs Lucillian and Paul Athanasios the Wonderworker

4 Metrophanes Archbishop of Constantinople Martha and Mary, Sisters of Laza-rus

5 5th Wednesday after Pascha Hieromartyr Dor-otheus 10 Martyrs of Egypt

6 5th Thursday after Pascha Hilarion the New Bessarion the Wonderworker of Egypt

7 5th Friday after Pascha Martyr Theodotus Righteous Panagis

8 Relics of Theo-dore Stratelates Martyr Kalliope

9 Sunday School Com-mencement Ceremony Sunday of the Blind Man Cyril, Abp. Of Alexandria 3 Virgin-martyrs of Chios

10 Greek School Com-mencement Ceremony - 5:00pm 6th Monday af-ter Pascha Martyrs Alexan-der & Antonina Hieromartyr

11 Apostle Bartholo-mew Apostle Barna-bas

12 Apodosis of Pascha Onuphrius of Egypt Peter of Athos

13 SERVICEHoly Ascension / Orthros-8:15/Liturgy-9:15 Martyr Aquilina Triphyllos

14 6th Friday after Pascha Prophet Elisseus Methodius the Confessor

15 6th Saturday af-ter Pascha Prophet Amos Father Hierony-mus

16 Scholarship Presenta-tion & Hon-oring 2013 Graduates Fathers of the 1st Council / Tychon the Wonderworker / 40 Martyrs

17 7th Monday af-ter Pascha Martyr Isaurus & Companions Martyrs Manuel, Sabel & Ismael

18 7th Tuesday after Pascha Martyr Leontius & Companions

19 Apostle Jude Martyr Zosima

20 7th Thursday after Pascha Hieromartyr Methodios Father Callistus

21 7th Friday after Pascha Martyr Julian Hieromartyr Ter-entios of Iconius

22 SERVICEThe Saturday of Souls/ / Orthros-8:15/Liturgy-9:15 Hieromartyr Eu-sebius Martyrs Zenon and Zena

23 Holy Pentecost Martyr Agrippi-na Martyr Aristocleus

24 SERVICEMonday of the Holy Spirit / / Orthros-8:15/Liturgy-9:15 Nativity of John the Forerunner Elizabeth, Mother of Forerunner

25 Fast Free 1st Tuesday after Pentecost Apodosis of the Forerunner Prokopios the New Martyr

26 Fast Free 1st Wednesday after Pentecost New Martyr Da-vid Appearance of the Icon of Our Most Holy Lady

27 Fast Free 1st Thursday after Pentecost Samson the Hos-pitable Joanna the Myrrhbearer

28 Fast Free 1st Friday after Pentecost Relics of Unmer-cenaries Cyril & John Pappias the Martyr

29 Fast Free Apostles Peter and Paul

30 The Sun-day of All Saints Syn-axis of the 12 Apostles

ATTENTION SENIORS! As of June 13th, Senior Citizens meetings will be held every-other Thursday instead of

Wednesday.

LOVE1ANOTHER Meeting: June 13th at 7:00pm

MEMORIALS Sunday, June 9 Gikas Vidalis 6 Months

Millie Arahovites 1 year

6 : 1 : M


It is the day of the Resurrection; let us be radiant in the festival, and let

us embrace one another. Let us say, O brethren, even to those who hate

us: Let us forgive all things on the

Resurrection. . ." [Resurrection Doxastikon in the 1st Plagal tone)

T he closing Hymn of the Resurrection Service reveals

a great blessing bestowed to

us during the Paschal Celebration. The Hymn asks us to "forgive all

things" even those who "hate us" in

the spirit of the ever-ending joy of our Savior's Holy Resurrection. A

truly forgiving person is always

thinking about the Cross of Jesus

Christ upon which God displays His infinite love.

What does it mean that Jesus dies on the Cross for the forgiveness of

our sins? Let's look at what the

Resurrection represents for us as

Orthodox Christians, since it is the single most important event of our

faith.

W i t h J e s u s ' s d ea t h a n d

Resurrection, death becomes an

opportunity for rebirth. In fact, death becomes necessary for rebirth and

for entry into the Kingdom. The

Resurrection, then, not only signifies

a literal death in order for everlasting life to occur, but it is also symbolic

of what happens to us spiritually on a

daily basis. When we experience the Resurrection, we feel a great joy

which begins in this life, since we

gain a foretaste of the Resurrection even before our physical death. His

All Holiness Bartholomew states in

his Paschal Encyclical: And more than joy, we are filled with strength.

For whoever believes in the

resurrection is unafraid of death; and

whoever is unafraid of death is

spiritually unyielding and unbending inasmuch as what may be the most

terrible threat for the majority and for

disbelievers is of little significance to the Christian; for it is the entrance to

life itself. The faithful Christian lives

the Resurrection even prior to his or

her natural death.

In order for us to allow God and

His love into our hearts and into our lives, we must allow our sinful

thoughts to die on a daily basis and

replace them with loving and productive ones: ones that will help

us spiritually on our own journey

towards salvation. Perhaps the most

important gift that God has given to us, therefore, in achieving salvation

and entry into His Kingdom is the

power of forgiveness: forgiveness of others and even of ourselves.

When we hang onto our anger and bitterness towards others, it not only

hurts us physically, but hurts us

spiritually as well, blocking our

hearts from the love we are asked by

God to feel for others. Jesus leaves us with the most exemplary act of

forgiveness at the Cross as He

forgives the thief of all wrongdoings

and promises him a place in Paradise. He also says to the Holy

Father about those who have

crucified Him, "Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do."

Furthermore, Judas's biggest sin is not his betrayal of Jesus as much as it

is his inability to forgive Himself,

which keeps Him from feeling God's

love and mercy, and therefore, remains unrepentant. In fact,

forgiveness and repentance go hand-

in- hand, since they are two sides of the same coin. You cannot be truly

repentant unless you ask for

forgiveness, and you cannot ask for forgiveness until you yourself have

forgiven.

Forgiveness is not always an easy task. But when we have faith in God,

He helps us with this process. We

will know that the work of forgiveness is complete when we

experience the spiritual freedom that

comes as a result. God beckons us to

forgive. He wants us to walk in the forgiveness of our sins and the sins

of others, for in His Son, the

forgiveness of God towards humankind is perfected through the

Resurrection.

A perfect example of everyone

putting aside their negative thoughts

and / or differences becomes

apparent in the way our community comes together for Holy Week and

Pascha. Our love for one another is

exemplary and our glimpse into the Kingdom quite evident as we come

together for one common goal.

On that note, I would like to thank

the community for the combined and

loving effort during this year's

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Anastasi by Father Andreas Vithoulkas

He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. Clarence Budington Kelland

Anastasiphoto courtesy of Mike & Chris Hasiotis


Paschal celebration. Prez. Anthoula, Niko, Petros and I

were overjoyed to celebrate our Lord's Resurrection with

all of you! We thank all the volunteers who contributed to making this Paschal journey a very memorable one.

Many of you contributed countless hours helping and

attending church services. The multi-colored Epitafios was especially beautiful

thanks to Mrs. Kalliope and the ladies who volunteered

to help decorate, and of course, thanks to Mr. Jimmy for his excellent mageritsa after the Anastasi service.

Many thanks to our Holy Trinity Choir and Psaltes for

leading us through Holy Week and Pascha, particularly

Mr. George and his wife Julia who came from Katerini Greece to pray and chant with us during these services. It

has been a truly inspiring and uplifting experience.

As we continue on in the Paschal celebration, our Church has some very important upcoming events. The

first is our annual Festival on May 31, June 1 and 2,

which is our most important fundraiser. I encourage everyone to volunteer and support this very important

event. Without a successful festival, we cannot meet our expenses for the year.

Another very important celebration is the 100 year

anniversary of our parish on November 30, the Feast day

of St Andrew. For the past 100 years, we have sustained as a God loving community through thick and thin,

blessed to uphold and maintain this beautiful church and

community along with the traditions that our ancestors built and established, who understood the importance of

the church in their lives. We therefore need the support

of the community to make sure the celebration is a success and that we secure the future of Holy Trinity

Church and her community for future generations to

come. Make the church and our 100 year celebration a

priority. We need your continued love and support both

financially and in terms of volunteering your talents.

Remember, stewardship is not just your monetary contribution but also the giving of your time and talents,

which God has given you to share with others.

Christos Anesti!

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The greatest gift I ever had Came from God; I call him Dad!


"When I was a kid, I said to my father one afternoon, 'Daddy, will you take me to the zoo?' He answered, 'If the zoo wants you, let them come and get you.' Jerry Lewis

Our Parish by George Mourizakis -Parish Council President

X r i s t o s A n e s t i . W e j u s t

c e l e b r a t e d

Pascha and I

was happy to see so many of

you during the

Holy Days , p r a y i n g

together.

The weather

permitted us to

c e l e b r a t e

A n a s t a s i outside, and it

was so nice to

see everyone o u t d o o r s

singing the Xristos Anesti, loud and clear for all to

hear. It was so nice to have a Byzantine chanter from Katerini, Greece, Giorgos Kounatidis and his wife

Julia, chanting for us during Holy Week. It was such a

wonderful experience.

At this writing, our kitchen its working continuously

with ladies baking day and night to prepare all the

desserts that we will be selling at the Festival. Pastitsia and Mousakathes (all 80 of them) are done, the

posters have been printed, the signs ordered, raffle

tickets have been sent out, donation calls are being

made, and the recruiting of volunteers continues. It takes so many people working at once to put on our

annual Festival. I hope to see our youngsters involved

more and more in the different stations, and they can experience first hand all the hard work that everyone

puts in.

As weve mentioned many times, without our

annual Festival , we could not fulfill our obligations

during the year.

On a separate note, we are counting down the days that the Trinity Parish School has left on our premises.

We will be sad to see them go, as they have filled our

corridors and classrooms with laughter, baby chickens,

seeds, and so many interesting things. We wish them much luck in their refurbished school. They will be

m i s s e d . Hopefully, our

rooms will be

f u l l o f youngsters once

again in the

fall , but under

the new tenants.

I would like to

b r i n g t o e v e r y o n e s a t t e n t i o n

another matter. Please keep in

mi n d t ha t ,

according to

our bylaws, when you are

ca ll ing the

office to schedule a sacrament, you must be a Steward in good standing for the year that the sacrament will

take place.

I am clarifying this as to avoid any future problems

and misunderstandings.

Also remember that all of us are volunteers and we

spent a great deal of our personal time and talent to accomplish most of the work needed for the upkeep

and operation of our community and facilities. Every

now and then, it would be nice to hear a compliment instead of criticism. Its a lot easier criticizing from the outside , than getting involved and being on the

frontline.

We are in need of a new Washer/Dryer unit, as the

one we have has broken down. I have asked the

organizations of our church for donations to purchase a new one. Anyone else interesting in making a

donation , please get in touch with us.

Hope to see you all at the Festival with your

families and friends. Lets make it a successful one.

Thank you and God bless.

Good Friday photo courtesy of M.& C. Hasiotis


"A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty." Unknown

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Sunday School by Eva Vaniotis, Director

S unday school Graduation is scheduled for Sunday, June 9th. Fr. Andreas Vithoulkas will present each child with a certificate and

the graduates with a little gift. Proud mothers or grand-

mothers will be called to stand next to their children, and will receive the flower given to the graduates on that day.

Certificates to all children in Sunday school. Perfect

Attendance and Year Pins will be given to children who met the requirements by the Archdiocese.

Parish Certificates will be given to the participants of the St. John Chrysostom Oratorical.

Teachers/Aides and Substitutes will be awarded recog-

nition for volunteering time, effort, and devotion to edu-

cate Orthodoxy to our children. Many thanks to the PTO. Their support has been

tremedous. Year Pins, Certificates, flowers for the teach-

ers and of course, pizza provided after graduation. Thank you, again.

Our 2013 Graduates are: Nicholas Bochanis , Peter

Lainas, Christopher Bogardus, Alexandra Tsorvas, Eleni Demestihas, Maria Vaniotis-Giatas, George Kolitsas,

Felicia Varvaras

Best wishes to all for a happy and a healthy summer.


Small boy's definition of Father's Day: It's just like Mother's Day only you don't spend so much."

Daughters of Penelope by Helen Yeotsas, President

C hristos Anesti! Who can believe it's June already and our year is coming to a close!? Many thanks to the entire

community for coming out and supporting

our huge Mother's Day Flower, Bake and Gift Sale once again this year! It was our

6th year doing this event and we love it

more each and every year. We didn't have a single plant

left in the end! I hope everyone's plants blossom beautifully this summer! Our Acts of Kindness were

perhaps our most important and moving achievement

this past year. For May and June we had a toiletry drive for the Center for Women and Families, and we are

treating our Seniors to pizza, as well as planting flowers

on our church property. Individually our Sisters have pledged to commit Acts of Kindness in their everyday

lives, hoping to make a small difference in the

communities in which we live.

Our May meeting was jam packed with a full agenda.

We wrapped up the year and had our Elections for new

officers. Our new officers are: President : Kathy Yiannoulis

Vice President: Theodora Fatibene

Treasurer: Kathy Santella

Corresponding Secretary: Barbara Tsoupas Recording Secretary: Stella Capiris

Priestess: Connie Gorzelany

We wish our new officers well, and I'd like to thank the outgoing board for their incredible devotion and

hard work. (Several past board members are remaining

on the new board) Our end of year Luncheon is scheduled for June 8 at Cinzano's Restaurant in

Fairfield, and we are giving our scholarships to students

in our community again this year.

I want to say that the past four years have been

wonderful for me and I've been so happy and proud to

lead this wonderful group of women. Please always consider supporting our events and if you are interested

in joining, you can see any of the members, who can tell

you how to go about it. We've had amazing growth and activity in our group and I'm sure it will continue that in

the upcoming years.

Thanks to Father Andreas, George Mourizakis and

our Parish council, as well as Eleni Limberis and Office

staff, for their help and support, and thanks once again

to our Holy Trinity family for their love. See you at our Festival, where you'll find our members at the Greek

Traditional Foods ("Deli") booth, as well as throughout

our entire festival, helping out in all areas.

DOP Acts of

Kindness Here are some of our group and in-

dividual Acts of Kindness. Some

are big in scope, and others are small things we have done to be

kind. Please spread the movement!

1. Donated and served cookies and

juice to all our Sunday School chil-

dren

2. Donated and served brownies, and cookies and juice to all our Sun-

day School children again

3. Offered an elderly member a ride to a meeting

4. Donated clothing and books to a

local shelter 5. Bought coffee for the person be-

hind me in line at the coffee shop 6. Visited someone at the nursing

home

7. Sent a card to someone who is

sick 8. Sent a thank you note to a teacher

9. Prom Dress drive to benefit Pro-

ject Hope (helping needy high school girls in Connecticut)

10. Pet Food Drive for "The Animal

Center" in Newtown 11. Made a donation to "Penelope's

Place" - a shelter for battered wom-

en in Brocton, MA.

12. Gave a needy stranger money for train fare

13. Donated food to Bridgeport Res-

cue Mission 14. Lit a candle and said a prayer

for someone who is sick

15. Had a book drive for Read to

Grow 16. Had a Toiletry drive to benefit

the Center for Women and Families

17. Treated our Seniors to lunch

18. Planted flowers on our church grounds

19. Treated some deserving moms to

pastries from our sale 20. Donated food to the needy

21. Visited a crisis center and donat-

ed food and clothing 22. Opened the door for a stranger

23. Shared a smile with a stranger

24. Paid someone a compliment

25. Hosted a summer time coffee hour

26. Helped someone cope with the

loss of a loved one by cooking a meal to share with them

and more.....


"By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong." - Charles Wadsworth

Philoptochos Kalliope Tsitsipas, President

C hristos Anesti! I would like to start with a heart-

felt thank you to every-

one who supported our Easter Food and Baked Goods sale again

this year! The proceeds from this

effort will help the less fortunate

and others in need. I would espe-cially like to thank all of the la-

dies who helped to bake, cook, or

sell all of our delicious goodies. Thank you for taking up your

precious family time to help.

Besides cooking and baking for Easter, we prepared and delivered

food baskets for the Evergreen

Network , which is an organiza-

tion for victims and families af-fected by AIDS. We also pre-

pared a meal for 200 people and

delivered it to the Rescue Mission in Bridgeport. A big thanks to all

who participated.

Once again, we would like to

thank everyone for their generosi-ty during our relief efforts for

Greece. On the morning of April

30th, we were able to send our third shipment of over 84 boxes

of clothing and food . This time,

the recipient was the Holy Me-tropolis of Thessaloniki. A very

special Thank You to the ladies who helped us fold, sort, bag, and

box every single item that was donated. They include: Miranda

Baker, Eleftheria Fatsi, Helen

Spyrou, Lena Protopapas, and Vicky Andriotis. Your generosity

for this project has been stagger-

ing, and we are very grateful. God bless you all!

A special and heartfelt thank

you is especially warranted dur-

ing this time of year, when so many hands are helping to pre-

pare the pastries and man the

booths that help to make our an-nual Olympiad Festival a success.

Thank you to all of you for your

love and dedication to our

Philoptochos and to our Church. Kai tou Hronou!

As another year comes to a

close , we would like to thank all of the Philoptochos ladies and

gentlemen who work tirelessly

throughout the year on a variety of projects and events that help to

ensure we not only meet our com-

mitment to our beloved Holy

Trinity, but that we continue to support our National Ministry

Commitments, which are many.

Thanks again to everyone for their constant support of this or-

ganization and our various pro-

grams and projects. Below, you will find a list of our commit-

ments and donations during 2012,

which total approximately

$37,023.

Commitments & Donations to

Holy Trinity

Coffee & Supplies- $1,450

Makaria-$1,545

Wine and Food Tasting-$3,008 In Memory-$100

Mailing-$111

Festival TShirts-$235 Council of Churches-$100

Festival Baking and Cooking-

$9,000 Altar Tablecloths $2,800 Flowers and Plants-$240

Tablecloths-$409

Commitments to National

Philoptochos Vasiloptia$2,000 Social Service/Cancer Fund$560 Membership per capita- $750

Autism Assistance-$200

Saint Photios Shrine-$200

OCMC/SAMP$100

Holy Cross-$500 Sisterhood of SBA-$200

IOCC-$200

75th Anniversary-$100

OCF-$100 Holy Cross Scholarship-$350

RCP-$100

Emergency Fund-$100 Ecumenical Patriarchate-$300

NSP-$100

UNICEF-$100 General Medical Fund-$100

Childrens Medical Fund-$100 National Philopt. New Home-

$2,000 National Greek Relief Fund-

$1,200

Total National = $9,510

Commitments to Archdiocese Membership per capita$300 Hellenic Cultural Center-$100

HC Scholarship-$250

Saint Michaels Home-$200 Childrens Med Fund Luncheon-$250

Total Arch. Commitments-$1,100

Other Donations & Assistance:

EverGreen Network$1,400 Holiday Food Baskets-$1,500 Merton House-$950

Food Bank-$175

Shipping Costs Aid to Greece-$800

Hurricane Sandy-$465

Orthodox Womens Council-$250

Project Mexico-$250

Ronald McDonald House-$200

Council of Churches-$200 Zoe for Life-$100

Saint Photios-$100

Center for Women and Families-$200

Hellenic Womens Benevolent-$100 OCMC-$100

OCF-$100

Saint Vladimirs-$100


You know the only people who are always sure about the proper way to raise children? Those who've never had any. Bill Cosby

Greek School Eleni LimberisDirector

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The End of Another School Year.

Congratulations to all Graduates!

A nother school year has come to its end. On

June 10, we will celebrate the end of the school year and the students will receive their

certificates, diplomas, honors and plaques. With the

help, understanding and support of our church, Father

Andreas, PTO, Parish Council and parents the opera-tion of our school went well.

During the year our students presented a few pro-grams for the October 28th, Christmas, Greek letters

celebration, Clean Monday, and March 25th. They

participated in the Greek Parade in New York City. Thus our children understand the particularities of the

Greek Orthodox Tradition by participating. Also our

children - every Monday and many times on Wednes-

day learn to dance. And of course like other years our 8th grade students (4) will participate in the 2013

Comprehensive Examination in Modern Greek in New York State, on Monday June 17, 2013.

During the summer time it will be very beneficial for the children to keep up with the language to read simple stories and review and encourage them to talk

with grandparents, other relatives or friends who speak

the language. Also listening to Greek music and

songs

Have a nice and joyful summer with your children

and your families. Thank you! Ka Eleni

A Message From Our GOYA

T hank you to all that participated and helped to make our past events a success. We are in the process of

planning our end-of-the-year trip and hope that everyone will participate. One of our final fundraisers will

be our Fathers Day basket raffle. Please buy some raffles and try and win dad a gift!


Around the

Parish by Stella Capiris

Christos Anesti! Alithos Anesti!

W e thank everyone who helped our Parish to cele-brated Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and

Easter, complete with beautiful weather. Thanks to our Seniors for

making over 2,000 Palm Crosses that

were distributed on Palm Sunday, to our Sunday School children for mak-

ing additional Palm Crosses on the

Saturday of Lazarus, to the Sunday School "Readers," to the "Mirofores, - the students wearing beautiful white

dresses, to our P.T.O. for providing

Communion Breakfast to the chil-dren, Easter candies, and the Easter

Egg Hunt, to all the cooks: Jim Trim-

palis for making the "mayeritsa soup," to Philoptochos for all the

baking, the red eggs, visiting Nursing

Homes, to our Philoptochos and Daughters of Penelope for putting

together and distributing food baskets

for Easter to the needy, to the volun-

teers who cleaned the Church, to the volunteers who decorated the beauti-

ful Epitafion, to the Choir for the

beautiful "Kassiani Hymn," to all the Psalti/Cantors, to the Parish Council

for all their efforts, to all the Church

organizations, to our Greek and Sun-day Schools, and to all parishioners

who donated in any and every way.

Of course, we extend our deepest

thanks to Father Andreas for all the beautiful and meaningful Services.

The Daughters of Penelope wish to thank everyone for their support for

their "Spring Raffle". The proceeds

go towards their Scholarship Fund. The winners were: Jamie Antonopou-

los, George Bolovinos, Katina

Kapetaneas, Linda Koulouris, Leila

Kovriatis, Michael Patsiarikas, Chrysoula Pertesis, Maria Pertesis,

Christina Tsocanos, George Zachari-

adis. Happy Shopping!

Happy Birthday to our truly Gold-

en Senior Citizen, Stella Mamatsios , who recently celebrated her 100th

birthday. We wish her good health

and God's Blessings.

Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs.

Steve Grafos on the marriage of their

daughter Ellen. We wish the happy couple many years of good health

and happiness.

Happy Anniversary to Zoe and Vaggelis Gountas, celebrating their

41 years of marriage. We wish them

many more years with good health!

We were happy to see Sylvia Pappas and her son, John, during

Holy Week, visiting from Florida,

and it gave us an opportunity to per-

sonally express our condolences to her at the loss of her beloved daugh-

ter Helen.

So nice to see Christina Pertesis

back in Church following her recent

illness.

Perastika and get well wishes are

extended to Mary Zervos.

The Community expresses their

deepest sympathy to the following:

To the family of Theodora Valmas upon her recent death. She was a ded-

icated member of the Senior Citizens

and was honored as a 60 year mem-ber of the Daughters of Penelope, to

the family of Christopher Demas up-

on his recent death, to the family of

Alexander Vlantes upon his recent death. He was a lifelong parishioner

of our parish and served on the Audit

Committee for over 50 years. He was a past President of AHEPA and

served as their secretary for over 50

years and had received his 75 year

pin for dedicated service, to the fami-ly of Dorothy Pappas upon her recent

death., to Vickie Karavitis on the

death of her sister-in-law. May all their Memories be Forever Eternal!

To be a successful father...there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years. - Ernest Hemingway

Athletic

Department by Chris DanasDirector

O n May 12th, we celebrated, as a com-

munity, all the achievement of our youth pro-

grams. Our players all received the proper recognition for a wonderful year, along with awards to

MVP players, most improved , and sportsmanship.

Many thanks to all who came!

Parents, your children might want to consider attending camps in our surrounding towns to

keep working on their skills. Even basic drills

at home can help our players improve during

the off season and enjoy the summer at the same time.

We were very proud of our players during

this past athletic season, and look forward to seeing you all through the summer months.

We continue to work on a few, special events for the

summer months, along with open rec. night in the gym. Please stay tuned for more information on this very soon.


Thats My Child

I was watching some little kids

play soccer. These kids were only five or six years old. They were

playing a real game - a serious

game. Two teams, complete with coaches, uniforms, and parents. I didn't know any of

them, so I was able to enjoy the game without the dis-

traction of being anxious about winning or losing. I

wished the parents and coaches could have done the same.

The teams were pretty evenly matched. I will just call

them Team One and Team Two. Nobody scored in the first period. The kids were hilarious. They were clumsy

and terribly inefficient. They fell over their own feet,

they stumbled over the ball, they kicked at the ball and missed it, but they didn't seem to care. They were having

fun.

In the second quarter, the Team One coach pulled out what must have been his first team and put in the scrubs,

except for his best player who now guarded the goal.

The game took a dramatic turn. I guess winning is im-portant ,even when you're five years old, because the

Team Two coach left his best players in, and the Team

One scrubs were no match for them.

Team Two swarmed around the little guy who was

now the Team One goalie. He was an outstanding ath-

lete, but he was no match for three or four who were also very good. Team Two began to score. The Team One

goalie gave it everything he had, recklessly throwing his

body in front of incoming balls, trying valiantly to stop them.

Team Two scored two goals in quick succession. It

infuriated the young boy. He became a raging maniac - shouting, running, diving. With all the stamina he could

muster, he covered the boy who now had the ball, but

that boy kicked it to another boy twenty feet away, and by the time he repositioned himself, it was too late -

Team Two scored a third goal.

I soon learned who the goalie's parents were. They

were nice, neat-looking people. I could tell that his dad

had just come from the office - he still had his suit and

tie on. They yelled encouragement to their son. I became

totally absorbed, watching the boy on the field and his parents

on the sidelines. After the third

goal, the little kid changed. He

could see it was no use, he could-n't stop them. He didn't quit, but

he became quite desperate, futili-

ty was written all over him. His father changed, too. He had been

urging his son to try harder, yell-

ing advice and encouragement.

But then he changed. He became anxious. He tried to

say that it was okay - to hang in there. He grieved for the

pain his son was feeling. After the fourth goal, I knew what was going to happen. I've seen it before.

The little boy needed help so badly, and there was no help to be had. He retrieved the ball from the net and

handed it to the referee and then he cried. He just stood

there while huge tears rolled down both cheeks. He went to his knees and put his fists to his eyes - and he cried

the tears of the helpless and brokenhearted.

When the boy went to his knees, I saw the father start onto the field. His wife clutched his arm and said, "Jim,

don't. You'll embarrass him." But he tore loose from her

and ran onto the field. He wasn't supposed to -- the game was still in progress. Suit, tie, dress shoes and all, he

charged onto the field, and he picked up his son so eve-

rybody would know that this was his boy, and he hugged

him and held him and cried with him. I've never been so proud of a man in my life. He carried him off the field,

and when he got close to the sidelines I heard him say,

"Scotty, I'm so proud of you. You were great out there. I want everybody to know that you are my son."

"Daddy," the boy sobbed, "I couldn't stop them. I tried, Daddy, I tried and tried, and they scored on me."

"Scotty, it doesn't matter how many times they scored

on you. You're my son, and I'm proud of you. I want you to go back out there and finish the game. I know you

want to quit, but you can't. And, son, you're going to get

scored on again, but it doesn't matter. Go on now."

It made a difference - I could tell it did. When you're

all alone and you're getting scored on - and you can't stop them, it means a lot to know that it doesn't matter to

those who love you. The little guy ran back on to the

field-and they scored two more times, but it was okay. Submitted by Vicky AndriotisAuthor Unknown

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