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UPDATE: Thank you to all who came out to celebrate our church's Feast Day! We served up delicious meals, home made desserts, and Ukrainian beer. Congratulations to all of the winners of our Cake Raffle, Silent Auction and Raffle prizes! Our Ukrainian Souvenir Booth was a big hit - especially those cute hand made Ukrainian Gnomes! Thank you to the musicians - Al Sulak and the Country Sounds and our own talented Ukrainian musician, Vlodko Kotsiouruba for keeping us entertained and toes tapping. None of this would have been possible without the help of the dedicated parishioners of Pokrova who organized, created, cooked, baked, set-up, decorated, donated, cleaned up, before, during and after the event. We THANK YOU for all of your hard work! May God bless you for all of your time spent helping make our church event a success.

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Pokrova Feast Day
Fall Festival
Pokrova Ukrainian Catholic Church
9102 Meadowshire, Houston, Texas 77037
Sunday, October 10, 2021
11:30 am – 5:30 pm
Admission: $5 – children 12 & under: free

UKRAINIAN FOOD – PASTRIES - BEER
LIVE MUSIC – INDOOR DANCE FLOOR
SILENT AUCTION, RAFFLE & MORE!


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                              Add to the ethnic flavor of the festival…..
                                       Wear your favorite Ukrainian shirt/blouse or costume!
                 Festival proceeds to benefit Pokrova Ukrainian Catholic Church. For more festival info:  713.885.6738  
 

 Protection of the Mother of God
Ukrainian Catholic Church
(POKROVA)

  
  
Slava Isusu Chrystu!  Glory to Jesus Christ!

Dear Parishioners and Friends of Pokrova,

Each day, as we say our prayers and thank God for all the gifts that He has bestowed upon us, let us not forget to thank Him for Pokrova Ukrainian Catholic Church, the beautiful church, where we come to pray, share in our culture and be in communion with our family and friends. This past year has been a difficult one, and we have all shared in this unsettling time, but now we are all eager to get back together, to visit and share in our lives, and in our culture, for that is the normal of our being.

As contributors and stewards to our church, the parish council feels that it is important to keep you informed and aware of the things that occur on the church property, during the week, when most of us are not there. These happenings, have been going on for some time, and are now becoming increasingly worse, and therefore, have prompted this letter.

There has been great destruction to the church parking lot, due to the large trucks and school busses that use the church parking lot as a cut through and a turn-around area. The black top now has divots and broken areas, where water pools when it rains.

There are those that use the parking lot to do circles on the parking lot with their cars, knocking the curbs out of place and breaking them. Cars gather in groups late at night, where it is suspected that nefarious activity is taking place. Trash and beer cans are thrown onto the property.

People walk across the property, loiter on the property, and leave trash, juice boxes, fast food containers, dirty diapers splayed across the grounds. Kids kick soccer balls against the side of the church, and windows have been broken, and gutters torn down. The cross on the front of the church has been tampered with, and the bell tower has undergone damage.

You may ask, “Where has Father Dovzhuk been?” Well, he has been there. Father has taken care of the broken windows, and has been the one faithfully, mowing the grass, picking up the debris, chasing off the vandals and tirelessly worrying about the property when we are not there.  He has come out to address these people, and they simply disregard his requests for them to get off the property. The “No Trespassing” signs were either stolen or torn down. Father Dovzhuk has called the Sherriff’s department, numerous times, and they have come to the property, but the vandals continue to return. Respectfully, these problems are not Father’s sole responsibility.  It is all our responsibility, as well.

Some of you, who come early to church on Sunday morning,  know how the property can look, because you have been kind enough to pick up trash on the property, before the Liturgy begins, and for that, we thank you!

So, as stewards of the church, we know you will agree on the pressing need to secure our property. The parish council has received several estimates for fencing, and we have selected Southwestern Fence Company to begin the installation soon. It has been decided that a chain link fence will be installed along Meadowview Street on the west side of the property, with a swing gate that will remain closed and locked unless needed for large events.  The chain link fence will then continue along the north side of the property stopping at Meadowshire.  Black wrought iron fencing will be installed the entire length of the church property, along Meadowshire from that northeast corner, towards and across the parking lot and then down the adjacent empty lots to the neighboring property to the south.  A pedestrian gate will be installed on the front sidewalk to the church and two parking lot gates will be installed to prevent cut through traffic. 

This project is not inexpensive.  Below is a breakdown of the cost for the fencing:
560 feet of chain link fence   -   $10, 723.20
235 feet of wrought iron, including, front pedestrian gate, and
parking lot gates  -   $21, 637.76
205 feet of wrought iron fencing across the empty lots adjacent to the parking lot - $11,680.24
It’s a total of nearly $44,000.

We are beseeching you to be generous in your donations for this project as any amount your family can pledge will be most appreciated.  Donations by credit card can be made (1) using the “Donate Now” button on the www.pokrova.org website and selecting the Property & Building Improvement Fund, or (2) by PayPal at paypal.me/pokrovahouston, or (3) by mailing in a check to the church address located at the bottom of this letterhead, or (4) in person when you attend Liturgy on Sunday. 

Please understand that these security concerns, are our concerns. We must continue to care for this property, as it is our place of worship and the center for Ukrainian life in Houston. Your generosity will be greatly appreciated and acknowledged.

May God Bless you all, may He keep you all healthy and safe.

Respectfully,

Fr. Mykola Dovzhuk                     Irene Kuchta                          Martha Noukas
 

9102 Meadowshire St, Houston, TX  77037

Ukrainian Culture Nights
Pokrova Parish Hall
9102 Meadowshire, Houston, Texas 77037

Stay tuned for future announcements
when we will resume having Cultural Nights.

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New Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has been  appointed. The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has appointed as bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (United States of America) His Excellency Msgr. Venedykt (Valery) Aleksiychuk, M.S.U. He was transferred from the titular see of Germaniciana and the office of auxiliary of the archieparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians. He was born on 1 January 1968 in the village of Borshchivka, in the region of Rivne, Ukraine. He attended the major seminary of Drohobych and on 29 March 1992 he was ordained a priest. In 1993 he was received in the Univ Holy Dormition Lavra of the Studite Rite and on 21 December 1995 he gave his first vows. He obtained a doctorate in spiritual theology from the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. He exercised his ministry in the parish of Bystrytsia (deaconry of Drohobych); in Belarus in Polock, and in the in parish of Vitebsk (1994-1996); and in Canada (1996-1999). He has served as Igumeno of the Lavra of Univ (2000 and re-elected in 2005); member of the commission of the Major Archbishop for Monasticism (2004); and administrator of the parish of St. Nicola Peremyshlany (2004). Since 2007 he was head of the secretariat of the Council of Monks of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church; president of the liturgical council and president of the major superiors of male religious institutes of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He was elected as auxiliary bishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians on 3 August 2010, and was consecrated on the following 5 September.