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Our parish Choir "Boyan," under the able direction of Mrs. Alla Korostil, presented a beautiful Christmas-season concert to the parish on December 16. Sounding as strong as ever, Choir "Boyan" moved seemingly effortlessly though classic a cappella Ukrainian carols with precision and occasional power, yet also with warmth and tenderness as the arrangements required. Alla and Stefan Korostil, Nadia Horbatyuk, and Roman Tracz were featured in a beautiful quartet arrangement of Sviata Nich (Holy Night).

The Quartet for Silent Night

Talented parish youth were also featured. Nicole Baginsky (with her mom Collette) and Alexander Mosko performed in quartet and trio arrangements of "Silent Night" and "O Holy Night" composed by Ms. Anna Lawrence, choir vocalist and the Music teacher at ACS. Younger students performed as "storytellers." They were Melania Wowk, Darko Borsa, Andrew Idak, Taras Horbatyuk, and Christina Hrebeshenko.

The choir had treated parishioners to a tasty light lunch before the concert.

What a pleasant Sunday afternoon at the church!…

"For most of the summer, the church was filled with huge scaffolding! All of the artwork was painstakingly restored or re-gilded, the walls were painted, a new confessional was built, and a decorative wall treatment was done for the Stations of the Cross," says, Father Roman, pastor.

A film of dirt collected in the 30 years since the last major renovation; just from normal use. Restorers use a special cleaner that removes dirt but preserves the artwork. Gilding is done with thin sheets of gold.

The renovations are being done in preparation for the 100 year Jubilee of the Assumption parish in 2008.

A new confessional was built

A decorative treatment was added for each Station of the Cross.

Icons were cleaned and re-gilded.

No, they didn't misbehave!

Actors Rebecca Castro and Alexander Mosko, ACS '04, along with Marissa Castro, ACS class of '08 had prominent roles in the St. Joseph High School Theatre Company (SJHSTC) presentation of the famous play, "The Diary of Anne Frank."

Anne's diary contains the thoughts and feelings of a teenage Jewish girl during WWII. The diary was written while hiding from ruthless Nazi’s who were looking to harm Jews. She hid in a small attic for an incredible 25 months with her family and other refugees.

A famous quote from the play shows her optimism even during the terror of the times. She wrote, "Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart."

Alexander is the St. Joseph High School Thespian president and Rebecca is secretary. …

In anticipation of the 100 year jubilee, our parish church has been undergoing major renovations. “We are in the middle of a multi-year plan to improve the church’s appearance and upkeep. We expect the projects to be finished by 2008 for our 100 year jubilee,” said Father Roman.

The church brickwork has been cleaned to its original beautiful appearance and protector windows have been installed for the beautiful large stained glass windows.

In addition, new low-noise fluorescent lighting was installed, new outdoor signs were made for all the parish buildings, and the basement was waterproofed.

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Front entrance	Cleaned and restored steeple
New convent sign	New rectory sign