LITURGIES
Sundays 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 am.
Weekdays 8:00 a.m., Saturday 8:30 a.m.
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DAILY ROSARY DEVOTIONS
I pray the Holy Rosary daily at 7:30 a.m.
Please join me when you can. +
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CONFESSION
Every Saturday - 2:00 - 4:00 pm or by app’t.
Sunday - before Mass and ending 10 minutes before
Mass begins.
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Midnight READINGS / Morning READINGS
Mat 28 : 1-10
Mar 16 : 1-8
Phi 2 : 1-11
1 Co 15 : 12-26
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READERS
Sunday, April 5
- 8:30 am Paul Boulos
Sunday, April 5
- 11:00 am George Zogbi
Sunday, April 12
- 8:30 am Tom Jesser Jr.
Sunday, April 12
- 11:00 am Tina Maroon
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Counting Our Blessings
Sunday, March 29, 2015 $2,439.00
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EVENTS TO COME
LADIES GUILD MEETING
Sunday, April 12, 2015
MEN'S CLUB MEETING
Sunday, April 19, 2015
CAREGIVERS MEETING
Sunday, April 12, 2015
FIRST FRIDAY ADORATION
May 1, 9:00am – 3:00pm
ABOUT THE FEAST OF DIVINE MERCY
A Nine Day Novena for the Feast Day begins on Great
Friday. The First Day of the Novena will be prayed at
3:00 pm. The second day, Holy Saturday, Novena
Prayers will be at 3:00 pm. The 3rd day, on Easter
Sunday will be prayed at 8:00 am, before the Morning
Liturgy. From Monday until Saturday the Novena
Prayers will be offered immediately following the 8:00
am Liturgy. Welcome to everyone.
On the Feast Day of Mercy Sunday, April 12 a
Holy Hour Adoration will begin at 1:30 p.m. with
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament followed by the
Rosary, Silent Prayer, reflections from the Diary of St.
Faustina, a special tribute to St. Pope John Paul II, the
Chaplet of Divine Mercy, ending with Benediction of
the Blessed Sacrament. I will present a relic of St.
Faustina for personal veneration. WELCOME
EVERYONE.
Why do we have the Feast of Divine Mercy?
According to the Diary of St. Faustina our Lord made
14 revelations requesting this feast day be established
on the Sunday after Easter Sunday. On April 30, 2000,
at the time of the Canonization of St. Faustina, Pope
St. John Paul II established this feast day for all the
universal Church to celebrate. We also remember that
this great Pope in the Catholic Church went home to
the Lord on the eve of this great Feast Day in 2005.
Welcome to our Holy Hour celebration on
Sunday, April 12 beginning at 1:30 pm. Special
welcome to all our youth as well.
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Think on this…
Next Second Collection
By Sub-Deacon Alex
April 26, 2015
Catholic Home Missions
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VOLUNTEERS WANTED
The Ladies Guild will be making Fatayre for the
Spring Buffet on : Monday, APRIL 13, 9:00am
Please make plans to lend a hand!
Thank You!!
Christ is risen! Happy Easter! I am glad
that I get to celebrate this Easter with
you, my family in Christ. I get to go this
week to visit my earthly family and hope that all of
you have family with which to celebrate the feast. For
a joy shared is a joy doubled. Our sorrow at the cross,
which was a sign of death, has become a tree which
gives life. It has become the tree of life, and Christ is
the fruit from this tree which gives us eternal life. May
God bless you. Christ is risen, truly risen!
Warm and loving Easter Greetings
to all our Parish Family of all ages
From – Subdeacon Paul Boulos &
Subdeacon Alex Harb
From - Deacon Robert Foster &
Deacon Thomas Maroon
From - Father Bill
I pray that this most glorious Feast Day of Easter,
of the Resurrection of Jesus our Lord from the dead
will bring each one a deeper blessing of
joy, of faith, of hope and love that can never
be taken away by anyone or anything.
Be assured of my love and daily prayers for
You and all your intentions. God bless you.
Happy Easter
Christ is Risen
Alleluia
Divine Liturgy Schedule
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April 5 through April 12
Sunday
5
8:30 Special Intentions for All the Parish Family
of Our Lady of the Cedars
11:00 Jamil Jasser by Fares Jasser & Family
Monday
6
8:00 John Easterday by Linda Easterday
Martyrs of Persia
Tuesday
7
8:00 The Intentions of Maria & Nathan Stewart
by Sub-Deacon Paul Boulos
St. John Baptist de la Salle,
Confessor, Priest
Wednesday
8
8:00 Nicholas & Nimnoon Gaphery by
Nicholas Gaphery Jr.
The Second Council of Nicaea /
St. Julia Billiart, Virgin
Thursday
9
8:00 Youseff Gabraiel Hoyek by Fr. Bill
St. Mary Cleophas
Friday
10
8:00 Nawal Constantine by Fr. Bill
The Miracle of the Icon of Christ
in Beirut / St. Fulbert
Saturday
11
8:30 Poor Souls by Theresa Calko
St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr
/ St. Gemma Galgani, Virgin
12
8:30 Violet Osborne by Tom & Yvonne Jesser
8:30 Fred Boshara, 2yr Anniversary by
Phyllis Boshara & Family
11:00 A Special Intention
11:00 Faris Nemr by Bahia Nemr & Family
St. Julius I, Pope
Sunday
The Glorious Resurrection
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Thank You
Notes…
-A worthy thank you goes out to Leo
Michael and members of the Men’s Club for
providing and serving the final Friday night
refreshments after the Lenten Devotions.
-I repeat my thanks to everyone for
coming each Friday during Holy Lent for our
traditional Devotions to the Way of the Cross and
the Benediction to the Holy Cross. You really
made the time of Lent a spiritual blessing for me
this year.
-I want to thank our faithful organist for
your faithful duty each Friday. Thank you very
much for leading us in our chant for this
wonderful devotion we pray in our Maronite
Church. I very much love our chant. I also
include my thanks to our faithful Deacons and
Subdeacons for their participation. This Parish is
blessed to have you and your good service here.
-My special thanks for my helper with the
beautiful Palm decorations. The arrangements in
the sanctuary were so well done thanks to Debbie
Ashkar. I also appreciate the beautiful Palm that
was made for me to carry.
-A great appreciation goes out to Deacon
Tom Maroon and family and everyone who
contributed funds for the annual Palm Sunday
Family Meal. I thank all the helpers who spent
hours in preparing the great meal and thank you
very much to all those able to attend. The
donations for the meal were very generous and
you really made this a great success once again.
What a beautiful Palm Sunday Feast Day we had
here at Our Lady of the Cedars. Thank you one
and all. A big, big bravo to the visiting Easter
Bunny. Come again. Another thanks to Bradley
and his staff for all the good helping hands in the
preparing on Saturday and for all the good help
you gave us on Sunday.
-One more time I wish to say thank you to
all our Altar Servers. What a blessing you are to
me and to this little Parish of Our Lady of the
Cedars. I wish to share our little story one more
time. We had our practice last Saturday at 9:00
am and then we went to Shake and Steak for our
breakfast. One person in the place, a stranger to
us, was so impressed by the good behavior of our
youth that this person was moved to pay our bill.
We had at least 20 persons at our table. I thank
you very much good Altar Servers. I appreciate
very much your good parents and all the good
you do for your families.
ALL ABOUT
THE LENTEN APPEAL, FROM BISHOP ELIAS
Please be as generous as possible. Please know that you are giving support for the good
work of our Eparchy. Your offerings do a lot of good and you are greatly appreciated.
Please know that you may return your pledge directly to our Chancery in St. Louis or
you may drop your pledge in the Sunday collection and we will do the forwarding for you.
For the sake of record keeping please let us know your pledge amount so the Deacons
can give you proper credit on your offering record.
As usual I will make my pledge for this Lenten Appeal along with you. God bless your
generosity.
Bishop Elias Zaidan
BISHOP’S APPEAL REPORT – GOAL OF $6,500.00
For the week of :
Number of Benefactors:
Donations Collected:
Start – March 7
10
$ 435.00
March 8 - March 21
7
$ 2,405.00
March 22 – Current
5
$ 388.50
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19
$ 3,228.50
-$ 6,500.00
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(Still Needed) $3,271.50