St. Sharbel Maronite Catholic Church

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1 St. Sharbel Maronite Catholic Church Clinton Township, Michigan THIRTEENTH SUNDAY OF PENTECOST - AUGUST 27, 2017 READING 1 Corinthians 2:1-11 GOSPEL Luke 8:1-15 The seed is the Word of God... SAINT SHARBEL CHURCH OFFICE Garfield Road, Suite 208 Clinton Township, Michigan stsharbelwarren@aol.com Website: Church Office: [586] PASTOR Chorbishop Alfred Badawi SUBDEACON Michael Magyar ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Dianne Bartolomeo WEEKEND LITURGIES AT Nineteen Mile Road [Just West of Schoenherr] Sterling Heights, MI Saturday: 4:00 PM Sunday: 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTION & PRAYERS 1st Saturday: 3:30 PM SAINT SHARBEL FAMILY PRAYERS 22nd Day of Every Month: 7:00 PM Weekday Liturgy at 7:00 PM followed by prayers St. Matthias Chapel Sunday Following 11:30 am Liturgy

2 Page Two WEEKEND LITURGIES SATURDAY, AUGUST 26TH 4:00 PM Bishop Robert J. Shaheen, by Pastor 4:00 PM Jerry Cafagna Birthday Remembrance, by Mother, Ann, and Brothers 4:00 PM Betty Dunn 4 Year Remembrance, by Dixie Hunrath 4:00 PM Edward & Dorothy Malkoun Anniversary Remembrance, by Daughter, Rosabelle 4:00 PM Anthony Joseph, by Mary Medley and Family 4:00 PM Victoria Asmar, by Mary Medley and Family 4:00 PM Joe Mattar, by Paul and Lena Kanan 4:00 PM Jamal Marousy, by Paul and Lena Kanan 4:00 PM Samuel Roukoz Sfire 52 Year Anniversary Remembrance, by Pastor SUNDAY, AUGUST 27TH 9:30 AM George Sassin 5 Year Remembrance, by the Sassin Family 9:30 AM Cathie Nagurka 19 Year Remembrance, by Paul Nagurka 9:30 AM Shirley Saad Birthday Remembrance, by Her Family 9:30 AM Lorraine Pinette, by Norman and Madeline Foster 9:30 AM Betty Anne Shaker, by Issam and Cathy Awad 9:30 AM Helen Shaker, by William and Sandy Haddad 11:30 AM Lebanese Army Special Intentions for Safety, for the Deceased Martyrs, and Peace, by Pastor 11:30 AM Tanos Ziade 40 Day Remembrance, by Sister and Brother-In-Law, Wafaa and Tony Yammine and Family 11:30 AM Bishop Robert J. Shaheen, by Pastor 11:30 AM Faraj Fajou 3 Year Remembrance, by Family 11:30 AM Chafic Eid, by Sister, Mona Eid and Family 11:30 AM Akl Abi Ragi, by Tom and Leila Sloan WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30TH 9:30 AM Philip Salloum, by the Millett Family SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND ST. MATTHIAS CHURCH 1:00 PM Baptism Bryson Jeffries SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND 4:00 PM Daniel and Mary Daniel, by Children 4:00 PM Deceased Members of the Simon and Daniel Families, by Children 4:00 PM Betty Anne Shaker, by Family 4:00 PM Michael Joseph, by Mary Medley and Family 4:00 PM Backos Joseph, by Mary Medley and Family SATURDAY, AUGUST 26TH 4:00 PM Kenneth George SUNDAY, AUGUST 27TH 9:30 AM Rose Mary Kautz SUNDAY, AUGUST 27TH 11:30 AM Charbel Yammine - English Khouloud Yammine - Arabic SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND 4:00 PM Amy Coakley SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD 9:30 AM Cathie Folk SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD 11:30 AM Raneem Sweidan - English Maysoon Sweidan - Arabic BANNS OF MARRIAGE UPCOMING WEDDINGS CELEBRATED BY CHORBISHOP ALFRED BADAWI SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 ST. JOSEPH CHALDEAN CHURCH Bassam Mondalek and Rozalina Mekhael SEPTEMBER 23, 2017 ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX CHURCH Sam Mesleh and Amy Senkowicz SEPTEMBER 23, 2017 ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX CHURCH Jacob Anton and Lauren Berlin DECEMBER 1, 2017 ST. JOSEPH CHALDEAN CHURCH Emad Batayeh and Deena Hirmiz Please keep these and all our engaged couples in your prayers. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD 9:30 AM Michel Besteni 31 Year Remembrance, by Family 9:30 AM Helen Shaker, by Midwest Federation of Amer ican-syrian Club 11:30 AM Ron and Theresa Simon, by Pastor 11:30 AM Matthew Sukkar, by George and Marie Sukkar 11:30 AM Joe Sassine Akl, by Pastor COLLECTION AUGUST 20, 2017 TOTAL - $3, May God bless you in return for your generosity and support of your parish!

3 Page Three ST. SHARBEL, PRAY FOR US! Marvin Adam Lou Albert Claire Aouad Ava Mike Avery Fadi Basheer Benjamin Benjamin Larry Bracken Mary Bringer Paul Burch Noe Buenrostro Steve Burton Amira Butrise Chuck Callawaert Stephanie Clark Tim Cowper Larry Cutts Abdel Dadoush Alma Dadoush Julit Daman Nemo Dawood John DeLuca Joanne Deramo Delores Eggen Faye Elias Paul Elias Natalie Epstein Robert Esso Jennifer Evola Keri Faircloth Therese Farrar Joseph Ferrante Fred Francis Gabrielle Albert Gantos Marie Gantos Hayat Gazguz LET US PRAY HEALING PRAYERS FOR... Jenan Gliana Kevin Goolsby Kennedy Grace Donna Grund Gerald Grzadzinski John Grzadzinski Helda Haddad Emma Hadi Delores Hejjawi Jacob Hirmz Joseph Jacob Edward & Suham John Najat Kalil Sylvia Kaltz Don Kaminski Lena Kanan Alex Kassir Marlene Khames Jordan Koehler Michael Kosinski Antowan Kriam Michael Kriam Janice Kroll Alexa Laforte Agnes Langschied Ronald Latouf Teresa Logan Matthew Lomasney Subdeacon Michael Magyar Aldo Marchesi Baby Charlotte Marchesi Maria Saher Marry Maureen McCarthy Maureen McKernan Isabella McMath Brian Miller Edward Moffett Cheryl Moultrie Mary Ann Nader John Nano Rebecca Nehra Raymond Nicholas Tony Nofar Jennifer Opalewski Dolores Pustelny Sonia Ragland Joel Rivera John Rubel Lorraine Rubel Mary Saad Salwan and Son, Sam Hiyam Salim Joseph Seman Bobbi Sfire Christine Najor Smith Romeo Thomas Tony Thomas Jack Thompson Emily Toma Victoria Toma Deborah Tosolt Tringali Family Alicia Vasquez Mya Vasquez Yolanda Vasquez Dave Vermillion Daniel Warren Jad Yacoub Christina Yako Zachary PRAYER FOR HEALING Almighty God, infinitely Holy and Glorified in Your Saints, Who has manifested the power of St. Sharbel's intercession through his countless miracles and favors grant this your servant [insert name] physical, emotional and spiritual healing through Your unfathomable mercy and love. Through the intercession of St. Sharbel we pray with faith, trust and confidence in Christ. Amen.

4 Page Four UPCOMING EVENTS / MEETINGS August 30 PAB Meeting 7 PM Church Office September 17 REP Classes Begin 10:30 AM September 24 Catechetical Sunday October 27 Halloween Party at St. Matthias Church October 28 Under the Harvest Moon Gala at Palazzo Grande December 31 New Year s Eve Party at Palazzo Grande SAVE THE DATE! On Saturday, October 28, 2017 St. Sharbel will be hosting our Gala Event, An Evening Under The Harvest Moon! to be held at the Palazzo Grande. What a great way to enjoy the company of friends and parishioners. All proceeds go toward the St. Sharbel Capital Campaign and, as in years past, a percent will be donated to a charity. This year the charitable organization that will be the recipient is Orchards Children s Services, Southeast Michigan Region s premiere foster care, child welfare and adoption agency, dedicated to providing high quality professional services to children, youth and families in Michigan. Additional details will be in upcoming bulletins. LITURGICALLY SPEAKING The story was told of a Catholic priest and an atheist who was a manager of a prestigious soap company. One beautiful evening they were going for an evening walk. While they were walking through the middle of a big town, the soap manager began to speak about God. He abruptly said there is no God, there is no Christianity and even there are no Christians at all. He said that the Christianity that Jesus preached is a grand failure now a days. That terrorism, violence and injustices are multiplying day by day. The number of divorces and separations are beyond control in the so-called Christian countries. Is it not a sign of the absence of God? Therefore there is no God at all. The priest did not say a word until they saw a group of children playing in the mud and dirt. Then the priest turned towards the soap manager and asked how is your soap company going. He all of a sudden replied, our soap is the best sold and the best in quality that is available in the country. I am so proud of my company. But the priest responded in an unusual manner. He said I can never imagine that your soap has superior quality. If it is so, those boys playing in mud and dirt will never have been dirty. What foolishness are you talking about the soap manager asked with a bit of anger, our soap is good only when they apply it and have a good bath. Then they will be clean. They are dirty not because of the quality of the soap but because they failed to apply it and have a bath. This is so with God, the priest said, we need to apply Him. It is not because God doesn t exist that the people are awful and there is bad, but because they do not apply God in life. Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation of India once said, I love Christ; I love reading the Bible but I do not love Christians, because they do not practice what Jesus taught. We are the signs, the symbols and proof of the existence of God. All those things and the creatures that God created proclaim His reality. Unless and until we apply God there will be discord and violence, division and separation. However, God is still working and active. It is always a matter of great joy to see that churches are filled with people on Sundays and feast days. It shows that a lot of people, families, sons and daughters are specially chosen, invited, and blessed by God to be there at the altar. Remember the words of Jesus: "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.( John: 6:44). As we are the signs and symbols of God s presence, never forget to apply God in life. Have a blessed week! Dear Saint Sharbel family: On this final weekend of August, we celebrate the 13 th Sunday of Pentecost. We continue our reading from St. Luke s Gospel until the end of the Pentecost season. On a beautiful Sunday afternoon last week, the community of St. Sharbel came together to celebrate the Divine Sunday Liturgy with a wonderful picnic! Many hands make light the work and with all the help from wonderful parishioners we had a super afternoon. Thank you to all who volunteered for set-up (boy, did they work up a sweat in that heat). They had the ground ready for the fun and activities of the day in record time. Thank you to all the kitchen help who planned, purchased and prepared the food (can you imagine grilling in that heat putting the food together and serving!)...thank you, thank you, thank you, so very much! Also a special thank you to Eclipse Burger! Many of our college students have already returned to their campuses. Most of our area high schools have already begun classes for the year. Preparations are well underway with our Religious Education Program. Parish life dramatically picks up after the Feast of the Assumption. We ask God s continued blessings on all our parish education ministries. Thank you to the 274 households who have already responded to the St. Sharbel Capital Campaign. If you have not had an opportunity to make your personal pledge, please consider doing so as soon as possible. St. Sharbel Church depends upon your continued generosity. Let us remember in prayer all those who are traveling at this time of year and our college students returning to their schools. A new season is upon us! May God continue to bless us with all that we need, and more! Sincerely yours in Christ, Chorbishop Alfred Badawi REP NEWS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM REGISTRATION Registrations are now being accepted for the REP. You can register your child following each Sunday Liturgy. The REP classes will begin on Sunday, September 17, 2017 and is open to all children from pre-school up to and including high-school. REMINDERS TO PARENTS Religious Education is held every Sunday from 10:30 AM to 11:20 AM. Attending Mass each week with your child is mandatory! Children must arrive to class on time and be picked up after class on time. Please do not distract them at the window. Please do not congregate in the hallways of the REP classrooms. It is very disruptive to the teacher and the children. If your child has to miss a class, please call and let us know before Sunday if possible. Please instruct your child and reinforce appropriate behavior for the classroom and for Church. No running, loud voices, or other disruptive behavior. Do not leave your child unattended to wander throughout the building. PASTOR S CORNER Go over any homework with your child. Make sure they bring their books to class. If books are lost, they are $10 each. On Sunday, September 24th we shall celebrate Catechetical Sunday and commission the new catechists at Mass.

5 Page Five RAFFLE TICKETS ARE OUT! Dear Parishioners, For several years, our Gala has been the major annual fundraiser for our Church with the sale of Raffle Tickets yielding near topmost income. The goal is to make this year s Raffle successful and beneficial. The proceeds will defray the daily parish expenses and help sustain and make our community prosperous for our future generation. As in years past, two (2) books of tickets for the Raffle have been mailed to you. Please take a moment to support this Raffle by purchasing one book and offering the second book to your neighbor or your friends. This is one way to become an active participant and support the Gala, our largest fundraiser of the year. Checks can be made payable to: St. Sharbel Church. In the Memo Line please put: Raffle Tickets. In the event you need more tickets, feel free to contact the parish office at [586] or contact Naif Naseef, Chairperson of the Raffle Tickets. Thank you to those who have already requested more tickets be sent to them! Thanking you in advance for your support, generosity and positive response to this Raffle!

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