LITURGIES Sundays 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 am. Weekdays 8:00 a.m., Saturday 8:30 a.m. DAILY ROSARY DEVOTIONS I pray the Holy Rosary daily at 7:30 a.m. Please join me when you can. + CONFESSION Every Saturday - 2:00-4:00 pm or by app t. Sunday - before Mass and ending 10 minutes before Mass begins. READINGS Mat 25 : 14-30 Gal 6 : 1-10 READERS Sunday, October 22 Sunday, October 22 Sunday, October 29 Sunday, October 29-8:30am Paul Boulos - 11:00am George Zogbi - 8:30am Tom Jesser Jr - 11:00am Tina Maroon Counting Our Blessings Sunday, October 15, 2017 $1,798.00 EVENTS TO COME LADIES GUILD MEETING Sunday, October 22, 2017 MEN'S CLUB MEETING Sunday, October 22, 2017 CAREGIVERS MEETING Sunday, November 5, 2017 FIRST FRIDAY ADORATION November 3, 2017 8:30am Second Collection - October 22 - World Mission Sunday MEMORIAL LITURGY FOR BISHOP ROBERT SHAHEEN AT OUR SHRINE DATE Sunday, November 5, 2017-5:00 pm. CELEBRATED BY Bishop Elias Zaidan PLACE Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon, North Jackson Ohio. Meal of Mercy - Prepared and served by the Antonine Sisters. Welcome Everyone. REVERSE RAFFLE NOW ON November 4th The date for the Men s Club s annual Reverse Raffle has changed to Sat., Nov. 4th! Plan on joining us for a night of good food, good fun and maybe some good luck as we support our parish home! Your $125 gets you two excellent meals (along with appetizers & drinks) and a chance at the $3,000 top prize! Get your lucky ticket today from any Men s Club member and be a part of a terrific evening! We need EVERYONE'S help in selling tickets, so please contact Leo Michael or any Men s Club member to get your extra tickets to sell to family & friends!all TICKETS MUST BE SOLD IN ADVANCE! (No payment at the door) Thank you! WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 ST All Saints Day - Holy Day of Obligation 2 Divine Liturgies on All Saints Day 8:00am & 6:00pm Reminder all Catholics are obliged to fulfill their obligation. Next Second Collection - November 19 - Maintenance & Upkeep
Divine Liturgy Schedule October 22 nd, 2017 through October 29 th, 2017 Sunday 22 8:30 Lisa George, 1yr Anniversary, by Phyllis Boshara & Family 8:30 Dr. George Solomon by Rosemarie George 8:30 Thomas & Lena Maroon by Deacon Tom & Bernie Maroon & Family 11:00 Dorice Nemer by Nathan & Maria Stewart & Family 11:00 Nohad Lababidi Khoury by OLOC CAREGIVERS 11:00 Salwa Sabbagh by the Sabbagh Family Pope St. John Paul II, Confessor / St. Philip of Heraclea / St. Mary Salome, Mother of James and John Monday 23 8:00 Florence Jesser by Barb & Bill Rubright St. John Capistrano, Priest Tuesday 24 8:00 The Boulos Family by Paul & Gena Boulos Wednesday 25 8:00 Special Intentions of Fr. Bill St. Hareth and Companions / St. Mary Claret, Bishop / St. Raphael, Archangel Sts. Chrysanthus and Daria / St. Crispin, Martyr Thursday 26 8:00 Marleine Lababidi by George Akiki St. Demetrius, Martyr / St. Evaristus, Pope, Martyr / Sts. Lucian and Marcian Friday 27 8:00 Helen Herman by Fr. Bill St. Frumentius, Martyr / St. Florentius Saturday 28 8:30 Special Intentions of Monica Calko Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles Sunday 29 8:30 Dr. George Solomon by Sandy Hamad & Family 8:30 Jim Berbari by OLOC CAREGIVERS 11:00 Marleine Lababidi by Camille & Jessica Ghorayeb 11:00 Dorice Nemer by the Lababidi Family St. Abraham of Rostov / St. Narcissus, Bishop of Jerusalem ALTERNATIVES TO ABORTION: 330-825-1900 * 330-644-4490 * 330-434-2221 * 330-253-4071 Email: sanctityoflife@live.com 800-712-4357 for other resources in your area Troubled in Marriage? Visit www.helpourmarriage.org October 22, 2017 Sixth Week After Holy Cross www.ourladyofthecedarschurch.org
CELEBRATING THE COMPLETION OF OUR IMPROVEMENTS On Sunday October 29 immediately following each Liturgy we plan to recognize our Property Committee and its Chairman for their dedication and good work in planning and executing the major projects finally completed. Our latest accomplishments include the replacing of the new hall way by the rectory, painting all the parish buildings, installing the new walk way to Cedars Hall. In the past few years so much more has been completed as well thanks to all the good planning and for all the generous benefactors in our little Parish Community. For your information, The new hall way has a provision to make an expansion into class rooms at a time when there is a need and the funds are available. Replacing this hall way as it is was the best we could do financial wise. Also a simple report of money spent for these projects. a. New hall way project - $117,000.00 b. Painting project - 25,000.00 c. Walkway project - 9,700.00 Total - 151,700.00 I want to say again thank you to everyone for your great and generous cooperation for this good work and for all the good we do here at Our Lady of the Cedars of Mt. Lebanon Church. COMING IN NOVEMBER Wednesday, November 1 - All Saints Day - Holy Day of Obligation Morning Liturgy, 8:00 am Evening Liturgy, 6:00 pm Welcome everyone. Friday, November 3 - First Friday - Liturgy, 8:00 am followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 12:00 noon. Welcome everyone. Saturday, November 4 - First Saturday - 7:50 am Rosary Devotion in reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Sunday, November 5 - Day Light Savings Time ends. Turn your clock back 1 hour. Bravo, more sleep. Sunday, November 5 - Memorial Divine Liturgy for Beloved Robert Shaheen 5:00 pm at The Basilica and National Shrine in North Jackson celebrated by Bishop Elias Zaiden. A mercy meal will follow the Liturgy prepared and served by the Antonine Sisters. Sunday, November 12 - Annual Thanksgiving Dinner hosted by the Lababidi Family. - - - GOOD STUFF ABOUT THE SANCTITY OF LIFE - - - Consider these 6 significant and most common topics pertaining to life matters at this time. 1) Understanding Conscience 2) How to Build a Culture of Life 3) What to Do When a Friend is Considering Abortion. 4) Catholic Considerations for Our Earthly Passing. 5) Top Reasons to Oppose Assisted Suicide. 6) Death Penalty: Catholic Q & A. Looking at one topic at a time consider topic number 1 UNDERSTANDING CONSCIENCE. What is conscience? Conscience helps us hear the voice of God; it helps us recognize the truth about how we ought to live Importance of a well informed conscience. If our conscience isn t well formed, we aren t well equipped to determine right from wrong. How to form our consciences. 1. PRAY, 2. LEARN, 3. REFLECT, 4. NURTURE FRIENDSHIPS. For more information about this LIFE TOPIC help yourself to a pamphlet on the table at the back of the church. Please share this helpful information with family and friends. This information is provided by the UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS. For more recourses go on line.
Benefactor In Memory of Robert & Marion Nemer George & Blanche Nemer Paul & Karla Wilkinson Halim (Harvey) & Judith Kelly The Lababidi Family Marleine Lababidi Dick Ondecker Nathan Maroon Family Mrs. Kathleen Nofel Bernard J. Nofel, 1935-2017 Deacon Bob & Barbara Foster David & Sophie Massoud Monna Sue Ezzie Ralph John Ezzie, 1947-2014 Adib & Kelly Tannous & Family George Curfman The Haddad Family The Shadeed Family The Roundy Family Francois Risha Philip & Bahia Risha Joe & Jeanette "Sis" Ezzie, George Ezzie John & Julia Ezzie Joseph & Jeanette "Sis" Ezzie Elias, Amine & Rosemary Ezzie Manuel & Colette Nemer Dorice Nemer SubDeacon Paul & Gena Boulos The Boulos Family Eleanor Abraham & Family Edward Abraham Eleanor Abraham & Family Elias & Afifie Maroon Chuck & Mary Beth Abraham Lillian, George & Eleanor Solomon Fr. Bill Bonczewski Rt. Rev. Msgr. Maroun A. Eid Ray Nemer Ray Nemer, Sr., 1923-1995 Pierre Sabbagh Salwa Sabbagh Beshara Sabbagh Salwa Sabbagh John & Erin Jesser Living and Deceased Members of the Jesser Family Deacon Tom & Bernie Maroon Living and Deceased Members of the Maroon & Nofel Families Barbara Foster Deacon Robert Foster, in Thanksgiving of 25yrs of Faithful Service Our goal is 80 Benefactors, so far we have 26. Only 54 more to go.
A BOOK DRIVE TO BENEFIT ST. JUDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL Please donate books for the young children and for children from 1 st grade and up for the young patients at St. Jude Hospital in Memphis Tennessee. This special gift fund raiser is being led by one of our High School Student s, Colette Shamatta and her School in Medina, Ohio. A special container is available for your book donations in the church lobby. Thank you so much. The Our Lady of the Cedars Choir and entire Parish Family would like to kindly thank Robert George for his generous donation of a new sound mixer for our Choir and Music program. Your kind hearted donation is a welcome improvement to our sound system and will enhance the beauty of our services for many years to come. Thank you, Thank you, Thank You! GREAT PLANS SET FOR THE FEAST OF ST. MARON ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2017 Thank you very much members of the Parish Advisory Board and representatives from our parish groups who met this past week to present a plan to celebrate our Feast Day of St. Maron and host a Parish Home Coming. I want to thank everyone for taking the time to be here and for the good help each parish group has agreed to participate in and make our celebration a great one. Each year we honor and celebrate the precious gift from God, our Patron Saint, Saint Maron. All his spiritual children including you and me and every member of our Parish of Our Lady of the Cedars Church including all our active and the not so active who are Maronites and all our friends could come together in February to pray the Divine Liturgy in his honor and then gather around the table in our beautiful Cedars Hall for a delicious family Lebanese meal and celebrate our gift of St. Maron. I want to invite you and all our Maronite Family from near and far to come home to Our Lady of the Cedars Church on Sunday February 4, 2018 for St. Maron s great Feast Day Home Coming Event. This very early announcement about the Feast of St. Maron and Home Coming is to allow you a good way to make a commitment to be here all together and I am counting on your help to contact and invite all family, friends and neighbors from near and far especially members who have become inactive to please come here and celebrate with us on February 4, 2018. At this time I want to invite you and everyone to come here for the Feast of St. Maron. More details about this special event will appear in future bulletins. Be attentive. St. Maron pray for us. Ask God to bless all our Maronite Family.