COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS!
Basket Collection from July 5th, 2015
$1,273.00
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Feast days on the Maronite
calendar which we celebrate this
week:
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Monday, July 13th St Joel the Prophet
Wednesday, July 15th St Kyriakos and
his Mother St. Yolitta, Martyrs
Friday, July 17th –St. Marina, Nun of
the Quannoubine
May all the Angels and saints in
heaven pray for us,
Summer Liturgical
Schedule:
Starting Saturday, June 27th we will not have
Saturday 5:30 PM Vigil Liturgies.
Nor First Friday Adoration
We will resume the normal liturgical schedule
starting on September 5th.
First Friday Adoration will resume on Friday,
September 4th.
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St. Ephrem Lebanese Festival
Then, he looked at his brothers and said to
them: “have courage and stand firm in
your faith, because the crown of victory is
already ready in heaven for those who
persevere till the end.”
At that his two brothers confessed publicly
their faith in the Lord Jesus saying: “We are
Christians, and we want to live and die as
Christians. “Thus their persecutors attacked
them, beating them with their sticks, knives
and axes. In this manner they were killed,
preferring death over denying their faith in
Christ, who crowned them as martyrs. That
happened in July 10th in the year 1860.
His holiness Pope Pius XI had declared them
blessed in October 10th, 1926, thanks to the
efforts of Bishop Bechara Al’Shemali, the
Maronite Archbishop of Damascus. May
their prayers be with us. Amen.
(The three Maronite martyrs that offered up
their lives as a burning offering of love, to
Christ in Damascus in the year 1860).
Francis, Abdel Moati and Rafael were
brothers, who lived in Damascus, Syria, in a
devout Maronite family, known for its piety,
wealth, nobility, and compassion towards the
poor and the needy.
In the year 1860, when the Muslims in
Damascus and the Druze in Mount and South
Lebanon attacked and massacred the
Christians, our martyrs, along with a large
crowd of Christians, took refuge in the
Franciscan monastery in Damascus, after the
Muslims had set the fire in the Christian
neighborhood. In the monastery they
were praying and celebrating the mysteries
of forgiveness (confession) and Eucharist for
the last time.
While Francis stayed alone in the Church,
kneeling down before the statue of Our Lady
of Sorrow and praying, he was filled with
hope. After midnight a band of armed Muslim
rioters broke into the monastery. Christians
were terrified and confused, some managed
to run away, and others hid themselves. The
rioters shouted: “where is Francis Massabki?
We are after him”. At that Francis
approached them audaciously, saying: “I am
Francis Massabki, how can I help you?” They
told him, that we have come to save you and
your family, under one condition, that you
become Muslims, or we will kill you all. He
answered them: “We are Christians and
faithful to Christ we live and die. We do not
fear those who can kill the body, as the Lord
Jesus said.”
Cost for prints (to offset our cost):
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16 x 20 is $20
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The
Massabki
Brothers:
Feast July 10th
Francis, Abdel
Moati, & Raphael
PARISH DEVOTIONS AND SODALITIES
CHAIRPERSONS/COORDINATORS
Confraternity of the Sacred Heart Devotions every First
Friday at 5:30pm Ramzeyzey Jize – 858.736.7196
First Friday Eucharistic Adoration 12:00 NOON to
6:00PM Marina Zablit - 760.239.1756
Sorority of the Immaculate Conception Devotions Marina Zablit - 760.239.1756 [email protected]
Sorority of St. Rita Devotions every Second Saturday
Fellowship at 3:00PM followed by Devotions at 4:30PM
Rose Moses - 619.286.6942
St. Ephrem Maronite Catholic Church 750 Medford Street, El Cajon, CA 92020
Tel: 619-337-1350
www.stephremchurch.com
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Msgr. Sharbel Maroun: Tel-612-379-2758
July 12, 2015
Volume 17 – Issue29
119178167156151418118
Pastor:
Reverend Toufic Nasr
Visiting Priest:
Reverend Canon Thomas Thompson
Deacon Georges Ghosn
Deacon George Geagea
House of Maron
GENERAL INFORMATION
Liturgies:
Saturday Vigil ………………….5:30PM
Sunday
………………………….9:30AM
……………... ………..11:00AM
…………………………...........12:30PM
Monday- Friday (Except
Thursday)………………………9:30AM
Thursday …………………NO DIVINE
LITURGY
Confessions ………………………By
appointment
First Friday Adoration Noon until Benediction
at 6:00PMther
Baptism: Contact the office to schedule
Religious Education: Saturdays from 11am-
12pm
First Communion Class: Sunday from 11AM to
12:00 Noon- To register, please contact the parish
office.
Matrimony: Please contact the parish office at
least nine months prior to the desired date
Parish Office Hours: Monday through Friday
10:00AM to 6:00PM
Divine Liturgy Intentions:
Feast of the Three Blessed Massabki Brothers
Rom 8:1-11 Mt 12:14-21
+ Saturday, July 11th-
5:30PM – No Liturgy (Summer schedule)
+ Sunday, July 12th-
9:30 AM – Intentions of the Hagendorn Family
offered by the Redlinger Family
11:00AM – One Year Memorial –Sahir Antoun
Merza and Nabahit Majid Ghazaleh offered by his wife,
Aaida and son Sirar and Family
12: 30PM –
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9th Sunday of Pentecost
Celebrating the Feast of Sts. Sharbel and Elias
Rom. 8:28-39 Mt 13:36-43 Divine Liturgy Intentions:
+ Saturday, July 18th-
5:30PM –No Liturgy (Summer schedule)
+ Sunday, July 19th-
9:30 AM –
11:00AM –
12: 30PM –
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