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.

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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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READINGS

Rom 10 : 1 - 12

Luk 24 : 36 - 48

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READERS Sunday, May 25 - 8:30 am Chuck Abraham

Sunday, May 25 - 11:00 am Nathan Stewart

Sunday, June 1 - 8:30 am Paul Boulos

Sunday, June 1 - 11:00 am Tina Maroon

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Counting Our Blessings Sunday, May 18, 2014 $1,789 .00

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EVENTS TO COME

LADIES GUILD MEETING

Sunday, June 15, 2014

MEN'S CLUB MEETING

Sunday, June 15, 2014

CAREGIVERS MEETING

Sunday, June 1, 2014

FIRST FRIDAY ADORATION

Friday, June 6, 2014 9:00am – 3:00pm

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Cedars Savings Cards Now only $5!

The deals on the cards are good until July 31st

See Leo Michael to get your card today and

start saving! ******************************************

Next Second Collection

June 29, 2014

Peter’s Pence ******************************************

ASCENSION THURSDAY

HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION

THURSDAY, MAY 29 THIS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ARE

HOLY DAYS, SPIRITUAL DAYS

Wednesday, May 28- 6:00 pm. Vigil Mass for

the Holy Day of the Ascension of Our Lord.

(Please fulfill your duty for this Holy Day of Obligation)

6:30 pm Rosary Devotion at the outdoor Shrine

to our Blessed Mother. Welcome Everyone.

7:00 pm Cover dish dinner. Welcome Everyone.

Chicken will be provided. You are welcome to bring

a cover dish to share. Please use the signup sheet at the

door of the sun room to let us know your intentions.

SPECIAL NOTE – Please come for as much of this

Holy Evening as you can.

Thursday, May 29 – 8:00 am. The Divine

Liturgy for the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord.

(Please fulfill your duty for this Holy Day of obligation)

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A PRECIOUS RELIC WILL VISIT OUR PARISH

On Sunday, June 1 we will be blessed to welcome a

simple but precious chalice that was used by St. Padre

Pio in the 1960s in his Convent at San Giovani in Italy.

Come and learn something beautiful about this

wonderful Saint of our time.

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BRAVO BINGO TEAM

We are very pleased to share with everyone that our

Sunday night Bingo of last week had a count of 144

guests. Our big prizes are ripe for winning and this

helps to bring in a good crowd. Thanks Bingo Team

for your good work each week for this helpful fund

raiser for our parish.

Beloved Parish Family In Jesus Our Risen Lord, Can we know if the Holy Spirit has anointed us?

What are the signs of the Holy Spirit?

When the Holy Spirit comes upon us we receive His

Gifts and we can see the Fruits of His coming to us.

There are 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit and there are 12

Fruits of the Holy Spirit.

The names of the Fruits of the Holy Spirit are:

Charity, Joy, Peace, Patience,

Benignity, Goodness, Long-Suffering, mildness,

Faith, Modesty, Continence, Chastity.

(Galatians 5:22-23)

With the inspiration of the Holy Spirit we receive the

graces we need to perform good works. The Holy Spirit

brings us all that is really good, He makes us truly

happy, and He helps us to be pleasing to God and to all

those we meet.

Think about the Fruit of Charity. It is a perfect love.

With this good Fruit of the Holy Spirit we love God

disinterestedly and not for rewards we hope to receive.

When charity reaches a certain degree of maturity, we

come to experience the First Fruit of the Holy Spirit, the

joy of loving.

There are so many holy ones now in heaven who

devoted their lives to loving God with no motive what so

ever. What about the humble hermit of Lebanon, St.

Sharbel. He lived his life with only one desire, to give

everything to God. Of the many testimonies that show

us proof of the Fruit of Charity in his soul I think of

what he did immediately after he celebrated his daily

Liturgy. His Mass took him a long time to pray in the

solitude of his hermitage and then when he finished he

stayed close to the altar to thank God. God was so good

to call him to be ordained a Priest and then allowed him

to offer the Divine Liturgy and so God was worthy of an

unselfish thanksgiving. His thanksgiving was so pure

and his love for God so pleasing that God granted him

the extraordinary reward of preserving his lifeless body

for so many years after burial. God gives exceptional

rewards to those who do not look for any rewards.

Thank you St. Sharbel for your good example.

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From The Men’s Club of

Our Lady of the Cedars

The Men's Club is commemorating eight years of

loyal and faithful service to our Our Lady of the

Cedars of Mount Lebanon Maronite Catholic

Church.

As we enter our ninth year, and as Father's Day

approaches, we remember our deceased Men's Club

Members Irv Hadley, Harvey Kelly, George Keenan,

and Tony Owen in a special mass dedication.

We extend our prayers and sympathy to our

members who have lost loved ones in the past year

and in recent years and pray for the souls of Ralph

Ezzie, Norm Jesser, Lena Maroon, Dr. Joe Massoud

and Fares Jasser's Father, Jamil Jasser..

We ask for God's grace on the living and deceased

loved ones of our Men's Club members. We pray

that our parish community may always be filled with

stalwart men of dedication and faith who will serve

as vigilant guides and pillars of strength within our

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IMPORTANT MEETINGS

BIG DAYS FOR US IN AUGUST 2014

1. Annual Food Fair –

Friday August 1 & Saturday, August 2.

All Parishioners of all ages – please

attend the planning meetings and share all

your good ideas. Please volunteer as

much as you can.

2. First Pastoral visit of Bishop Elias

Zaidan, Friday, August 8, Saturday,

August 9, Sunday, August 10. Keep a

watch out for a planning committee and

please get involved. Our goal is to make

the first visit of our new Bishop a very

memorable one and so your good help is

needed.

May 25th, 2014

6th Sunday of the Resurrection www.ourladyofthecedarschurch.org

Divine Liturgy Schedule May 25

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Sunday 25 8:30 Lena Maroon by George & Donna Ezzie

8:30 Lillian Solomon by Chuck & MaryBeth Abraham 11:00 Mona Silfani, 1 year Anniversary, by the Family

St. Bede the Venerable / St. Mary Magdelen de Pazzi /

St. Gregory VII, Pope

Monday 26 8:00 Philip Easterday by Mike & Annie Norton St. Philip Neri, Priest

Tuesday 27 8:00 Special Intentions for Norton Family by

Annie Norton St. Augustine of Canterbury,

Bishop

Wednesday 28 8:00 Josie Michael by Barbie & Larry Taylor St. Senator /

St. Mariana of Jesus

Thursday 29 8:00 Walter Kizys & Nancy Scott by Paul Boulos The Ascension of Our Lord / St. Theodosia of Tyre, Martyr

Friday 30 8:00 John Easterday by Linda Easterday St. Joan of Arc

Saturday 31 8:30 Victor Capozzi by Fr. Bill Visitation of the

Blessed Virgin Mary

Sunday 1

8:30 Lena Maroon by Leo & Beth Michael & Family 8:30 Jamil Jasser by Mr & Mrs Edmund Sunday

11:00 A Special Intnetion 11:00 Jamil Jasser by Vilma Abood

St. Justin, Martyr

Special Events!!

There will be an All Day Rosary Novena at Rhoda Wise's home (2337 25th St. NE, Canton, Ohio 44705)

on Saturday, June 28, 2014, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the 75th anniversary of

Rhoda's miraculous cure.. The rosary will be prayed every half hour from 9:00am -9:00pm. The last

rosary will be at 8:30pm. Come and join us when you can!

The weekend of June 1, Father Bill will use a chalice that St. Padre Pio shared with his brother

Capuchins. St. Pio used the chalice in 1960. After his death it became the property of a museum in

Milan. It is now owned by Cindy Russo of the Padre Pio Prayer group at St. Barnabas parish in

Northfield, Ohio. It is on loan to Karen Sigler of the Rhoda Wise home for the month of May.

St. Pio's birthday is May 25. St. Padre Pio, pray for us!

WHO IS GRADUATING IN 2014 May I ask all graduates from High School, College, Tech Schools, Graduate Schools or

others to please provide the following information for our Parish recognition.

YOUR NAME __________________________________________________________________________________________________

PARENTS NAMES ____________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

SCHOOL OF GRADUATION ___________________________________________________________________________________

DATE OF GRADUATION ______________________________________________________________________________________

ANY PLAN FOR AFTER GRADUATION _______________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Thanks for your cooperation.

In honor of our two new saints, St. John and St. John Paul II, we have two

videos for our parishioners to borrow. John XXIII - The Pope of Peace stars

Ed Asner as Pope John. It was shot on location in Italy. Witness to Hope -The

Life of John Paul II is a documentary based on the book Witness of Hope by

George Weigel. Both videos will touch hearts and help us get to know these

saints and the gift they were and are to the Church. Call the church office and

arrange to borrow the video(s) today!

The Parish Family of

Our Lady of the Cedars of Mt. Lebanon

wishes to extend love and prayers to ALL our

students and recognize those who are graduating

and moving forward in their lives and

educations!

Con”GRAD”ulations to you all,

And Best Wishes to each of you in all your

future endeavors!

OUR YOUTH BIBLE STUDY WAS A GREAT SUCCESS

Thank you to all our youth who were able to attend the 4

week Bible Study Program. I very much appreciate your

response by your faithful attendance and by the

comments you made at the conclusion. May your love

for the Holy Scriptures keep on growing. I also want to

thank our generous group leaders for providing the

excellent study series, for leading the discussions for

providing a supper and snack for each week. The time

was very well spent.

PARISH ADVISORY BOARD

NEW MEETING DATE –

The monthly meeting will be on Thursday,

May 29, 7:00 pm. because of the spiritual

events taking place on Wednesday, May 28.

Thank you for your understanding.

Matthew Taylor, son of Larry & Barbie Taylor – Graduate of Otterbein University, Class

of 2014. Matthew plans to reside in Columbus, Ohio following his graduation and seek

employment in Education and / or Retail Management.

Dany Elias, Son of George & Roula Abou-Elais, Graduate of Copley High School, Class

of 2014. Dany plans to attend the University of Akron to begin course work towards a

Bachelor Degree.

Other notable graduations: Maya Elais, completed her course at Copley-Fairlawn Middle School and is on to High school next

year!

Christina Elias, completed her course at Herbrich Elementary school and is on to her Middle School

career!

Mass with

St. Padre Pio’s Chalice

Sunday, June 1, 2014

8:30 and 11:00 AM

Our Lady of the Cedars Maronite

Catholic Church 507 S. Cleveland-Massillon Rd. Fairlawn, OH 44333

Msgr. William Bonczewski will be using a chalice for Holy

Communion that was used by St. Padre Pio in 1960. All are

welcome to attend Mass (Maronite Catholic Liturgy) at 8:30 or 11:00

AM. At the end of Mass all are invited to receive a blessing as

Father Bill places this chalice on the heads of the faithful as

he asks for special blessings for all who attend Liturgy.

St. Padre Pio was a Capuchin Franciscan priest who for fifty years bore the stigmata,

the wounds of Jesus in his hands, feet and side. He was born in 1887 near Naples, Italy

and most of his priestly life was spent in the small town of San Giovanni Rotondo. To

date, it is likely that there has been no other person who has had such a range of gifts

given to him by Our Lord. There were countless healings and miracles through his

intercession. He could read souls in confession. Pilots saw him in the sky during World

War II. There were reports of bi-location and many, many stories about Padre Pio

bringing about good things in the lives of others through his prayers.

The good Padre suffered much during his life. He was falsely accused of many sins and

was frequently attacked by the devil. But, the humble priest persevered and stayed close

to Our Lord. He spent hours and hours in the confessional. And he celebrated the Mass

with the greatest humility and love for Our Lord. His Masses were very long, and he

seldom gave a homily and yet many people would not realize how long they had been at

the Masses he celebrated.

There is story after story to read about this saint whose feast day is September 23rd. He

went home to Our Lord in 1968. May he bless us from heaven with his prayers.