COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS!

Basket Collection from July 5th, 2015

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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.

Thank you for your continued support to St.

Ephrem Church. Festival pictures are available

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watermark.

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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):

5x7 is $5

8x12 is $10

16 x 20 is $20

Digital Copies $20

To order, simply call the office 619-337-1350 or

email us at stephrem@sbcglobal.net, and provide

us with the picture(s) number(s).

Note: If you need any of your pictures removed,

please contact us!

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

ramzey.jize@ngc.com

First Friday Eucharistic Adoration 12:00 NOON to

6:00PM Marina Zablit - 760.239.1756

marinazablit@hotmail.com

Sorority of the Immaculate Conception Devotions Marina Zablit - 760.239.1756 marinazablit@hotmail.com

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

stephrem@sbcglobal.net

www.stephremchurch.com

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Interested in the Priesthood or Religious Life? EPARCHY OF OUR LADY OF LEBANON Vocations Director:

Msgr. Sharbel Maroun: Tel-612-379-2758

July 12, 2015

Volume 17 – Issue29

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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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