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Saint Maron Church Saint Maron Church Volume 23, Issue 4 Saint Maron Maronite Church April 2021 Message From Our Pastor Upcoming Events Beloved Parishioners and Friends of St. Maron, Peace and grace to you from your spiritual home with the hope that you are well. Health is wealth they say and we pray that everyone would be rich and holy in health. Many people are We will be challenged these days with sickness or with the loss of some loved ones or friends due to the covid or from other causes. praccing Easter comes to give us great hope and to give us peace, light, safety for and courage, that the Lord of life has destroyed death by his own death. Christ has come from heaven to earth in order to take us ourselves from this earth to heaven, to make us one with Him. His life among us was a testimo- and others ny of the power of God on earth, and the beauty of eternal life. True, no one has died and come back to life, but we have the Lord of Life who came to us to tell us about during this God and heaven and eternity, and He wants all of us to be with Him, to walk in His difficult path, to follow His will, and to accept His gift of salvation as an admission to heaven. We all must live with this notion in mind, that we are on a short pilgrimage on this period. earth toward heaven, our final home. We are called to be happy and to celebrate and rejoice in every day that God gives us. Therefore let us live in His love and continue with Him this journey to eternity. We hope I urge you to continue praying with the Church for an end to the pandemic, for stability and peace in our cities, to pray for our beloved Lebanon that has been to resume suffering so much from injustice and corruption, and recently from a great inflation our acvi- that increased by at least 85%. Life is so hard for people there these days from the economical crisis and the top of that the Covid. Let us pray that the Lord may give es sooner them courage and strength to hold steadfast and to be united with each other and help than later. one another, as well as for the international community to step in and to give them aid. I want to thank many of you who acted very generously to support the poor families that are suffering so much in Lebanon. We have over 25 families that are being sponsored by your generosity. I know some of you are helping your own families and some of you are still looking for ways to give support there. It is never too late to try and give an aid to someone who is in need. We now that everything has an end, including covid19, and hopefully soon it will be gone and we will be able to return to our normal, especially within the parish. While social activities were cancelled in the parish, the spiritual and liturgical life continues and you are all urged to come to church in a safe and healthy way, with masks on and social distancing. The church building continue to be safer than most places that we visit on a regular basis. Never keep distanced from Jesus! I look forward to seeing you again soon, and I assure you of my prayers and love. Devotedly Yours, Chorbishop sharbel Maroun St. Maron Maronite Church -2- April 2021 New Births Holy Week Schedule: *We rejoice with Mr. & Mrs. Joseph and Elianne Holy Thursday, April 1st: Attieh on the birth of their daughter Hala Divine Liturgy at 6:00pm Theresa, who was born recently. With the Washing of the Feet May the Lord bless her and grant her many years of peace and happiness. Great Friday, April 2nd: Signing of the Chalice at 10:00am Rite of Burial & Adoration at 3:00pm Baptisms Rite of Burial & Adoration at 7:00pm *Our congratulations and Saturday of the Light, April 3rd: best wishes go out to Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas & Rite of Forgiveness at 10:00am Michelle Bullerman on the Baptism and Confirmation of their daughter, Oakley Easter Liturgies Elaine. Saturday, April 3rd at 4:00pm May the Lord God bless her abundantly Saturday, April 3rd at 7:00pm and grant her holiness and health of spirit and heart. Sunday, April 4th at 11:00am (We will have a procession Outside if the weather permits) Papal Blessing Also, there will be Services of Coming To If you are celebrating a The Harbor on Monday, Tuesday and silver or golden Wednesday March 29th30th31st at anniversary of your 6:00pm marriage our parish would like to present to you a Sign up to reserve a seat at Papal blessing from the Pope in honor of www.stmaron.com that milestone. Please let Father know about an anniversary date at least 4 We hope you can join us! months before the date, since things are difficult to process in Italy these days. Please email Father or the parish office with your name and date of your marriage St. Maron Maronite Church -3- April 2021 Our Sympathy Lenten Appeal *Our deepest sympathy and condolences go out We urge you to please respond to the to our brother Henry Estephan, on the loss of Lenten Appeal that was mailed to your his beloved mother, Jamileh, who passed away house by Bishop Elias Zaidan. The recently in Lebanon. She is survived by 2 Eparchy relies upon you to support our daughters and 3 sons. Maronite parishes and train our future **We also offer our deepest sympathy to our Maronite priests. Every family is asked sister Noha Gubash, on the loss of her beloved to participate in the Appeal and be brother, Fayez Barakat, who passed away re- generous. Please be generous and cently in Lebanon. He is survived by 2 brothers support the Eparchy. and our sister Noha. ***We also extend our deepest sympathy and condolences to the Anderson family on the Thank you for Zaatar Bread Sale death of their beloved Ken Anderson, who was married to our sister Our sincere thanks and appreciation Christine Case. He is survived go out to the members of the St. by his wife Christine and their Anne and St. Rafka clubs for daughter Ashley. hosting the recent Zaatar Bread ****We also offer our Bake Sale. This is the first fund condolences to our sister Lana raiser event that we have had in a Awaijane on the loss of her beloved mother, Audrey Gram. She is year due to the pandemic. It is very survived by 1 son and 5 daughters, including refreshing and encouraging that our sister Lana. social life is returning back into our *****Our condolences and deepest sympathy community. Although it is a little are also extended to the Daou family on the fundraiser at least it brings a few death of their beloved Gergi, who passed away people together to work, to social- in Lebanon recently. He is survived by his ize, and to support our parish. We wife Georgette, 1 daughter, and 2 sons from our parish Fadi and Steven. hope that there will be more bake sales in the near future. Please May the Lord God grant rest and peace to all his departed loved ones. keep your eyes open for them. We hope that we will hold our annual Eternal rest festival, even on a smaller scale, grant unto this coming September 1819. them, O Lord, May the Lord God bless all our and let your volunteers for their kindness perpetual light and their shine upon dedication. them. St. Maron Maronite Church -4- April 2021 Pray for our Sick NAM News We would like to inform you that the NAM Please say a prayer for our 2021 Convention that was to be held in Sick/Homebound: Philadelphia, PA, has been cancelled due to Lana Awaijane, the pandemic. Last year’s convention was Caroline Zogheib, Gloria Bedran, also canceled Cincinnati, OH. The next Therese Bedros, Tony Sila, Frank Schutta, NAM Convention will be in our own Anisse Awaijane, Henry Basil, Minneapolis, July 1317, 2022. The hope is Gina Daher, Anthony Awad, that this will be a big and successful Halim Zerka and all our homebound. convention. We will keep you updated and We wish them all blessings and healing. want all of you to be involved in the ﻧﺘﻤﻨﻰ ﻟﻬﻢ ﺍﻟﺸﻔﺎء ﻭﺍﻟﺼﺤﺔ ,different committees such as transportation decorations, registration, hospitality, liturgies, souvenir books, etc. Hopefully soon we will call for a meeting and start forming our committees for this great big event. AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT FOR AUTOMATIC WITHDRAWL OF FUNDS St. Maron Maronite Catholic Church, 602 University Avenue NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413 You are highly encouraged to consider using this program to give to your church. Please note that this transaction is free of charge and confidential. Name: ______________________________________________________________Envelope # ___________________ Address: _______________________________________________City, State, Zip: _____________________________ Home Telephone: ________________________________________EMail: ____________________________________ Regular Contributions: (choose one or both): $_____________________Monthly (on the 1st) Starting_________________ $_____________________Monthly (on the 15th) Starting _______________ Annual Contributions: (One time per year on the first business day before event) Easter $___________________ Christmas $ ___________________ Authorization: Please debit my contribution from my (check one): ________Checking account (please attach voided check) Routing # _________________ Account # _________________ (on bottom of check) ________Savings account (please attach a savings deposit slip) Routing # _______________Account # _______________ (contact bank) Signature: ___________________________________ Date: _________________________ Please return in an envelope to Church office or place in collection plate. 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