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Band) and their daughter, Samia Najimy Finnerty. *William Salemi William Seaver Rosanne Solomon * Emeritus Paul Albert Anka, (born July 30, 1941, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), Canadian-born American singer and songwriter whose wholesome EDITORIAL STAFF pop songs first achieved wide popularity in the late 1950s and Editor Bill Seaver whose diverse songwriting talents produced hits for such artists Staff as Tom Jones and Michael Jackson. David Franciosi Anka was born to Lebanese and Syrian parents who had immigrated Darya Gamel to Canada and were the owners of an Ottawa restaurant that was Sally Sabino popular with local entertainers. He taught himself to play guitar and Steve Salhaney piano as a teen and formed a vocal group called the Bobbysoxers with friends that performed locally in Ottawa. CONTACT INFORMATION PLEASE BECOME A In 1957 Anka traveled to New York, hoping to get his music recorded. He was 18 Cheriton Road quickly offered a recording contract after performing an original song, “Diana,” for an West Roxbury, MA 02132 SUPPORTER OF AABA ABC/Paramount Records executive. “Diana” would go on to become a hit, eventually 617-323-2722 selling more than 20 million copies. Anka continued his success with a string of hits, E-Mail : [email protected] including “Lonely Boy” (1959), “Put Your Head on My Shoulder” (1959), and “Puppy For an application or information, please contact Love” (1960), which was inspired by his girlfriend Annette Funicello. Anka acted in a the AABA office at 617.323.2722. Continued on page 5 Continued from page 1 string of movies aimed at teenage audiences, including Girls Town (1959) and Look in Any Window (1961). He played a U.S. Army Ranger in the war film The Longest Day (1962), for which he also wrote the theme music. He performed at the Copacabana in New York, the Sands in Las Vegas, and the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles. Anka remained a prolific songwriter and penned the theme song for The Tonight Show, hosted by Johnny Carson, as CHURCH COMMUNITY NEWS well as classic hits for other artists, including the lyrics for the Frank Sinatra hit “My Way” (1969) and Tom Jones’s “She’s a Lady” (1971). In 1974 Anka again found success as a performer with a duet performed with Odia Coates, “You’re) Having My Baby,” . He had a hit in 1983 with “Hold Me ’Til the Mornin’ Comes,” a duet with Peter Cetera. Anka toured and continued to release compilations and concert recordings throughout the 1980s and ’90s. A successful Spanish-language album, Amigos, was released in 1996. Anka’s album A Body of Work (1998) included newly composed and remade songs, performed as solos or as duets with such artists as Céline Dion and Patti LaBelle. With the albums Rock Swings (2005) and Classic Songs: My Way (2007), Anka reimagined hit songs originally performed by other artists, ranging from Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” to Nirvana’s “Smells like Teen Spirit.” The versatility of Anka’s musical range was demonstrated in 2009 with the success of Michael Jackson’s St. John of Damascus Orthodox Church posthumous “ This Is It,” cowritten by Anka. An autobiography, My Way (cowritten with David Dalton), was published Sunday, March 15th—Bishop John visits; a reception to follow. in 2013. th Sunday, April 5 —Lenten Dinner immediately following Liturgy Multiple Lenten Liturgical Services from March 2nd to April 19th th Sunday, May 17 —Church School BBQ Wendie Malick was born in Buffalo, New York, on December 13, 1950, the daughter of Gigi, a For more information, please go to www.stjohnd.org former model, and Ken Malick, who worked in sales. Her surname Malick means "King" in Arabic. Her paternal grandfather was an Egyptian from a Coptic Christian family. She attended Ohio Our Lady of the Cedars of Lebanon Church Wesleyan University, from which she graduated in 1972. The 5-foot, 10-inch beauty was a Saturday, February 8th—St. Maron’s Hufli 6:30 PM Dinner at 7:30 Wilhelmina model in the 1970s, giving it up to go to work for Buffalo-area Congressman Jack Kemp. Entertainment by George Maalouf & Ensemble She quickly left Washington, DC, behind to act in the theater. Tickets $55 per person; Children under 12 $25 per child She starred as Judith Tupper Stone in the HBO sitcom Dream On, and as Nina Van Horn in Sunday, May 17th— Brunch in honor of our blessed mothers. Reserve the date. the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me!, for which she was nominated for two Primetime Emmys and a Golden Globe Award. St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church - Boston She also starred as Victoria Chase in the TV Land comedy series Hot in Cleveland. She is also known for her Sunday, March 22nd – St. George Antiochian Women’s Lenten Luncheon 12 Noon recurring role as Ronee Lawrence on the final season of Frasier. Malick also played many character roles in films,
April 24th to 26th—St. George Weekend including Scrooged , The American President, Racing Stripes, and Confessions of a Shopaholic, has made over 50 guest appearances on television shows, primarily on comedies, starred in a number of made for television movies, and works as a voice actress. Our Lady of the Annunciation Cathedral Friday, April 8th—Annual Lenten Supper at 6 PM Tickets are $15 per person and children less than 6 years old eat for free. Rami Said Malek (born May 12, 1981) was born in Los Angeles, to an Egyptian Coptic St. Matthew’s Syriac Orthodox Church Orthodox family. His late father was a tour guide in Cairo who later sold insurance. His mother is an Friday, February 14th—Valentine’s Day Party 8 PM accountant. Malek was raised in the Coptic Orthodox faith. Malek has an identical twin brother named Sami, younger by four minutes, and an older sister, Yasmine. Malek attended Notre Dame Food, Drinks, Raffle $65 Adult, $15 Children 18- High School in Sherman Oaks, California, where he graduated in 1999 along with actress Rachel Live Performance by Tarek Abdelhai Bilson. Malek attended high school with Kirsten Dunst, who was a grade below and shared a musical theater class with him. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2003 from the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana. Sunday, March 28 - Antiochian Women’s Diocesan Lenten Retreat, 9 AM-3:30 PM In 2004, Malek began his acting career with a guest-starring role on the TV series Gilmore Girls. St. John of Damascus Church, Dedham That same year he voiced "additional characters" for the video game Halo 2, for which he was uncredited. In 2005, “Don’t Stop Believin” A Journey to the Kingdom of Heaven he got his Screen Actors Guild card for his work on the Steven Bochco war drama Over There, in which he appeared in two episodes. That same year, he appeared in an episode of Medium and was cast in the prominent recurring role of Kenny, on the Fox comedy series The War at Home. In the spring of 2007, he appeared on-stage as "Jamie" in the Vitality Productions theatrical presentation of Keith Bunin's The Credeaux Canvas at the Elephant Theatre in Los Angeles. He won a Critics' Choice Award and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his lead role as Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television series Mr. Robot. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!! Malek has acted in supporting roles for other film and television series such as Night at the Museum trilogy, Fox comedy series The War at Home (2005-2007), HBO miniseries The Pacific (2010), Larry Crowne (2011), Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master (2012), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012), the independent film Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013) and the dramatic film Short Term 12 (2013). He was also in the video-game Until Dawn (2015) as Joshua "Josh" Washington. Malek portrayed musician Freddie Mercury in the biographical drama Bohemian Rhapsody(2018). Malek's performance garnered critical acclaim. He won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film. A BLESSED EASTER!! On March 27, 2018, Robert Downey Jr. announced that Malek would be part of the voice cast in the film Dolittle to be released in January 2020. On April 25, 2019, Malek was cast as the main villain in the James Bond film No Time to Die; he plays the "supervillain" Safin. Principal photography on the film began in April 2019 and wrapped that October. It has a release date of April 2020. In May 2019, Malek joined the cast of the crime thriller Little Things, opposite Denzel Washington and Jared Leto. Production on the film began in fall 2019. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2019 ROSE RAFFLE WINNERS!!! BYBLOS CHRISTMAS DINNER DECEMBER 22, 2019 1st Prize Winner/Diamond Pendant - Michel Sassine
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