Saint Maron Church

Volume 23, Issue 5 Saint Maron May 2021 Message From Our Pastor Upcoming Events Beloved Parishioners and Friends of St. Maron,  Peace and grace to you in the Lord Jesus, with the hope that you are all  well and in good health. We give thanks to God for the little relief that  we have from the Covid19 as we see people feeling a little more We will be comfortable to come to church and to be together, as we understand more everyday that Jesus is the most essential gift that we need in our praccing life and receiving Him in the Eucharist is more important than anything else. We know that there is light at the end of the tunnel and safety for we are hoping that the light of Christ will always shine upon you and guide and protect you in your life. ourselves Now that the trial of Derek Chauvin is over we pray for our city and country, and we ask the and others Lord to protect all the innocent people, to grant justice to all those who seek it. Justice has spoken and democracy is respected. Meanwhile, we pray for the family of George Floyd and during this others. We pray for all policemen and women and all law enforcement who are serving us faithfully and keeping peace and protecting the innocent. We pray for the first responders difficult who are there first to serve the people, we pray for the medical staff who are caring for all period.  those who are injured physically and need healing, and we pray for those who are caring for the spirit and the mind of all people, that they may give them healing to enjoy good health.  The United States continues to be one of the best countries to live in and we need to pray for all of its citizens. We need to pray that governing officials may do all in their powers to We hope serve the people and to respect life, from the moment of conception to natural death with to resume dignity and honor, to give the right to the citizens to enjoy the gift of freedom which is the best gift that God gave to humans. We need to pray for citizens of all backgrounds and our acvi- colors and political links to respect one another and to live as brothers and sisters in God. We pray that Christians may serve as they ought to be, light to others and salt to the earth, to keep es sooner the message of the Gospel of life alive wherever they are by living it and spreading the mercy than later. of God to others. The Lord has called all of us to live in peace and harmony with one another and we are called to light a candle rather than to curse the darkness, to build bridges with our  neighbors and get to know them better and allow them to know us better.  As we live the beautiful moment of the Easter Season let us rejoice with the Apostles who witnessed the risen Christ and to bring that message of the Resurrection to all people who are still living in darkness and death and announce to them the new life that is Jesus. He is the only hope of the word and without Him there is no eternal life. This life is ours, but not to keep, but to share with the world around us. May you be pure temples of God the Holy Spirit and sacred tabernacles of Jesus, who resides in you through the Holy Eucharist.  With the Newly Ordained Fr. Mikael Jalkh, we continue to celebrate this beautiful season with you and hope always for a better tomorrow and greater joy in the Lord Jesus. May He bless you and your loved ones, and walk by you and with you throughout your whole life.  In Christ’s hope,  Abouna Mikael Jalkh and  Chorbishop sharbel Maroun St. Maron Maronite Church -2- May 2021 Welcome Abouna Mikael Jalkh St. Anne’s Club News A very special warm Our congratulations and best wishes go out welcome to the Newly to the newly elected officers of the St. Anne’s Club: Ordained Carla Bedros  President Abouna Mikhael Jalkh  Caroline Burgmeier  Vice President Susan Thomas  Secretary We are blessed to have you among us Mary Anton  Treasurer although for a short period. May the  Our gratitude and thanksgiving are offered Lord sanctify your priesthood to serve to the outgoing officers: and sanctify the people you serve. Vivian Dahdah  President Nelly Farhat  Vice President Lisa Gleason  Secretary New Births Mary Anton  Treasurer  *We rejoice with Mr. & Mrs. We appreciate all the work offered to our Robert & Jenna Tabet on the parish by the entire St. Anne’s Club. birth of their daughter Lucina Leila. May the Lord bless her and grant her many years of peace and happiness. Our Sympathy *We offer our deepest sympathy to our sister Lilly Hage, on the loss  Marriage Banns of her beloved mother, Nadia Muller, who passed away recently We announce the upcoming marriages:  in .  Natalie Sadaka to be married to Ryan Sohre, of **We also extend our deepest sympathy and Mankato, on May 28. condolences to our sister Rania Bachour on the loss of her beloved father Elias Doubal, who Jessica Jacob, of our parish, to be married to Nick passed away recently in .  Rathke on June 12 ***We offer our condolences and deepest Fouad Daoud, of Mason City, Iowa, to be married sympathy to the family of our brother Bruce to Jennifer Boomgaarden, of Omaha, Nebraska, Richard, who passed away recently. He is on August 7. survived by 2 daughters and 1 son. Alexander Nasser to be married to Marian Hitti, May the Lord God grant rest and peace to all his of our parish, on August 14. departed loved ones.

 If anyone knows of any impediments to any of these Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and marriages, they have a moral obligation to make it let Your perpetual light shine upon them. known to the pastor. Please keep all these couples in ﺍﻟﺭﺍﺣﺔ ﺍﻻﺑﺩﻳﺔ ﺃﻋﻁﻬﻡ ﻳﺎﺭﺏ ﻭﻧﻭﺭﻙ ﺍﻟﺩﺍﺋﻡ ﻓﻠﻳﺿﺊ ﻟﻬﻡ your prayers as they prepare themselves for this sacred mystery. St. Maron Maronite Church -3- May 2021

Congratulations and Best Wishes First Communion celebration for our parish will take place at 1:00pm on Sunday, May 2nd. Please keep these beautiful children in your prayers as they prepare themselves to receive Jesus for the first time in the Holy Eucharist.

The children who will be receiving their First Holy Eucharist: Toni AbouMourad Alex Bedros Peter Favorite Mia Kabalan Elena Khoury Anthony Khouri Simon Farah John Dahdah

Duane Nasser, a pillar of pillars, who has gone from our community into his eternal rest. His heart and soul were so connected to our parish. Growing up with his wife Elizabeth in our parish, they established a blessed marriage together. Duane was a man of integrity, honesty, and faith. He spent much of his time serving our parish and the community at large. He gave from his heart and used his time, talent, and treasures so wisely, to build up our community. He has chaired countless events in our parish, giving it much strength and richness, among them chairing the National Maronite Conventions (NAM), the 100th Anniversary of our parish, the Ordination of Fr. Rodrigue Constantine, the grand banquet welcoming Patriarch Sfeir, the elevations to Msgr. and Chorbishop of Abouna sharbel, the visit of the Maronite Patriarch Rahi, chairing the Annual Taste of Lebanon for over 20 years and chairing the annual Scholarship Dinner for 38 years, just to name a few. Duane was a mentor and a support to so many, young and old, and a great example of leadership, giving with love and faith. We will miss his presence from among us. Our task is to keep his spirit alive and his memories eternal. His wife Elizabeth and children Lisa, Laurie, Bruce, Karen, and Paul, along with their families, wish to thank you all for standing near them and by them at their great loss. Like them we mourn his absence and pray for his eternal reward and faith for his family. St. Maron Maronite Church -4- May 2021

 Pray for our Sick     Please say a prayer for our Sick/Homebound:  The family of our sister Doris Nasser Ekrem would like to thank all the Lana Awaijane, parishioners of St. Maron who have offered Caroline Zogheib, Gloria Bedran, Therese Bedros, Tony Sila, Frank Schutta, masses in memory of their beloved mother. Anisse Awaijane, Henry Basil, Gina Daher, Anthony Awad, Halim Zerka and all our homebound.    We wish them all blessings and healing.  ﻧﺘﻤﻨﻰ ﻟﻬﻢ ﺍﻟﺸﻔﺎء ﻭﺍﻟﺼﺤﺔ The Zaatar Bread sale raised $2,930 for our church. St. Maron is so fortunate to have parishioners that so willingly volun- teer their time and talents to put on events like this and to support these events with their generous purchases.

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

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Please return in an envelope to Church office or place in collection plate. Questions: call (6123792758). St. Maron Maronite Church -5- May 2021 Please check the below NAM Scholarship Programs. The applications for all scholarships offered by NAM can be found online at www.namnews.org LITURGY INTENTIONS: May 1– May 31, 2021

Saturday May 1 4:00pm Intentions of Helene Houle Jim Bernstein by Joseph Anton Sunday May 2 10:10am Memorial Liturgy for Fayez Barakat by his sister Noha Gubash and Family  John Nasseff  Sharbel Stadelman 1:00pm Intentions of First Communicants Monday  May 3  No Liturgy Tuesday May 4 6:00pm Alex Sleiman by Helene Houle Michael Jacob Wednesday May 5 6:00pm Sabo Aksoz Donald Risk by Amira Farah Thursday May 6 9:30am Doris Nasser Ekrem by Elizabeth Nasser Friday May 7 9:30am Marjorie Basil and all Deceased of the Basil Family by Brad and Mary Lou Cummings Deceased of the Farhet Family by the Bucksa Family Saturday May 8 4:00pm Joe & Marlys Gubash and Richard &Delores Burgmeier by Robert and Coroline Burgmeier Don Low by Ron and Diane Low Alex Sleiman by Rodrique and Chantal Awad Sunday May 9 10:10am For all the Living and Deceased Mothers Monday  May 10  No Liturgy Tuesday May 11 6:00pm Ken Couri Alex Sleiman by Helene Houle Debra Mueller Wednesday May 12 6:00pm For the Living and Deceased of the Bejjani Family by Amira Farah Antoine Kozah by daughter Gloria and Family Thursday May 13  9:30am Doris Ekrem by Malake Kozah and Gloria Bedran Simon and Rose Anton by the Family Friday May 14  9:30am Donald Risk by Kamil & Waddad Bejjani Saturday May 15 4:00pm Nicolette Brena by Beth Murphy Simon and Rose Anton by the Family Sunday May 16  10:10am George Monsour by Kamil & Waddad Bejjani Alex Sleiman by Daher and Loulou Jacobs Monday  May 17   No Liturgy Tuesday May 18  6:00pm Ricky Kouri by Karen Namie Wednesday May 19 6:00pm Joseph Anton  Thursday May 20 9:30am Alex Sleiman by Ron and Diane Low Friday May 21 9:30am Ricky Kouri by Carl and Eileen Hedberg William DeWolf Saturday May 22 4:00pm Jamile Estephan by Lanora Sarkis Alex Sleiman by Albert and Elaine Jacob Sunday May 23 10:10am For all the Living and Deceased of our parish by Robert and Rima Antoon Alex Sleiman by Joseph Anton Jamil Maroun Monday  May 24  No Liturgy Tuesday May 25 6:00pm For the Living and Deceased of the Hitti Family by Amira Farah Albert Haik  Wednesday May 26 6:00pm Intentions of Richard Haddad Thursday May 27 9:30am Linda Yazji by Caroline Zogheib Friday May 28 9:30am Forgotten Souls by Amira Farah Saturday May 29 4:00pm Ricky Kouri by Luella and Daniel Joseph Susan Lalim by Bruce and Judi Saba Sunday May 30 10:10am Farah Farah by the Family Jamile Estephan by Carl and Eileen Hedberg Monday  May 31  No Liturgy 2021

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Maronite Christian Formation Talitha Cumi  For love of God and neighbor. We are looking forward to starting school in As summer approaches, please remember those person in the fall  first Sunday of October. less fortunate. We will continue collecting food and house- Keep an eye out for a notice of a summer hold product for FOOD SHELVES and donate Bible Camp, if we are able to meet in person. gently used items for all ages. Also, please think of those in shelterspurchase children’s Saint Pope John Paul II said, “It is first of summer clothing and playthings. A bottle of all necessary for you young people to give bubbles, a new ball, a new book, can change a forceful witness of love for life, God’s the daily life of a child in poverty.  gift. This love must extend from the Thank you for your generosity. beginning to the end of every life and May you always know God’s blessings. must struggle against every attempt to make man the arbiter of his brother’s life, of unborn life, of life that is waning to that of the handicapped and the weak.”

NAM News We would like to inform you that the NAM 2021 Convention that was to be held in Philadelphia, PA, has been cancelled due to the pandemic. Last year’s convention was also canceled in Cincinnati, OH. The next NAM Convention will be in our own Minneapolis, July 1317, 2022. The hope is that this will be a big and successful Sanctity of Life convention. We will keep you updated and want all of you to be involved in the There is no evil to be faced that Christ does different committees such as transportation, not face with us. There is no enemy that decorations, registration, hospitality, Christ has not already conquered.  liturgical, souvenir book, etc. There is no cross to bear that Christ has Hopefully soon we will call for a meeting not already born for us, and does not now and start forming our committees for this bear with us. great big event.  St. Maron Maronite Church -9- May 2021

May 2nd Collections  Support your   Church   Even as our church is being  opened up for more people May 2  Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon allowed to attend in person, the finances of the May 9  Catholic Communications parish are much lower than before due to the cancellation of the Lebanese Festival and other Please be generous and use your offering events, and your support is greatly appreciated. envelope.  Please mail in your offering envelopes to the May the Lord reward you generously. church or donate online at www.stmaron.com. Online donations, no matter how small, on a weekly basis allows us to have steady revenue Support Our Church Through to keep our doors open. There is a form to  facilitate this on page 4 of this bulletin. These Legacy Giving  donations will secure the continuation of our Please consider supporting your spiritual home mission and of our work in the parish. of St. Maron Church through Legacy Giving (a We offer our gratitude to all the generous taxdeductible way of giving to our church people who have mailed in their offerings or through your will, insurance policy, retirement donated online to support our parish. assets, or a charitable trust), by remembering St. Maron Church in your will, or giving our May our loving Lord reward you one hundred fold. church a gift of a common stock or mutual fund share. For more information on these giving options, please contact our parish office or email us. With God you will always receive more than what you give.

Scripture Readings During this difficult time for so many of us, we greatly appreciate your continued Sunday, May 2: Eph 2:110 & Jn 21:1519  generous support.  Sunday, May 9: Rom 10:113 & Lk 24:3648 Sunday, May 16: Acts 1:114 & Mk 16:1520 Month of March Sunday, May 23: Acts 2:121 & Jn 14:1520  Envelopes/Plate/…..…..…....…$ 9,232.75 Sunday, May 30: Rom 11:2536 & Mt 28:1620 Auto Deposit/PayPal………….$ 3,850.00   Mail…….…………….……….$ 3,320.00 You are encouraged to read the Holy Scriptures  before the weekend Liturgy. Donations.……………………$ 11,407.00 Candles……………………….$ 423.50 Total Church Collections…...$ 28,233.25 Eparchy Collection…………..$ 650.00 St. Maron Maronite Church -10- May 2021

Share Your News with Us Parish Staff Pastor Chorbishop sharbel Maroun Please send news of interest to the parish, i.e. club 612-379-2758 meetings, announcements, community events and [email protected] other submissions for the St. Maron’s Church

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