ST. SHARBEL MARONITE CATHOLIC CHURCH

MICHIGAN NINTH SUNDAY OF PENTECOST - JULY 19, 2015

FEAST OF SAINT SHARBEL

READING Romans 8:28-39 GOSPEL Matthew 5:3-16

SAINT SHARBEL CHURCH OFFICE

42490 Garfield Road, Suite 208

Clinton Township, Michigan 48038

Email: stsharbelwar ren@aol.com

Website: www.stsharbelwar ren.com

Church Office: (586) 826-9688

PASTOR

Chorbishop Alfred Badawi

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Dianne Bartolomeo

WEEKEND LITURGIES AT

BEMIS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 12500 Nineteen Mile Road

[Just West of Schoenherr]

Sterling Heights, MI 48313

Saturday: 4:00 PM

Sunday: 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM

FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTION AND PRAYERS

1st Saturday: 3:30 PM

SAINT SHARBEL FAMILY PRAYERS

22nd Day of Every Month: 7:00 PM Weekday

Liturgy at 7 PM followed by prayers

[except on Saturday/Sunday]

St. Matthias Church - Chapel

CONFESSION: Available anytime upon request and one-half hour prior to Weekend Liturgies.

BAPTISM & CHRISMATION: You must be a registered and active member of this parish. Please inform the Church Office when your child is born. Arrangements should be made with the Church three (3) weeks in advance of the date you desire to have your child Baptized and Chrismated. Godparents must be baptized, at least age 14 and must provide a letter of “Good Standing” from their lawful pastor. If you have any questions, please make an appointment.

MARRIAGE: You must be a registered member of this parish and fulfilling your financial obligations to the parish. Allow a minimum of six months for all necessary preparations including pre-marriage sessions. The Code of Canons for the Oriental Churches (CCEO) makes this time frame an absolute necessity. Exceptions will be made only for extreme, valid reasons. The couple to be married should themselves contact the church prior to making any other arrangements.

SICK CALLS: Please notify the Parish Office or one of the priests as soon as possible if a family member is in the hospital or nursing home. Please also notify us if any family member is a shut-in.

NEW PARISHIONERS WELCOME! Register in the Church Office dur ing regular hours or in the Sacr isty following Weekend Liturgies.

Please call St. Sharbel Church Office to make arrangements for

BAPTISMS, WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS

TO BE CELEBRATED BY CHORBISHOP ALFRED BADAWI

at St. Matthias Catholic Church. Thank you!

LORD, your faithful servant Saint Sharbel

spent 23 years in solitude to know You.

While very few of us can do such a feat,

instill in our hearts an obligation to pray

for 15 minutes each day.

WEEKEND LITURGIES SATURDAY, JULY 18TH NO LITURGY

SUNDAY, JULY 19TH FEAST OF ST. SHARBEL

11:00 AM ONLY MASS AT K OF C PICNIC GROUNDS

11:00 am— Living and Deceased Parishioners and Benefactors of St. Sharbel Church, by Pastor 11:00 am— Sultan Hattar & Issa Hattar, by Family 11:00 am— Jamilha Hattar 19 Year Remembrance, by Family 11:00 am— Rami Ayoub, by Family 11:00 am— Joseph Naughton, by Dr . Sam Nasser

WEEKDAY LITURGIES ST. MATTHIAS CHURCH

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22ND 9:30 am— Joanne Burton Special Intentions, by Dianne Bartolomeo 9:30 am— Christine Campitelle, by Jessie Abraham

WEEKEND LITURGIES SATURDAY, JULY 25TH 4:00 pm— Fouad Sahadi Birthday Remembrance, by Family 4:00 pm— Betty Bellomo 1 Year Remembrance, by Family

SUNDAY, JULY 26TH 9:30 am— Albert J. Latouf 40 Day Remembrance, by His Loving Family 9:30 am— Louis P. Jolet, by The Steel Family

11:30 am— Rose Souss, by Louis Ghafar i 11:30 am— Helen Shaker, by Family 11:30 am— Betty Ann Shaker, by Mr . & Mrs. William Haddad

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READERS FOR:

Sun., July 19th 11:00 am Ed O’Brien - English Joumana Kayrouz - Arabic

READERS FOR:

Sat., July 25th 4:00 pm Fred Sahadi

Sun., July 26th 9:30 am Rita Nader

Sun., July 26th 11:30 am Maria Ghafari - English Khouloud Yammine - Arabic

COLLECTION

July 12, 2015 - $5,564.00 May God bless you in return for your generosity

and support of your parish!

WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE

PLEASE NOTE:

Weekday Masses will now be celebrated on WEDNESDAY

at 9:30 AM at St. Matthias Catholic Church

12311 19 Mile Road [Just West of Schoenherr]

Sterling Heights, MI Thank you!

UPCOMING WEDDINGS

Please keep in your prayers the following couples who will be getting married in the near future:

William Deaibes & Rachelle Abouzeid who will be marr ied in Lebanon in July, 2015.

Antonio Sakar & Solange Rahme who will be marr ied in Lebanon in July, 2015.

Jack Nemeh & Lydia Ladah who will be marr ied at St. Paul on the Lake on July 31, 2015 by Chorbishop Alfred Badawi.

Christiane Farah & Judith Farah who will be marr ied in Lebanon in August, 2015.

Tarek Madi & Svetlana Toder who will be mar r ied at St. Faustina Church on August 18, 2015 by Chorbishop Alfred Badawi.

Charbel Eljallad & Duaa Matti who will be marr ied at St. Mary Assyrian Church on September 13, 2015 by Chorbishop Alfred Badawi. Elie Khoury & Natalie Issa who will be marr ied in Lebanon in September, 2015.

Sam Hwayek & Tanya Habbouche who will be marr ied in Lebanon in December, 2015.

Anyone who has any knowledge to any impediments to any of these marriages have a moral obligation to make it known to the pastor.

We pray that the Lord God may grant these couples happiness and joy on their journey as they prepare to be married in Christ!

EVENTS AROUND THE COMMUNITY

St. Rafka Church Festival Saturday, August 1st & Sunday, August 2nd

For more information, please call [734] 525-2828

Our Lady of Redemption Annual Festival Warren, MI

Saturday, August 15th 3 pm—9 pm

Sunday, August 16th 1—9 pm

For more information, please call the Church Office [586] 751-6017

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St. Sharbel Maronite Church

Joy of Lebanon Gala: “A New Beginning!”

September 11, 2015

Mirage Banquet Center

Tickets: $70 per person

A Special Evening of Food,

Entertainment, Dance, and Fellowship

including a Silent Auction and Raffle of Gift Baskets

And our ANNUAL PARISH RAFFLE TICKET FUNDRAISER!

Raffle Ticket Drawing at 9 PM!

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Akl Abiragi Elizabeth Abraham Sadie Abraham Jeanette Aesy Lou Albert Beverly Baca Zina Bassil Benjamin Benjamin Dominic Bologna Mary Bringer Paul Burch Amira Butrise Julit Daman Jennieve Danial Lawanda Davey Nemo Dawood Delores Eggen Faye Elias Jerry Elias Paul Elias Samira El Khoury Natalie Epstein Patricia Farrar Joseph Ferrante Anna Elias Gleason Kevin Goolsby Gerald Grazadzinski John Grzadzinski Ilene Grobbel

Sylvia Grobbel Donna Grund George Hanna Youssef Issa Hattar Don Herbert Newborn John Hopper III Jacob Hirmz Joseph Jacob Barbara John Edward & Suham John Jason, Joseph & Jeffrey, Randa & Ashton Georgette Kaddo Najat Kalil Lena Kanan Marlene Khames Michael Kosinski Antowan Kriam Michael Kriam Janice Kroll Agnes Langschied Teresa Logan Matt Lomasney Mary Ann Lucas Lyndy Aldo Marchesi Saher Marry Joe Mattar

Maureen McKernan Michael Michael Brian Miller Peter Moffett Jr. Elizabeth Moore Anne Nader Rose Nader Tony Nofar Dolores Pustelny Sonia Ragland John Rubel Lorraine Rubel Salwan and Son, Sam Hiyam Salim Silvana Ronald Simon Theresa Simon Georges Sleiman Christine Najor Smith Susan Emily Toma Victoria Toma Deborah Tosolt Tringali Family Laura Turkaly Daniel Warren Jad Yacoub Dennis Yezbick

Those Who Need Our Prayers

UPCOMING EVENTS/MEETINGS July 19-26 World Meeting of Families with Pope Francis

July 29 New Construction Committee Meeting 7 PM

August 2 LAS Meeting 10:30 AM

September 11 Joy of Lebanon: “A New Beginning!” Gala

December 31 New Year’s Eve Party at the Palazzo Grande

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PASTOR’S CORNER

FEAST OF SAINT SHARBEL AND SAINT ELIAS Dear Friends,

This Sunday we are celebrating the Feast of Saint Sharbel. This Saint has done incredible things for Lebanon and the whole world and his devotions have reached every corner of the world. We are happy to announce that this coming fall the relics of St. Sharbel will come to visit the United States. It will visit our Eparchy including our own parish.

As we come to the middle Season of Pentecost in this month of July, we also celebrate the 9th Sunday of Pentecost and the Feast of Saint Sharbel, the Patron of our Parish Community.

We have been making our way through the Gospel of St. Matthew in our Sunday Gospel readings. Week by week, we are seeing Matthew’s portrayal of Jesus’ ministry unfold before us. It certainly is an interesting journey.

Last Sunday at the 11:30 am Liturgy we were very honored and happy to welcome among us His Excellency, the Ambassador Mr. Yousif Ghafari. We are blessed to have many gifted leaders from and within our Community that have made a valuable contribution to society, including Ambassador Ghafari.

One of the blessings of our Catholic faith tradition is our practice of interceding and supporting each other through our prayer. We do that every time we gather for the Eucharist, especially during the Prayer of the Intercessions. Since we are connected to each other in faith, it is important that we support those in need with our prayers. While we regularly remember those who are sick and those who have died, we have additional opportunities to request the prayers of our community by calling the Church Office.

We also have our prayer list for those who are engaged and preparing for Marriage. And since we are a people who value life, our Respect Life Expecting Parents’ Prayer List is also in the bulletin. Should you wish to have anyone added to a particular prayer list, please call the Parish Office! This also includes a son or daughter marrying at another parish, or an out-of-town family member expecting a child. It is good for us to remember all of these intentions in our prayer.

Will you be away for some much needed vacation time this summer? If so, no need to lose contact with your parish family. Our weekly Sunday bulletin is posted on our parish website – www.stsharbelwarren. Be sure to check it out on those weekends when you are away from the parish.

This week we reach the mid-point of summer. Why is it that winter seems to drag on forever and summer passes in a flash?

Let’s be sure to take advantage of the family times and outdoor activities that make summer such a wonderful season of the year. May God continue to bless us with all that we need, and more

Sincerely yours,

Chorbishop Alfred Badawi

LITURGICALLY SPEAKING

SAINT CHARBEL, LEBANON

“Without always professing the three evangelical counsels

publicly, hermits ‘devote their life to the praise of God

and salvation of the world through a stricter separation

from the world, the silence of solitude and assiduous

prayer and penance.’”

—Catechism of the Catholic Church 920

PROPERTY UPDATE We are currently completing our due diligence on the new property prior to closing. We are completing our Phase 1 environmental analysis and our structural survey to determine where all of our utilities are located as well as what will have to take place with sewage and ground development. We are working with great companies to provide our surveys as well as the city and the county. Our agent has told us that the title company has a clear title to the land. Our Construction Committee has met twice in the last four weeks. We have begun looking at preliminary structural ideas. We are visiting other churches and reviewing options for the classrooms, rectories, and the gathering room. We are receiving bids and interviewing builders as well as architects. Requirements are that they have built churches. We will continue to update the website with our information. Paul Fayad

PLEASE PRAY FOR

OUR PREGNANT MOTHERS Karenna Abboud

Natalie Al-Achkar Rita Faris

Maria Ghafari Sandy Harb

Melissa Khalil Laura Klingbail

Christina Matway

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Congratulations to

Tom and Laura Turkaly on their

52nd Wedding Anniversary!

And to Paul and Debra Fayad

on their 8th Wedding Anniversary!

May our Lord continue to bless you with good health and happiness

throughout your years together!

WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES PRAYER

God and Father of us all, in Jesus, your Son and our Savior,

you have made us your sons and daughters

in the family of the Church.

May your grace and love help our families

in every part of the world be united to one another in fidelity to the Gospel.

May the example of the Holy Family, with the aid of your Holy Spirit,

guide all families, especially those most troubled, to be homes of communion and prayer

and to always seek your truth and live in your love.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, pray for us!