Downtown 931 Lebanon Drive St. Louis, MO 63104 Tel: (314) 621-0056

Website: straymond-mc.org Facebook: St. Raymond’s Maronite Cathedral group

Most Rev. A. Elias Zaidan, Bishop of The Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon

Most Rev. Mitchell Rozanski, Archbishop of St. Louis

Rev. John Nahal, Rector

Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021

FIRST SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT: CANA SUNDAY Book of Offering p. 176 Romans, 14: 14-23 John 2: 1-11

St. Raymond– St. Elizabeth Maronite Catholic Church

Crestwood 1420 S. Sappington Road

Crestwood, MO 63126 Tel: (314) 968-0760 Fax: (314) 968-8023

Website: stelizabethhungary.org Facebook: St. Elizabeth of Hungary

Catholic Church @sehcrestwood

DIVINE LITURGY

Sunday: 10:15am Monday—Friday: 12 noon

RECONCILIATION: Sunday: 9:15am

or by appointment

DIVINE LITURGY/HOLY MASS:

Saturday: 4:00pm– Roman 5:15pm— Maronite

Sunday: 8am and 10:30am—Roman Monday–Friday: 8am

RECONCILIATION: Saturday: 3:00pm Sunday: 9:45am

6th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMELeviticus 13: 1-2.44-46 Psalms 32: 1-2.5.11 1 Corinthians 10: 31-33.11,1 Mark 1: 40-45

MINISTERING THE SACRAMENTS (OR MYSTERIES IN OUR TRADITIONS)

Sacrament of Baptism: call the rectory 1 month in advance to schedule an appointment and date with Fr. John

Sacrament of Matrimony: call the rectory 6 months in advance (1 year in advance if there are canonical issues)

Visitation and Anointing of the Sick: call the rectory; Fr John’s emergency contact is on the answering machine

Intentions for Divine Liturgy: call the rectory, mail, or email your intentions

DIVINE LITURGY & MASS INTENTIONS DOWNTOWN:

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ST. RAYMOND:

Mon, Feb.15 8:00am 6:00pm

Saints Faustinus and Jovita Rose Azar by Mona Milford Poor Souls in Purgatory (Maronite)

Tues, Feb.16 8:00am

Saint Onesimus Frank Miles

Wed, Feb.17 8:00am 6:00pm

Ash Wednesday Teresa Haines Poor Souls in Purgatory

Thurs, Feb.18 8:00am

Saint Flavian Loretta Linder By Ladies Society

Fri, Feb.19 8:00am 6:30pm

Saint Barbatus Mary Jane Simon By Mona Milford Stations of the Cross, and Lenten Prayers

Sat, Feb.20 4:00pm 5:15pm

Sunday Vigil Betty Tracy (special intention) By Tracy family In Honor of John Bouhasin's 90th Birthday By Jason & Gina Oesterlei

Sun, Feb.21 8:00am

10:30am

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT People of the Parish Pat Deiters

Sun, Feb.14 8:00am

10:30am

6TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME People of the Parish William Perkins

Sat, Feb.13 4:00pm 5:15pm

Sunday Vigil Madeleine Crowe Mikhael Naddaf By Merry Kweiter

CRESTWOOD:

Sun, Feb.14

10:15am

FIRST SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT: CANA SUNDAY

Daniel I Hurley By Ralph and Sandy Wahby

Mon, Feb.15

12:00pm

Ash Monday

Ghada Asfour By Pamela Gazall DiMercurio

Tues, Feb.16

12:00pm

Tuesday of the First Week of Great Lent

No Divine Liturgy

Wed, Feb.17

12:00pm

Ash Wednesday (Roman Cath. Mass)

Jennifer Marr By Tony & Mary Simon

Thurs, Feb.18

12:00pm

Thursday of the First Week of Great Lent

No Divine Liturgy

Fri, Feb.19

12:00pm

Friday of the First Week of Great Lent

No Divine Liturgy

Sun, Feb.21

10:15am

SECOND SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT

John Elking (Anniv.) By Debbie Elking and Family Meha Khoury, one year Anniv. By Jimmy Khoury Anthony Sarkis Sr. (Anniv) By Nancy Sarkis

5:15pm Saturday Loose cash Checks/Envelopes

10 40

10:15am Sunday Loose cash Checks/Envelopes

26 710

Revenue during the week 2,050

Candles 43

Second Collection 70

Online Giving straymond-mc.org/online-giving

1,525

Expenses $5,996.45

Coffee hour

4:00pm Saturday Loose cash Checks/Envelopes

136 939

Shepherd’s Table 7pm

8:00am Sunday Loose cash Checks/Envelopes

235 170

10:30am Sunday Loose cash Checks/Envelopes

70 20

Revenue during the week $2,663

Candles 63

Online Giving osvonlinegiving.com/1825

925

Expenses

$12,495

WEEKLY FINANCES 2/7/21 ST. RAYMOND-ST.ELIZABETH:

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CONTACT US:

RECTOR Rev. John Nahal rector@straymond-mc.org

ASSOCIATE PASTOR Rev. Patrick Kassab patrickkassab@outlook.com DEACONS Dcn. Bill Meister williammeister@archstl.org

Dcn. Lou Peters L.Peters@eparchy.org

PARISH SECRETARY

Crestwood: Mona Milford Steeliz@straymond-mc.org

Downtown:

Mary Cohen-Ehlen secretary@straymond-mc.org

BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS Deadline: 8am Tuesdays To submit: Email Fr. Patrick

patrickkassab@outlook.com

ONLINE GIVING Crestwood: osvonlinegiving.com/1825

Downtown: straymond-mc.org/online-giving

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT– CRESTWOOD Mondays 8:30am-6:30pm Benediction at 6:30pm

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP DEVOTIONS– CRESTWOOD Tuesdays 8:30am (following daily Mass)

Lenten Observances 2021

The Most Reverend Bishop A. Elias Zaidan have issued the following Lenten guidelines for the Maronites of the U.S.: All Maronites who are physically capable are to abstain from meat on Ash Monday (February 15, 2021) and all Fridays of Lent.

Distribution of Ashes All parish priests are to bless and distribute ashes on Ash Monday during the celebration of the Divine Liturgy, except in parishes where local civil authorities have banned inperson Religious Services. The distribution of Ashes will follow the normal practice, with "Q tips" being used to mark each parishioner on the forehead with the sign of the Cross. Discard the Q tip after each use, but the same Q tip may be used for a family that lives together in the same household. Ash Monday is a day of fasting. Fasting in the Maronite Church involves eating and drinking nothing at all (except water and medicine) from mid-night until noon. The rest of the day normal meals can be taken, but without meat. All Maronites who are physically capable are to fast on Ash Monday. All Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat and meat products. However, I urge you to emphasize to the parishioners the im-portance of the spiritual and corporal works of mercy during Lent.

Devotion of Lenten Fridays All parish priests are to celebrate the Benediction with the Cross every Friday of Lent except for the Great Friday of the Crucifixion. This service may be preceded by other popular devotions such as Evening Prayer (Ramsho), Stations of the Cross or even the Divine Liturgy. Personal Devotion Clergy, religious and laity who wish to observe the more traditional Maro-nite practice of fasting and abstinence are encouraged to do so. That practice is summarized in the following, taken from the Synod of Mt. Leb-anon (1736): Every weekday of Lent (Monday through Friday) is a day of fasting and abstinence from meat and dairy products (eggs, butter, milk, etc.) Fasting involves eating and drinking nothing at all (except water and medicine) from midnight until noon. The rest of the day normal meals can be taken, but without meat or dairy products. Dairy products are exclud-ed because they are animal byproducts. Saturdays and Sundays are ex-empt from fasting and abstaining, as are the following four feast days: St. Maron - February 9, The 40 Martyrs - March 9, St. Joseph - March 19, and the Annunciation -March 25.

Caritas Lebanon Almsgiving is the third pillar of Lent, this year we have 250 Lebanese fam-ilies in need to help and sponsor for a year, 2021, through the difficult time that they are going through. Please, for more information, log on to the below links. http://www.caritaslebanon.org/

LECTORS: CRESTWOOD

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK AND HOMEBOUND OF OUR PARISHES

Sat, Feb.20 4:00pm

Janet Finke

Sun, Feb.21 8:00am

Silvio Flaim

10:30am Emily Kopff

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St. Elizabeth Gertrude Slama Mark Beck Tom Hearst Steven Sulze Victor Sciarrino Rosalie Hubert Mike McSorley Sr. James Brumfield Christopher & Cathy Seemayer Mary Lou Works Patrick Nelms Chris Nelms Ted Arunski Dave Holdinghausen Barb Fix Beverly Klipfel Joann Vollet Lynn Warfel Pat Cooseman Mary Ann Reiter Jean Weidler Dave Wissler Michelle Bausworth Tom Saucier Will Karcher Rhoda Simpher Carole Gassel Dave Flores Patricia Beck Sr. Carol Kopff Maren Dyer Betty Tracy

St. Raymond Pat Webbe Terry Leong Judge Paul & Mary Jane Simon Joseph & Mary Ojile Gloria (Skip) Leisure Elizabeth Wolff Don Ganim Kathleen Antoni Esther Nassif Nijmeh Abounader Elias Hitti Ralph Salamie John Anton Jim Hoffman Gary Bieller Richard Baker Sr Patrick Carr Steve Baker Jana Smith Bernie Elking Sr Janet Emerson Janet Zhakaria Ginnie Morrow

MEN’S SOCIETY OFFICERS Congratulations to the new Officers for St. Raymond- St. Elizabeth Men’s Society: Jason Oesterlei, President David Miller, Vice-President 1 Jim Risk, Vice-President 2 Donald Leong, Secretary Steve Renschen, Treasurer 1 David Mueckl, Treasurer 2

KITCHEN SCOOP The kitchen will be open for carry out and curbside pick up Wed. Feb. 17th, On Tuesday Feb. 16th, we will be preparing kibbe and rolling cabbage at 8:30am. We encourage everyone to preorder through our Square link https://st-raymond-cathedral.square.site so you are guaranteed your order. All help is welcomed from both locations of St. Raymond-St. Elizabeth.

Thank you, Denise, Kathi and Gina

SALVATION HISTORY BIBLE STUDY From Adam and Eve to the person of Christ, we will read, study and pray through the riveting and pivotal events found in the Old Testament. Mondays 7-8pm in the cafeteria.

I’LL PRAY FOR YOU Reminder Prayer Partner Opportunity! It’s not too late. Contact Patty Renschen by email sprenschen@charter.net or Robbyn Wahby at rgwahby@gmail.com Or send the form by mail, or present it to our offices in Downtown or Crestwood. PDF Forms and registration links are available on both websites: https://www.straymond-mc.org/ https://stelizabethhungary.org/

We’ll assign you a prayer partner for lent!

SAVE THE DATE FOR UPCOMING EVENTS • Ongoing: Pivotal Player series-Thursdays, 8:45am(Crestwood) • Ongoing: Salvation Hist. Bible Study–Mondays, 7pm(Crest.) • Feb. 15: Ash Monday Liturgies: 8:00am Roman (Crestwood)

12:00pm Maronite (Downtown) 6:00pm Maronite (Crestwood)

• Feb. 17: Ash Wednesday Liturgies: 8:00am Roman (Crestwood) 12:00pm Maronite (Downtown) 6:00pm Roman (Crestwood)

Canned meat/fish, soups/stews, fruit, pasta/rice, cereal, cereal bars

Extras: Toilet Paper

Donations go to St. Raymond’s Food Pantry Downtown. If you are in need of assistance in Crestwood, please call the help line below, and someone will return your call in the next 24 hours:

St. Vincent DePaul Help Line:

314-289-6101 Ext. 2274

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ZOOM CLASSES Each Sunday at 9:30am, Susan Dubois leads Faith and Heritage religious education classes over Zoom at 9:30am. Children in grades 2-5 are welcome. You can join with the following link (or contact Fr. John or Jen to send the link over email): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88340876069?pwd=dnk0NzBmNGwrRUVwRDhvQzdvbjRlUT09 40 CANS FOR LENT Food Drive Sponsored by ST. RAYMOND - ST. ELIZABETH MEN’S SOCIETY Ash Wednesday to Palm Sunday Place cans in collection bin in the vesti-bule. Collected items will be distributed to food pantries supported by St. Raymond - St. Elizabeth Church. Canned or boxed items only. Please no glass items.

PALM SUNDAY LEBANESE FOOD We will have Lebanese Food on Palm Sun March 28, 2021. It will be curbside pick-up at St. Raymond’s Downtown and St. Ray-mond- St. Elizabeth’s Crestwood. We will have more information about time and menu.

RIP MARY JANE SIMON Our condolences to the family, husband Judge Paul Simon, and all family members.

LADIES’ SODALITY MASS AND MEETING St. Raymond– St. Elizabeth Ladies’ Sodality will celebrate Mass as a group, Sun. Feb. 21, at 10:15 am, at St. Raymond Cathedral, Down-town, meeting will follow, Join Zoom Mee ng h ps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88538255729?pwd=V0IwcnhRZnNwMjIrd1lPMjdOWjZXZz09

MASKS ARE REQUIRED AT ALL TIMES In both locations

FOOD PANTRY DONATIONS ITEMS MOST NEEDED:

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Madeleine Crowe 1-19-2021 Patricia Deiters 1-13-2021 William Perkins 12-28-2020 Daniel I Hurley 11-28-2020 Thomas Deiters 11-4-2020 Marie Holley 10-25-2020 Loretta Linder 9-28-2020 Rajaa Haddad 9-15-2020 Patricia Skinner 9-2-2020 Maurice Safar 8-11-2020 Souad Batanian 7-31-2020 Walid Badra 7-29-2020 Josephine Bender 7-11-2020 Catherine Haman 6-10-2020 Jean Louis 5-16-2020 Melissa Haman 5-9-2020 Donald Behiter 5-9-2020

ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO THEM, O LORD

If you are sick or homebound and would like a Communion minister to come to your home, please let us know! If you could use a helping hand with household tasks or a visi-tor to chat, please contact the office to get in touch: (314) 968-0760 or email deacon Bill WilliamMeister@archstl.org

COMMUNION CALLS & HOME VISITS

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