LITURGIES
Sundays 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 am.
Weekdays 8:00 a.m., Saturday 8:30 a.m.
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DAILY ROSARY DEVOTIONS
I pray the Holy Rosary daily at 7:30 a.m.
Please join me when you can. +
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CONFESSION
Every Saturday - 2:00 - 4:00 pm or by app’t.
Sunday - before Mass and ending 10 minutes before
Mass begins.
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READINGS Joh 13 : 31 - 35
Eph 1 : 15 - 23
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READERS Sunday, May 28 - 8:30am Chuck Abraham
Sunday, May 28 - 11:00am George Zogbi
Sunday, June 4 - 8:30am Paul Boulos
Sunday, June 4 - 11:00am Tina Maroon
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Counting Our Blessings Sunday, May 21, 2017 $1,387.00
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EVENTS TO COME
LADIES GUILD MEETING
Sunday, June 25, 2017
MEN'S CLUB MEETING
Sunday, June 25, 2017
CAREGIVERS MEETING
Sunday, June 11, 2017
FIRST FRIDAY ADORATION
June 2, 2017 8:30am
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Second Collection – May 28 –
Maintentence & Upkeep
IMPORTANT EVENTS & DATES IN JUNE
Friday, June 2
First Friday Divine Liturgy 8:00 am
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
8:30 – 12:00 noon.
Saturday, June 3
First Saturday, 7:50 am Rosary
in Honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
8:30 am Divine Liturgy.
Sunday, June 4
Feast of Pentecost.
1st Kirby Club General Meeting at our Parish.
More details in this bulletin.
Sunday, June 18
Father’s Day.
Rosary Devotion before the Masses.
Presentation to all Dad’s at the Masses.
Brunch served by the Ladies Guild after the Masses.
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MEETINGS, MEETINGS, MEETINGS
Monday, June 5 –
Hall Advisory Board Meeting, 6:30 pm.
Monday, June, 19 –
Festival Meeting 6:30 pm.
Wednesday, June 21 –
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THE ANNUAL PRIEST MEETING Father will be away from the parish from Monday,
June 26 – Thursday, June 29 for the Annual Priest
Meeting and the opening of the NAM Convention in
Greenville, South Carolina.
I will celebrate the Divine Liturgy at 7:45 am on
Monday, June 26 so I can get to the airport on time.
Mass as usual on Friday June 30.
What do you know about Our Lady of Fatima and Her Messages???
In honor of the 100th Anniversary of Our Blessed Mother
and her apparitions to 3 shepherd children in Fatima
Portugal I will devote 2 lessons each month for your
information.
11th Lesson = In the month of August 1917 Our Lady did not come to
the children on the 13th day of the month as she did for the first three
apparitions. Lucia, Francisco, & Jacinta were taken into custody by the
Communist authorities because they feared these little children were
having too much influence on the people and so they were under
arrest for 2 days.
These little visionaries were actually threatened and told that they
would be put in to a vat of boiling oil if they would not reveal the
Secret told to them by Our Lady. With much courage they kept their
promise and so they were put into a jail cell with convicts.
On August 13, 1917 a great crowd gathered at the Cova expecting our Lady’s visit with
the children. The children were not there and the onlookers were only able to see a dim light
glowing near the tree at the noon hour.
A few days later Our Lady came to the children while they were in the field tending
their sheep. Her message at this time was, “Continue to go to the Cova de Iria on the 13th; continue to pray the Rosary every day. On the last month (October) there will be a miracle so that all may believe. She told them that if they had not been kidnapped by the officials, that the coming miracle (promised to happen in October) would have been even greater.” Then, sadly, she reminded the children, “Pray, pray very much, and offer sacrifices for sinners: you know that many souls go to Hell because there is no one to pray for them.”
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What a great lesson we all can learn from these very young children about virtue. Once they
made their promise to the Virgin Mary, nothing could make them change or quit their
commitment, not any threats and not any difficulties could make them back down. Let’s try
this. Let’s make a promise to remain faithful to Her requests and let’s not go back on what
we promise Her.
May 28, 2017
Seventh Sunday of the Resurrection www.ourladyofthecedarschurch.org
Divine Liturgy Schedule May 28
th, 2017 through June 4
th, 2017
Sunday 28
8:30 Gary Louis Owen by Cheryl Owen & Family 8:30 Mark Owen by OLOC CAREGIVERS
8:30 Lillian Solomon by Chuck & Mary Beth Abraham 11:00 Marleine Lababidi by Emile & Antoinette Jabbour
11:00 Laurice Kelly by Sandy Hamad
St. Senator / St. Mariana of Jesus
Monday 29 8:00 Marleine Lababidi by Bahia Nemr & Family St. Theodosia of Tyre, Martyr /
St. Cyril of Caesarea / St. Maximinus of Trier
Tuesday 30 8:00 Marleine Lababidi by Mike Jabbour & Family St. Justin, Martyr /
St. Joan of Arc
Wednesday 31 8:00 Special Intentions of Fr. Bill Visitation of the Blessed Virgin
Mary
Thursday 1 8:00 Eleanor Solomon by Wayne & Patty Solomon St. Angela Merici, Virgin
Friday 2 8:00 The Lanora Family by Joe & Ana Marie Blaum The Four Evangelists, Apostles
/ Sts. Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs
Saturday 3 8:00 Marleine Lababidi by Camille & Jessica Ghorayeb St. Awtel, Confessor /
St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs
Sunday 4
8:30 Wilma Bilinovich by OLOC CAREGIVERS 8:30 Eleanor Solomon by Chuck & Mary Beth Abraham
11:00 Marleine Lababidi by Mr & Mrs Fady Nahra 11:00 Dr. George Solomon by Tom & Peggy Maroon 11:00 Mrs. Nohad Lababidi Khoury, 40 Day Mass, by
the Lababidi Family
St. Quirinus, Bishop, Martyr / St. Francis Caracciolo
ALTERNATIVES TO ABORTION:
330-825-1900 * 330-644-4490 * 330-434-2221 * 330-253-4071
Email: [email protected]
800-712-4357 for other resources in your area
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THE 80TH
ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL GIFT
PROGRAM
In this 80th
+ years of our Parish let’s take the
opportunity to honor our beloved with a memorial
plaque listing their many, many names. Using the year
80, a requested donation from each benefactor would
be $800.00. The list of names may include family
members from inside or outside the Parish for example
my parent’s names. If we begin soon it is possible to
complete our list of names and have a blessing of this
plaque by Memorial Day this coming May or by
Thanksgiving, November 2017.
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A Monthly Rosary at our Parish
Each month a member of the Ladies Guild and a
member of the Men’s Club will take turns leading the
Rosary in honor of the 80th
Anniversary of our Parish.
The Rosary Devotion will be at 8:00am.
June 18th – Men’s Club
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LEBANESE FESTIVAL ON FACEBOOK!!
Look for updates on this year’s Lebanese Festival
on our Facebook page OLC Lebanese Festival as we
count down to our big event!
Don’t forget to “LIKE” the page and share it with your
friends, co-workers and relatives!
If you have any photos of the Festival, please send
them to Leo Michael ([email protected])
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Are you interesting in advertising at our Annual
Lebanese Festival? Our Festival is visited by thousands
of guests each day and those guests COULD be seeing
your business banner boldly displayed in FULL
COLOR!
Please Contact: Roger Hamad at 330-338-9719
The Banner is yours to keep after the Festival or you
can have it saved for the NEXT years advertising!
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Kirby Club General Meeting
Hosted at Our Lady of the Cedars Sunroom
Sunday, June 4, 2:00pm
Children's Activities, bring a dish to share to
this pot luck lunch
Contact: Salim Julien - 440-221-2505
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THANK YOU LADIES GUILD
I greatly appreciate the gift of a new push back
chair for the rectory. Thank you President and all the
good members of the Ladies Guild for your kindness to
me. This chair is built best for my messed up back.
Thank you to Nila and Paul Ellis for the time you gave
for shopping and helping to make the best choice.
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THANK YOU GOOD PLANTERS This past Wednesday we were able to plant 14 trays of
flowers at Our Lady’s Grotto in one and a half hours
thanks to the team of planters. The grotto looks great.
A LITTLE WISH My wish at this time is, I wish we had a Garden
Club. The time spent with flowers including the
planting and the ongoing care can be physically
and spiritually great therapy and our grounds
can look their best. Speaking of gardens a
worthy addition to our beautiful property would
be a little Rose Garden in honor of our Blessed
Lady. What do you think?
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Job Opportunity… Community Pregnancy Center, a Catholic outreach
ministry, is seeking qualified applicants for the
position of Executive Director. If you are a servant-
leader possessing proven managerial experience and a
ministerial heart, this full-time position may be for
you. Interested applicants may email their letter of
application, resume and contact information for 3
references to [email protected]
80TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFACTORS Thank you benefactors for your response to this new
Gift Memorial project. Thank you for remembering
your beloved ones and for assisting in the new wall
project in front of the rectory. Your donation is so very
helpful. May God bless your great generosity. Our list
of benefactors so far is -
Robert & Marion Nemer in honor of George & Blanche Nemer
Paul & Karla Wilkinson in honor of Halim (Harvey) & Judith Kelly
The Lababidi Family in honor of Marleine Lababidi
Dick Ondecker in honor of Nathan Maroon Family
Mrs. Kathleen Nofel in honor of Bernard J. Nofel, April 5, 1935-March 15, 2017
Deacon Bob & Barbara Foster in honor of David & Sophie Massoud
Monna Sue Ezzie in honor of Ralph John Ezzie, July 13, 1947 - April 26, 2014
Adib & Kelly Tannous & Family in honor of
George Curfman
Dr. Joseph & Susan Shadeed in honor of The Haddad Family
Dr. Joseph & Susan Shadeed in honor of
The Shadeed Family
Dr. Joseph & Susan Shadeed in honor of The Roundy Family
Our goal is 80 Benefactors. So far we have 11.
Only 69 more to go.
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CHECK OUT THE FLOWER POT PIGGY BANK
If you wish to help with the purchase of
the flowers for Our Lady’s garden please
put your offering in the flower pot piggy bank on the
table in back of the church.
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Our Graduating Class of 2017
Tannous Elias Barakat St. Vincent St Mary High School
Graduate May 22, 2017 With Honors, National Honor Society (two yrs)
Attending University of Akron, Pre-Med, Biology.
Lucia Boulos Revere High School Graduate
Plans to attend Bowling Green State University.
Mitchell Koellner son of Bruce and Janel Koellner and grandson of Joe and Sis Ezzie, will be graduating with honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He will then report to Fort Rucker, AL for flight school.
Seth Koellner son of Bruce and Janel Koellner and grandson of Joe and Sis Ezzie, will be graduating from Copley High School, and will be attending Kent State University.
Samuel J. Michael Firestone High School Graduate
Plans to attend Kent State University and major in Digital Film while participating in Cross Country and Track.
Alexandra Nemer Graduate of Akron Public High School
Plans to attend the University of Akron, Pre-Med program.
Fares Sabbagh Graduating Copley High School
Plans to attend the University of Akron, and major in Electrical Engineering.
PREPARE FOR THE FEAST OF PENTECOST, SUNDAY, JUNE 4
-This is the great feast of the coming of the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, on the 12
Apostles and Mary the Mother of Our Lord in the Upper Room.
-This is the great feast of the birth of the Holy Catholic Church.
Try to make a worthy preparation for this Holy Feast Day which you can begin on May 26 the day after the
Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord into heaven.
For 9 days offer the prayer,
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end. AMEN.
Come Holy Spirit Come. (Pray 7 times each day). OR –
Pray the Litany to the Holy Spirit each day for 9 days. OR -
Consider an act of fasting of some kind. OR -
Each day read from the Bible the Book of the Acts of the Apostles. OR -
Do some or all of the above for your spiritual preparation for the Holy Feast of Pentecost.
May God’s Holy Spirit come upon you.