July 20, 2008

"The Eastern Churches are the Treasures of the Catholic Church."                                                             Blessed Pope John XXIII

LITURGY INTENTIONS:

July 19-                4 PM                 Celebrant Intention

July 20-              10 AM                Celebrant Intention

July 26-                4 PM                 Special Intention

July 27-              10 AM                Argent McGarr – 40 day

Aug.   2-                4 PM                 Celebrant Intention

Aug.   3-              10 AM                Parishioners, Friends & Benefactors

                                                       of St. Anthony of the Desert

Aug.   9-                4 PM                 Celebrant Intention

Aug. 10-               10 AM               Celebrant Intention

Aug. 16-                 4 PM                Celebrant Intention

Aug. 17-               10 AM                 Kalil & Regina Shediack, son Joseph,

                                                         daughter-in-law Ida & grandson Charles

Aug. 23-                 4 PM                Celebrant Intention

Aug. 24-               10 AM               Celebrant Intention

Aug. 30-                 4 PM                Celebrant Intention

Aug. 31-               10 AM               Celebrant Intention

ENVELOPES:

     July 27^th.    Building & Landscaping

     Aug. 15^{th.    Assumption}

Aug. 14^{th.    Vigil – 6:30PM.}

Aug. 15^{th.    The Assumption of the Virgin Mary.}

                     Holy Day: 8AM.

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: Mon. & Tues. from 9am to 10pm & every 1^st Sunday of the month from 11am to 5pm.  Everyone is invited anytime of the day. If you can give some time each week, please call Dr. Nasser @508-673-8221.

>>> We are in need for someone on Mondays: 1 – 4pm & Tuesdays: 7 – 8pm<<<  

SANCTUARY LAMP S: July  19^th.  IMO  Albert Ayoub

                                           July 26^th.  IMO  Albert Ayoub

                                           Aug.   2^nd   IMO Catherine Saheed Blanchette

                                           Aug.   9^th.  IMO Margaret Assad & Alice Cook

                                           Aug. 16^th.  IMO Mitchell Sweet Sr.

                                           Aug. 23^rd.  IMO Joseph Ackley

3^rd. Marriage Bann: Tara Assad & Jason Pacheco

Thank you from Lila Shaker for the masses, cards & prayers on the loss of her brother.

Our Annual Bazaar will be held on Sunday, November 23^rd, 2008. Anyone willing to chair the committee for the Country Store or the Children's Room, please call Rochelle Kieron @1-401-683-9470.

The following is a final report from our fundraiser: Income: Tickets: $2,914.00; Food Sales: 40.00; Raffle: 323.00; Expenses: LePage's Seafood: 1,725.00; Net Profit: $1,552.00. A sincere thank you to everyone for making our fundraiser a success.

St. Ann Melkite Church, 41 Cross Rd., Waterford, CT: Pontifical Divine Liturgy for Feast of St. Ann @10AM, Sunday, July 27^th., 2008. Archbishop Cyril Bustros, Celebrant.

Mahrajan, Middle Eastern Festival: 12:00PM – 6:00PM, Free Admission, Food donation:  $15.00; $7.00 children under 12. For more information: Fr. Ed Kakaty @860-442-2211; Barbara Facas @860-884-2700.

Mahrajan, Lebanese Food & Heritage Festival, Saturday, September 6^th., 2008, 12Noon – 8PM. $10/Adults; $5/Children (12 and under) Horseneck Holy Ghost Grounds, Dartmouth, MA. Proceeds to benefit Our Lady of Purgatory Church, New Bedford, MA.

Matt & Rochelle Kieron have been delegates to NAM since 1986 when they took their children on a vacation to Philadelphia and attended their first convention. They have attended many, but not all of the NAM conventions since then.Yes, there is a great deal of socialization  at the hospitality room and the festive banquets, but the real purpose is to foster the Maronite tradition. The late Pope John Paul II described our church as "living interpreters of the treasure of tradition they preserve." Remember that when you pay your dues to NAM. Call Rochelle at 1-401-683-9470 for more information. Also, at this 45^th NAM convention, Bishop Robert Shaheen of Our Lady of Lebanon Eparchy, the first priest ordained at the Maronite Seminary in Washington in 1964, thanked the Order of St. Sharbel for our support of the seminary.

"The heart is the happiest when it beats for others."