Office: 216-520-5081 Fax: 216-524-2659 E-mail: saintmaroncleveland@gmail.com Website: www.saintmaron-clev.org Facebook: SaintMaronChurch Office Hrs.: Mon-Fri. 9am-3:30pm

Donate: http://www.saintmaron-clev.org/donate/

MISSION STATEMENT We, the people of Saint Maron Parish, form a community of disciples dedicated to a shared faith and common life which exemplifies the life, works, and teaching of Jesus Christ as reflected in the Sacred Scriptures and the Maronite Catholic Tradition. Our Parish life and mission are to proclaim the Gospel, to foster and strengthen the faith, and to evangelize. Our cove-nant of discipleship with Jesus Christ is fulfilled through liturgy, education, and service. Amen

In Case of Emergency Only: 216-333-0760

Rev. Deacon George Khoury Mr. Lattouf Lattouf, Sub deacon Mr. Ghazi Faddoul, Sub deacon Mr. Georges Faddoul, Sub deacon Mr. Bechara Daher, Sub deacon

ST. MARON MARONITE CATHOLIC CHURCH

New Sunday & Second Week of the Resurrection pg.386

Rev. Msgr. Peter Karam, Pastor saintmaroncleveland@gmail.com Rev. Fr. Elias Yazbeck: Associate fr.eliasyazbeck@gmail.com

Jesus told St. Faustina that this Feast of Mercy would be a very special day when "all the divine floodgates through which graces flow are opened". Our Lord made a great promise to all those souls who would go to Con-fession and then receive Him in Holy Communion on the Feast of Mercy, on the Sunday after Easter, which is Divine Mercy Sunday (New Sunday) throughout the Catholic Church. Jesus promised that "The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain the complete forgiveness of sins and punishment." He went on to say "I want to grant a complete pardon to the souls that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion on the Feast of My Mercy." We want to encourage everyone to take advantage of this incredible promise and the additional Plenary Indul-gence on this great Feast of Mercy "Divine Mercy Sunday". We want you to benefit fully from these promises, and we also want you to notify all of your family and friends about them too and urge them to return to the prac-tice of their faith! Pope John Paul II said that the image portrays the Risen Jesus Christ bringing Mercy to the whole world. Our Lord said "I want the image to be solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter, and I want it to be venerated publicly so that every soul may know about it. I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will not per-ish". Jesus said to St. Faustina "I am offering people a vessel with which they are to keep coming for graces to the fountain of mercy. That vessel is this image with the signature: Jesus, I trust in You". "The two rays denote Blood and Water. The pale ray stands for the Water which makes souls righteous. The red ray stands for the Blood which is the life of souls. These two rays issued forth from the very depths of My tender mercy when My agonized Heart was opened by a lance on the cross. …Happy is the one who will dwell in their shelter, for the just hand of God shall not lay hold of him." About the feast day "Divine Mercy Sunday", Jesus said "…tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially poor sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon the souls who approach the Fount of My Mercy. On that day all the divine floodgates through which graces flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet.... Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy". Our Lord said "When you go to confession, to this fountain of My mercy, the Blood and Water which came forth from My Heart always flows down upon your soul…" and "Every time you go to confession, immerse yourself entirely in My mercy with great trust, so that I may pour the bounty of My grace upon your soul. When you ap-proach the confessional, know this, that I Myself am waiting there for you. I am only hidden by the priest, but I Myself act in your soul. Here the misery of the soul meets the God of mercy" Make your confession before Me. The person of the priest is… only a screen. Never analyze what sort of a priest that I am making use of; open your soul in confession to Me, and I will fill it with My light."

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Liturgy Schedule Daily M-F: Chapel 6:00 pm Saturday: Chapel:

5:00 pm Sunday: Downtown

9:30 am - English 11:00am - English &Arabic Holy Days of Obligation

Check Bulletin

BAPTISM -

Call the office at least 2 months in advance.

MARRIAGE -

Call at least 8 months in advance for Pre-Cana Appt.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

By appointment

SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING/SICK

Call the Parish Office immediately. 216.520.5081 or

216.333.0760

HOSPITALS DO NOT CALL US.

Sat. April 27: New Sunday

5:00 pm Chapel: Parishioners Intentions Sun. April 28: New Sunday 9:30 am: Mem Lit for George & Roma Sessin (Their children and families) 11:00 am: Forty Day Lit for Nasra M. Khoury (Peter & Nisreen Khoury & children) 11:00 am: Mem Lit for David George (His parents) Sat. May 4: Third Week of Resurrection

5:00 pm Chapel: First Holy Communion Sun. May 5: Third Week of the Resurrection

9:30 am: Mem Lit for Mr. & Mrs. Edward (Eddie & Tillie) Shaheen, Ms. Stephanie Shaheen and all deceased members of the Kaleel, Shaheen & Salloum families

(Mr. & Mrs. George Salloum) 11:00 am: First Holy Communion

50+ Social Club All activities follow 10:00 am Liturgy in the

Chapel (Independence)

This is a Social Club: NO DUES Car pool available : BRING YOUR FRIENDS

May 3rd: Annual Amish Trip

Walnut Creek-German Cultural Museum Yoder Hardware

Coblentz Chocolate Lunch: Boyd & Wurthman Restaurant

Condolences to the family of Marina Assaad mother of Maouni Koury and mother-in-law of

Norman Koury. Mrs. Assaad died on April 23rd in Lebanon.

May her soul and the souls of all the faithful

departed through the Mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen

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DAILY LITURGY TO RESUME

Our daily Liturgy will now be at 6:00 PM Monday through Friday (Chapel) except when we celebrate our St. Charbel Liturgy which will remain at

7:00 PM (Chapel)

THERE WILL NOT BE A 10:00 AM DAILY LITURGY ANY LONGER.

The New Sunday - & - Divine Mercy Sunday أحد الرحمة اإللهية –و –األحد الجديد

From the letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians, II- 5:11-21 رسالة القدّيس بولس إلى أهل قورنتس

يا إخَوتِي،ّب، نُحاِوُل أَْن نُْقنَِع النَّاس. َونَْحُن َمْعُروفُون لَدَى ٱهلل، ولـِكنِّي آَمُل أَ .نَُكوَن َمْعُروفِيَن أَْيًضا في َضَمائِِرُكم نْ بَِما أَنَّنَا نَْعِرُف َمَخافَةَ الرَّ

يُكم بِأَْنفُِسنَا، بَْل نُْعِطيُكم فُْرَصةً ِلٱلْفتََخاِر بِنَا تَُجاهَ الَّذيَن يَْفتَِخُروَن بِا ْْ لـمَ ولَْسنَا نَعُودُ فَنَُوّصِ .ْْظَهِر ا بَِما في القَُِْكم؛ ْـّه، وإِْن ُكنَّا عُقاَلَء فأَلَْج ِْ فإِْن ُكنَّا َمَجانِيَن فَ

.ا َماتُواذً إِنَّ َمَحبَّةَ الـَمِسيحِ تَأُْسُرنَا، ألَنَّنَا أَْدَرْكنَا هـذَا، وهَو أَنَّ َواِحدًا َماَت َعِن الـَجِميع، فَالـَجِميُع إِ .ِهمِْ لَقَْد َماَت َعِن الـَجِميع، ِلَكي ا يَْحيَا ٱألَْحيَاُء ِمْن بَْعدُ ألَْنفُِسِهم، بَْل ِلَّْذي َماَت َعْنُهم وقَاَم ِمن أَجْ

.ة، فَاآلَن َما ُعْدنَا نَْعِرفُهُ َكذَِل َ ِريَّ إِذًا فَُمْنذُ اآلَن نَْحُن ا نَْعِرُف أََحدًا َمْعِرفَةً بََشِريَّة، وإِْن ُكنَّا قَْد َعَرْفنَا الـَمِسيَح َمْعِرفَةً بَشَ ٌْْق َجِديد: لَقَْد َزاَل القَِديم، وَصاَر ُكلُّ َشيٍء َجِديدًا .إِذًا، إِْن َكاَن أََحدٌ في الـَمِسيحِ فَُهَو َخ وُكلُّ َشيٍء ُهَو ِمَن ٱهلل، الَّذي َصالََحنَا َمَع نَْفِسِه بِالـَمِسيح، وأَْعَطانَا ِخْدَمةَ الـُمَصالََحة؛

َِْمةَ ال .َصالََحةـمُ ألَنَّ ٱهللَ َصالََح العَالََم َمَع نَْفِسِه بِالـَمِسيح، ولَْم يَُحاِسِ ٱلنَّاَس َعْى َز اَّتِِهم، وأَْودََعنَا َك !وا َمَع ٱهلللَحُ إِذًا فَنَْحُن ُسفََراُء ٱلـَمِسيح، وَكأَنَّ ٱهللَ نَْفَسهُ يَْدُعوُكم بَِواِسَطِتنَا. فَنَْسأَلُُكم بِٱْسِم الـَمِسيح: تََصا

ِْنَا، ِلنَِصيَر نَْحُن فِيِه بِرَّ ٱهلل. إِنَّ الَّذي َما َعَرَف الـَخِطيئَة، َجعََْهُ ٱهللُ َخِطيئَةً ِمْن أَْج والتسبيُح هللِ دائماً.Brothers and sisters, Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade others; but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences. We are not commending our-selves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to boast about us, so that you may be able to an-swer those who boast in outward appearance and not in the heart. For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them. From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. Praise be to God always!

From the Holy Gospel according to Saint John 20:26-31 إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا

قاَل يوحنّا الرسول: .«!أَلسَّالُم لَُكم»فََوقََف في الَوَسِط وقَال: ة،بَْعدَ ثََماِنيَِة أَيَّام، َكاَن تاَلِميذُ يَُسوَع ثَانِيَةً في البَْيت، وتُوَما َمعَُهم. َجاَء يَُسوع، واألَْبَواُب ُمْغَْقَ

. وَهاِت يَدََك، وَضْعَها في َجْنِبي. و ا تَُكْن َغْيَر ُمْؤِمٍن بَْل ُكْن ُمْؤمِ »ثُمَّ قَاَل ِلتُوَما: .«!انً َهاِت إِْصبَعََ إِلى ُهنَا، وٱْنُْظْر يَدَيَّ .«!َربِّي وإِلِهي»أََجاَب تُوَما وقَاَل لَهُ:

.«!ألَنََّ َرأَْيتَِني آَمْنت؟ ُطوبَى ِلَمْن لَْم يََروا وآَمنُوا»قَاَل لَهُ يَُسوع: ْن في هذَا الِكتَاب .وَصنََع يَُسوعُ أََماَم تاَلِميِذِه آيَاٍت أُْخَرى َكثِيَرةً لَْم تُدَوَّ

نَْت هِذِه ِلَكي تُْؤِمنُوا أَنَّ يَُسوَع ُهَو الَمِسيُح ٱْبُن ٱهلل، وِلَكي تَُكوَن لَُكم، إِذَا آَمْنتُم، الحَ اةُ بِٱْسِمِه.يَ وإِنََّما دُّوًِّ واألماُن لَجميِعُكم حقاThe apostle John writes, A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thom-as, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you be-lieved because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to be-lieve.” Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name. This is the truth! Peace be with you.

St. Maron’s Church Organizations

Parish Council President: Najib Rached: rolanano@hotmail.com 3rd Wed. of the month at 7:00 pm Finance Council President: Rick Ganim: rickganim@gmail.com Immaculate Conception Sodality (ICS) President: Bernadette Faddoul: gbjmlf@aol.com 1st Mon. of every month at 7:00pm Sons of Mary (Men’s Club) President: Joey Faddoul: joeyfaddoul@gmail.com 1st Mon. of every month at 7:00 pm Maronite Christian Formation Program (MCFP) Sunday Director Maroun Kattar: marounkattar@yahoo.com Sundays (except Holy Days) 10:45 am to 11:30am Maronite Christian Formation Program (MCFP) Thursday Director Michelle Nin: michelle@ninfamily.com Thursdays 7:00 pm Parish Center, Independence Maronite Young Children (MYC) President: Rita Kanaan: Ritamurr@hotmail.com Maronite Youth Organization (MYO) Coordinator: George Shamatta: gshamatta@gmail.com 1st and 3rd Saturday : 5pm with Liturgy/Meeting Maronite Young Adults (MYA) President: Aleina Soueidi: aleinasoueidi@gmail.com Meeting/Event: Third Friday of each month Maronite Mothers Club (MMC) Coordinator: Tina Chamoun: TinaSChamoun@gmail.com Arabic School: Coordinator: Jihad Kawkabani: arabicclasses.st.maron.clev@gmail.com Classes Sat. Oct-April (except Holy Days) 10 am to 12noon 50+ Social Club Mary Ann Watson: mapw47@yahoo.com 1st Friday of each month. Liturgy: 10:00 am Book & Cine Club Katia Abboud: katiaabboud315@gmail.com ONLINE DONATIONS

All donations are processed safely and securely via PayPal. Recurring donations are also available for your convenience. To make your online donation, simply scan or enter the web address. www.saintmaron-clev.org/donate

GIFTS OF THE ALTAR FOR THE YEAR 2019 PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY

The gifts of the Altar in HONOR or in MEMORY of a loved one or in THANKSGIVING and may be for more than one person. ALTAR BREAD ($45.00) MAY-JUNE--JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER-NOVEMBER- DECEMBER Please Circle Month (s) ALTAR WINE ($25.00) MAY-JUNE--JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER-NOVEMBER- DECEMBER Please Circle Month (s) CANDLES ($20.00) MAY-JUNE--JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER-NOVEMBER- DECEMBER Please Circle Month (s) Please circle ALTAR BREAD/ ALTAR WINE/ SANCTUARY CANDLES IN THANKSGIVING/ IN MEMORY OF/ IN HONOR OF

Print Name: ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ Offered by ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑

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Join the Immaculate Conception Sodality for the Celebration of The May Crowning

May 19th 11am Liturgy Downtown

Please call or text Karan Farhat-Rohfeld at

440-823-9606 or Rose Habeeb at 440-667-4518

if you would like your First Communicant to participate

Rehearsal for the May Crowning May 18th

11am Downtown

Feel free to call Karan Farhat-Rohfeld with any questions 440-823-9606

Easter Flowers may be taken after today’s Liturgy

Thank you to all who helped decorate

our church and chapel this Easter Season

mailto:rickganim@gmail.commailto:arabicclasses.st.maron.clev@gmail.com

Mystery of Crowning (Sacrament of Matrimony)

MANDATORY you contact and meet with Msgr . Peter at least 8 months in advance of your desired date. Couples are required to participate in our Pre-Cana classes.

Once a couple has met with Msgr. Peter their date will be secured.

Call the office to schedule an appointment.

Memorial Liturgies for 2019

We are scheduling 2019 Memorial Liturgies for your loved ones. Please remember that a 40 day liturgy will always take precedence.

We DO NOT schedule liturgies on the following dates: St. Maron Feast Day, Palm Sunday, Easter, First Communion, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas, Festival Weekend. Please email requests to : saintmaroncleveland@gmail.com or drop in collection basket. PRINT CLEARLY Mem. Lit for _______________________________________________________________ Given by:__________________________________________________________________ Phone: __________________________Date: ___________________Time: 5:00 pm Chapel_____9:30 am____11:00 am____

ICS AND SONS OF MARY MEETING

Monday May 13

(Meeting one week later due to

Indians Game on May 6)

Downtown Security Provided

Gift of the Altar: April 2019

BREAD In Memory of: Deceased members of the Richards & Nofel families (Edward P. Richards, Jr.)

Sheila McDonald (Stephen & Mary Beth Tirpak)

WINE In Memory Of:

Deceased members of the Richards & Nofel families (Edward P. Richards, Jr.)

George J. Sessin

(Mrs. Judith Gordon & Miss Katherine Gordon) Elias & Toufica Nahra and Ibrahim & Milia Tohme and the deceased members of their families

(Their children)

CANDLES In Memory Of:

Deceased members of the Richards & Nofel families (Edward P. Richards, Jr.)

Anne & Michel Maroun (Their children)

Jacob & Juliette Saad & the deceased members of the Saad & Elzeer families: (Thomas Saad & family)

Sheila McDonald (Stephen & Mary Beth Tirpak)

George & Roma Sessin (Their children & their families)

In Thanksgiving:

William J. Bishilany & family (Bill & Denise Bishilany & family)

GENERAL DEPOSIT $ 20,146.00 Easter Collection $ 11,172.00

Votive Candles $ 103.00

Parking Monthly $ 240.00

Parking Garage-Event $ 2,220.00

Building Fund $ 100.00

Holy Thursday $ 833.00

Holy Land $ 1,779.00

Great Friday $ 3,699.00

Collection: April 21, 2019

Lebanese Cultural Garden Ground Breaking Celebration

Saturday May 4, 2019 at 12:00 noon

1190 Martin Luther King Drive, Cleveland 44106

Refreshments & light appetizers will be served

Theology on Fire

May 11th

Parish Center

5-9pm

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