Intentions this weekend:
Sun 10am:PHS Fr Patrick Moloney (35 yrs priesthood)
This Weekend:Saturday: no liturgy Sunday: Denise Brooks
Next Weekend:Saturday: Rose LaFleur Sunday: Rafka Hage
Please give $50 membership to Mary Dib or Anna Sobanski by Sept 1 for new season of the 200 club.
Congrats to June winners: $50 Mark Facas, $25 Anne Sicard, $10 Mary Dib, Fawzy Soliman, Dee Porlidis.
Thanks to Jeremy Seidel for mowing the LAWN again. Sign up guys! The sheet is on the usher’s table.
Thanks to St Sophia for lending a censer (our 2 censers were stolen weeks ago) until we get them back/buy new
Sept 9: Annual Mahrajan/festival on ST ANN CHURCH GROUNDS. No more humidity/rain of July 25th!
Suggested Donations for Church Services: Churching baby: $25, Christening: $200, Wedding: $300, Funeral: $200, Memorial: $30, Commemoration @ Liturgy: $15, Certificates: $20, Hall usage: $100 for those who gave $1500 to building fund, $100 Mercy meal, $200 active parishioners, $300 all others, $25 kitchen use extra. Hall is to be left clean, including restrooms, mopped, garbage taken away. Deposit of $100 non-refundable. Special insurance of $100 check to be paid with deposit that goes to Diocese of Newton. Parents must attend preparation class with Fr Ed before baptism of first baby only. Saint’s names are preferred for the baby to have a patron. Donations to the priest are not included and are optional. We are in the red & need to give more
We owe diocese $19,743, property insurance $3500. See what happens when some people boycott the basket?
Congrats to Randy & Nancy (Hage) Cruz, blessed with Cali Sophia. We Look forward to her churching/baptism.
Congrats to Gavin John Goodrich, son of John & Michelle (Dzodin) Goodrich, receiving 1st Confession today.
Welcome and thanks to Fr. Patrick Moloney, director of Lazarus Community, New York City, today’s celebrant, while Fr. Ed is in Dearborn, MI attending the Melkite Convention. Gil Shasha presented a skit there: “Jiddo.”
Ray and Anna Sobanski also attended the convention. There are thousands of Lebanese in Dearborn, MI. In fact, the Detroit area boasts more Arab-Americans than any other city in the United States of America!
Bishop Nicholas gave the address, Fathers P. Raczka, G. Gallaro, D. Geiger,G. Ghanoum gave workshops.
Divine Liturgies were presided by Bishop Robert Rabbat, Archbishop Cyril Boustros, Bishop Nicholas Samra.
Next convention will be hosted by St John the Baptist parish in Chicago, in 2014. (none 2013) Plan to attend!