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: sanctityoflife@live.com

800-712-4357 for other resources in your area

Troubled in Marriage? Visit www.helpourmarriage.org

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 (leo@leomichael.com)

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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 info@communitypregnancycenter.org

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.