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 12 : 12 -22

Phil 1 : 1 - 13

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READERS Sunday, March 25 - 10:30am Sarah Sabbagh

Sunday, April 1 - 8:30am Chuck Abraham

Sunday, April 1 - 11:00am George Zogbi

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Counting Our Blessings

Sunday, March 18, 2018 $1,451.00

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EVENTS TO COME

LADIES GUILD MEETING

Sunday, April 15, 2018

MEN'S CLUB MEETING

Sunday, April 15, 2018

CAREGIVERS MEETING

Sunday, May 6, 2018

FIRST FRIDAY ADORATION

April 6, 2018 8:30am

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Second Collection - March 30, 2018 -

Holy Land Collection

THANK YOU NOTES

God bless the members of the Khoury Family for

taking a turn to provide and serve a delicious meatless

meal after the Friday Lenten Devotion this past week.

Great meal.

A thank you goes out to everyone who attended the

Stations of the Cross and were able to enjoy the

meatless meal afterwards. As always the visit is

enjoyable.

There is No Meatless Meal on Great Friday, so

THANK YOU to all our benefactors as well as to all

those who came to share in the Lenten Services and

Meatless Meals this entire Lenten Season.

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ATTENTION ALTAR SERVERS

All Altar Servers are welcome to serve at all services

during Holy Week and for the Easter Vigil Liturgy.

The rehearsal schedule for all Altar Servers is :

- Wednesday, March 28 – 5:00 pm Supper, 5:30 Rehearsal for Holy Thursday

- Friday March 30 – 5:30 pm Rehearsal for Great Friday.

- Saturday, March 31 – 10:00 am Rehearsal for Easter Vigil Liturgy, 11:00 am breakfast.

Rehearsals are mandatory because we assign each

server a part of the Liturgy and we practice what

we all have to do. Thank you servers for your great

help. Thank you parents for your cooperation.

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DECORATED CANDLES FOR SHA’NEENEE SUNDAY

Beautifully decorated candles prepared by

Nancy Sahlani will be available after Liturgy

this Sunday for your convenience.

Small sizes, requested donation $10.00

Large sizes, requested donation $20.00

Thank you so much to the decorator.

Thank you so much to all benefactors.

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Let’s learn something

about the Apostles of

Jesus Christ.

Do we actually know their names?

Who were they?

The Holy Apostle Saint John was the

brother of the Apostle St. James the Great

and their father was Zebedee.

He was known as the “Beloved Disciple.”

At the time of Our Lord’s terrible ordeal,

His Passion and death, Saint John was the

only Apostle to stay with Our Lord until the

crucifixion on the Cross.

Among the Last Words of Jesus was “John behold thy Mother”. With these words He made

Saint John the guardian of His Mother Mary.

Saint John founded many Churches in Asia Minor.

Among the Books in the Holy Bible St. John wrote the Fourth Gospel, he wrote 3 Epistles and

the Book of Revelation the last Book of the Bible.

The Emperor Domitian ordered Saint John to come to Rome where soldiers captured him and

put him into a caldron of boiling oil. By a great miracle he came out unharmed.

Saint John died at an old age in Ephesus about the year 100 A.D.

His Feast Day is December 27.

Through our reading of the Bible may we grow to love what we read, may we become closer to

the Lord like Saint John was and may we live out what we read.

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As we learn about the Apostles of Our Lord Jesus may we want to know more

about them and may we grow to love as they loved and live our Christian life the

way they did which may include giving our very life for the Lord if we have to.

The Apostle at the Last Supper with his head by

the heart of Jesus, is the Apostle St. John, the

Beloved Apostle.

March 25, 2018

Hosanna Sunday www.ourladyofthecedarschurch.org

Divine Liturgy Schedule March 25

th, 2018 through April 1

st, 2018

Sunday 25 10:30 Special Intentions of the Children and Families of

Our Lady of the Cedars Hosanna Sunday / St. Dismas

Monday 26

8:00am Special Intentions of Chris, Eleanor Abraham by

Subdeacon Paul Boulos

7:00pm Coming to the Harbor, followed by Confession

St. Gabriel the Archangel, Angel

/ St. Margaret Clitherow, Martyr

/ St. Basil the Younger

Tuesday 27

8:00am Special Intentions of Fr. Bill

7:00pm Coming to the Harbor, followed by Confession

St. John of Egypt / St. Rupert of

Salzburg, Bishop

Wednesday 28

8:00am Special Intentions of Fr. Bill

7:00pm Blessing of the Oil & Faithful, followed by Confession

St. Guntramnus, King, Patron of

Divorced, Murderers

Thursday 29 7:00pm Washing of the Twelve Apostles Feet

Thursday of the Mysteries /

St. Cyril of Baalbek, Martyr /

Sts. Jonas and Barachislus,

Martyrs

Friday 30 9:00am Liturgy of the Sanctified Gifts

7:00pm Adoration and Burial

Great Friday of the

Crucifixion /

St. John Climacus, Confessor

Saturday 31 8:00pm Vigil & Procession

Great Saturday of Light /

St. Cornelia / St. Benjamin,

Deacon, Martyr

Sunday 1

8:30 Special Intentions for all the Parish Family of

Our Lady of the Cedars

11:00 Special Intentions for all the Parish Family of

Our Lady of the Cedars.

The Glorious Resurrection /

St. Mary the Egyptian,

Confessor / St. Hugh

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Email: sanctityoflife@live.com

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PLEDGE DRIVE FOR

THE BISHOP’S LENTEN APPEAL

1ST. WEEK - 18 - Pledges - Donated $1,005.00

2nd. WEEK - 10 - Pledges - Donated $1,105.00

3rd. WEEK - 5 - Pledges - Donated $2,190.00

4th. WEEK - 7 - Pledges - Donated $1,310.00

5th. WEEK - 5 - Pledges - Donated $525.00

6th. WEEK - 1 - Pledges - Donated $ 25.00

Thank you benefactors for your contributions.

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ABOUT PALM SUNDAY MARCH 25th, 2018

The main Divine Liturgy will be at 10:30 am including

the blessing and distribution of the palms and the

solemn procession outside weather permitting.

The Annual Family Brunch for Sha’neenee Feast Day

will be served at 12:00 noon.

The 8:30 am Liturgy will be celebrated for those

unable to attend the Mass at 10:30 am.

A great thank you to Deacon Tom and Bernie Maroon

for taking the lead and a super great appreciation to all

the sponsors recognized by name on the next page of

this bulletin for providing for this beautiful meal once

again for all the parish to enjoy.

UPCOMING TRAVEL DETAILS...

DEACON RAMI’S SCHEDULE –

Depart to California – Thursday, May 10.

Seminary Graduation - Wednesday, May 16

Depart for Lebanon - Thursday, May 17

Ordination Day - Saturday, June 9 -

Church of Our Lady in Zoukl

First Mass - Sunday, June 17 -

St. Maron Church in Jarjouh

FATHER RAMI RETURNS - Monday, July 2 -

Mass of Thanksgiving and first Priestly Blessing

Sunday, July 8 - 10:30 am

Reception hosted by Parish Advisory Board –

Sunday, July 8 - 12:00 noon.

FATHER BILL’S SCHEDULE –

Depart to Portland, Oregon - Tuesday, May 2

Great Nephew’s First Holy Communion

– Sunday, May 6

Return to Ohio – Wednesday, May 9

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THANK YOU - THANK YOU

Once again I say a loving thank you and I express my

deep appreciation to all benefactors, and to all

volunteers, and for all who attended our family event

for the Feast of Sha’neenee. The annual Family Brunch

is truly a great thing and all was so well done. These

Family Annual Events are the best. Thank you for

everything especially for the beautiful Parish spirit.

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SAVE THE DATE

OLOC Ladies Guild

Spring Lebanese Dinner

May 2, 2018

More Details Coming Soon!

VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED

Father has 8 committed volunteers.

Please contact Father or the Church office if you would like to participate.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR HOLY WEEK

HOLY THURSDAY – March 29, 7:00 PM

I need 12 men to represent the 12 Apostles for the special ceremony of the washing of the feet.

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Volunteers need to be at Church by 6:00 pm for rehearsal.

GREAT FRIDAY – March 30, 7:00 PM

I need 6 volunteers to help carry the statue of our Lord taken off the Cross for burial in the tomb.

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Volunteers need to be at Church by 6:00 pm. for a rehearsal.

You may be aware that we are conducting a

comprehensive survey of the entire diocese. The

purpose of the survey is to help gauge support for the

following projects that constitute our diocese master

plan:

Establishing new Maronite parishes throughout

the Eparchy

Funds to provide for the education of

seminarians

Caring for our retired priests

Enhancing Eparchy ministries by expanding

Youth Ministry and creating a Pro-Family

Ministry

Establishing a permanent Eparchy

Communications office

Creating a family catechesis program to

provide religious education to Maronites of all

ages

Enhancing Maronite liturgical life through

training for choirs and better translation of

liturgical materials into English

Bishop A. Elias Zaidan would like to thank everyone

who has already participated in the study. Your

thoughts are extremely valuable to him during this

planning process. If you have not yet responded to a

survey, you are encouraged to do so. Your input will

help the diocese make an informed decision regarding

the long-range plans for the Eparchy.

We hope to have all surveys completed by April 18,

2018 You may return your survey to the office or place

it in the offertory basket at any of the Masses.

You may also complete the survey online by going to

steiergroup.com/survey, clicking on Eparchy of Our

Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles and entering the

password: Lebanon.

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Campaign Planning Study Bishop A. Elias Zaidan

Wants Your Feedback!

Easter Flowers – 2018 Donation by: In Memory of:

Bob & Marion Nemer George and Blanche Nemer

Bob & Marion Nemer Kelly and Mae Alexander

Phyllis Boshara Fred Boshara

Ray & Liz Boshara Special Intentions

Tom & Yvonne Jesser Special Intentions for our Veterans and Active Military

Deacon Tom & Bernie Maroon Deceased Members of the Nofel & Maroon Families

Pierre & Mireille Sahlani Mazigi and Gergi Families

Ghassan Lababidi Marleine Lababidi

Michael & Monique Binkley Carol Rabe, Fariz Nemr

Bahjat Seif Joseph & Josephine Seif

Paul & Nila Ellis Ellis & Osborne Families

Deacon Bob & Barbara Foster Massoud & Foster Families

Adiby Hamad Nazih "Ned" Hamad

Pierre & Monique Sabbagh Salwa Sabbagh

Bahia Nemr Fariz Nemr

Your support will help continue the school’s great legacy

in Aitaneet, Lebanon and abroad.

Please know even if you cannot attend the dinner,

donations are always welcomed, appreciated

and Tax Deductible!