Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021

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Downtown

931 Lebanon Drive

St. Louis, MO 63104

Tel: (314) 621-0056

Website: straymond-mc.org

Facebook: St. Raymond’s

Maronite Cathedral group

Most Rev. A. Elias Zaidan, Bishop of The Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon

Most Rev. Mitchell Rozanski, Archbishop of St. Louis

Rev. John Nahal, Rector

Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021

THIRD SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT:

HEALING OF THE HEMORRHAGING WOMAN

Book of Offering p.207

2 Corinthians 7: 4-11

Luke 8: 40-56

St. Raymond– St. Elizabeth

Maronite Catholic Church

Crestwood

1420 S. Sappington Road

Crestwood, MO 63126

Tel: (314) 968-0760

Fax: (314) 968-8023

Website: stelizabethhungary.org

Facebook: St. Elizabeth of Hungary

Catholic Church @sehcrestwood

DIVINE LITURGY

Sunday: 10:15am

Monday—Friday: 12 noon

RECONCILIATION:

Sunday: 9:15am

or by appointment

DIVINE LITURGY/HOLY MASS:

Saturday: 4:00pm– Roman

5:15pm— Maronite

Sunday: 8am and 10:30am—Roman

Monday–Friday: 8am

RECONCILIATION:

Saturday: 3:00pm

Sunday: 9:45am

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

Genesis 22: 1-2.9a.10-13.15-18

Psalm 116

Romans 8: 31b-34

Mark 9: 2-10

MINISTERING THE SACRAMENTS (OR MYSTERIES IN OUR TRADITIONS)

Sacrament of Baptism: call the rectory 1 month in advance to schedule an appointment and date with Fr. John

Sacrament of Matrimony: call the rectory 6 months in advance (1 year in advance if there are canonical issues)

Visitation and Anointing of the Sick: call the rectory; Fr John’s emergency contact is on the answering machine

Intentions for Divine Liturgy: call the rectory, mail, or email your intentions

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DIVINE LITURGY & MASS INTENTIONS

DOWNTOWN:

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ST. RAYMOND:

Mon, Mar.1

8:00am

St Albinus

Shirley Milford

Tues, Mar.2

8:00am

St Simplicius

Poor Souls in Purgatory By Tony Simon

Wed, Mar.3

8:00am

St. Katherine Drexel

Marie Holley

Thurs, Mar.4

8:00am

St. Casimir

Patricia Skinner

Fri, Mar.5

8:00am

6:30pm

Sts. Adrian and Eubulus, Martyrs

Poor Souls in Purgatory By Tony Simon

Stations of the Cross, and Lenten Prayers

Sat, Mar.6

4:00pm

5:15pm

Sunday Vigil

Stockero family

Deceased members of The Haman family from

The Haman Family

Sun, Mar.7

8:00am

10:30am

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

People of the Parish

Mary Jane Simon

Sun, Feb.28

8:00am

10:30am

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

People of the Parish

Joyce Webbe

Sat, Feb.27

4:00pm

5:15pm

Sunday Vigil

Schiavo Family

Mary Jane Simon By Brad & Mary Anne Powell

CRESTWOOD:

Sun, Feb.28

10:15am

THIRD SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT

Agnes Koram-Timmons and Mary Earley

By John & Mary Denny

Mon, Mar.1

12:00pm

St Domnina Disciple of St Maron and St Afdokia

of Baalbek

Mary Jane Simon By The Fanetti/Schmidt Family

Tues, Mar.2

12:00pm

St John Maron

Ed Brown By Tony and Mary Simon

Wed, Mar.3

12:00pm

St Katherine Drexel

No Divine Liturgy

Thurs, Mar.4

12:00pm

Thursday of the 3rd week of Lent

Dave Wiseman By John and Mary Denny

Fri, Mar.5

12:00pm

Friday of the 3rd week of Lent

No Divine Liturgy

Sun, Mar.7

10:15am

FOURTH SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT– PRODIGAL SON

Mikhael Naddaf By Merry Kweiter

Shirley Milford By Ramona Milford

5:15pm Saturday

Loose cash

Checks/Envelopes

40

190 10:15am Sunday

Loose cash

Checks/Envelopes

84 2,275

Revenue during the week

525 Candles

81 Second Collection

130 Online Giving

straymond-mc.org/online-giving

2,052

Expenses

_$3,598.28

Coffee hour

4:00pm Saturday

Loose cash

Checks/Envelopes

176

805 7:00pm Saturday

Loose cash

Checks/Envelopes

56

250 8:00am Sunday

Loose cash

Checks/Envelopes

55

705 10:30am Sunday

Loose cash

Checks/Envelopes

258

140 Revenue during the week

1,501

Candles

150 Online Giving

osvonlinegiving.com/1825

380 Expenses

2,560

WEEKLY FINANCES 2/21/21

ST. RAYMOND-ST.ELIZABETH:

Total Revenue

$2,080.60

Expenses

.00

WEDNESDAY LUNCH 2/24/21

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CONTACT US:

RECTOR

Rev. John Nahal

ASSOCIATE PASTOR

Rev. Patrick Kassab

DEACONS

Dcn. Bill Meister

Dcn. Lou Peters

PARISH SECRETARY

Crestwood:

Mona Milford

Downtown:

Mary Cohen-Ehlen

BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS

Deadline: 8am Tuesdays

To submit: Email Fr. Patrick

ONLINE GIVING

Crestwood:

osvonlinegiving.com/1825

Downtown:

straymond-mc.org/online-giving

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED

SACRAMENT– CRESTWOOD

Mondays 8:30am-6:30pm

Benediction at 6:30pm

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

DEVOTIONS– CRESTWOOD

Tuesdays 8:30am

(following daily Mass)

February 27, 2021 Dear Parishioner,

St. Raymond Maronite Cathedral is happy to announce the 2021-2022 College Scholarship. The Scholarship is a one- me College Scholarship for eligible High School seniors.

The purpose of the College Scholarship is to recognize qualified gradua ng high school seniors of St. Raymond Maronite Cathedral and St. Raymond - St. Elizabeth Maronite Cath-olic Church who have been admi ed to an accredited college or university for the

comple-on of a baccalaureate program. College Scholarship Students

For High School Seniors eligibility shall be based on, but not limited to:

A) Scholarship - Minimum of a B average (based on a 3.0 out of 4.0 or 4.0 out of 5.0). Grade point average (g.p.a.) for the 10th and 11th grades and the first semester of the 12th grade.

B) Leadership/Community Involvement - Involvement in school extra-curricular ac vi es; Demonstrated community service ac vi es; Ac ve and/or leadership role in community service.

C) Parish Involvement – Registered Member St. Raymond Maronite Cathedral or St. Ray-mond - St. Elizabeth Maronite Catholic Church; Ac ve MYO member (or other youth ac

vi-es); Choir member, altar server, lector, etc.; Par cipa on in parish ac vi es.

One of the scholarships is named a er Most Reverend Bishop Robert Shaheen, as he start-ed this scholarship program with a commi ee of St. Raymond Cathstart-edral parishioners. The awarding of this scholarship is not based on the financial need of the applicant (s). Applica ons are available on February 27, 2021 and must be completed and returned no later than

April 26, 2021. Applica ons will not be accepted a er the April 26, 2021 deadline. The applica ons are available in St. Raymond Maronite Cathedral ves bule; St. Raymond - St. Elizabeth Maronite Catholic Church ves bule and the St. Raymond Cathedral website: h ps://www.straymond-mc.org/scholarship.

For more informa on, please contact a commi ee member or call (314) 621-0056 (Cathedral Oﬃce).

Scholarship Commi ee: Mary Cohen-Ehlen, Chairperson Deacon Louis Peters

Subdeacon Anthony Simon Dr. Dan Abodeely, Treasurer

Ruth Abodeely Dr. James DuBois Fr. Patrick Kassab Fr. John Nahal

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LECTORS: CRESTWOOD

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK

AND HOMEBOUND OF OUR

PARISHES

Sat, Mar.6

4:00pm

Teresa Killian

Sun, Mar.7

8:00am

Joe Meier

10:30am

Emily Kopff

St. Elizabeth

Gertrude Slama

Mark Beck

Tom Hearst

Steven Sulze

Victor Sciarrino

Rosalie Hubert

Mike McSorley Sr.

James Brumfield

Christopher &

Cathy Seemayer

Mary Lou Works

Patrick Nelms

Chris Nelms

Ted Arunski

Dave Holdinghausen

Barb Fix

Beverly Klipfel

Joann Vollet

Lynn Warfel

Pat Cooseman

Mary Ann Reiter

Jean Weidler

Dave Wissler

Michelle Bausworth

Tom Saucier

Will Karcher

Rhoda Simpher

Carole Gassel

Dave Flores

Patricia Beck

Sr. Carol Kopff

Maren Dyer

Betty Tracy

St. Raymond

Pat Webbe

Terry Leong

Judge Paul & Mary

Jane Simon

Joseph & Mary

Ojile

Gloria (Skip)

Leisure

Elizabeth Wolff

Don Ganim

Kathleen Antoni

Nijmeh Abounader

Elias Hitti

Ralph Salamie

John Anton

Jim Hoffman

Gary Bieller

Richard Baker Sr

Patrick Carr

Steve Baker

Jana Smith

Bernie Elking Sr

Janet Emerson

Janet Zhakaria

Ginnie Morrow

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PRAYER SERVICE FOR SPIRITUAL HEALING

Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski will preside at a Prayer Service for

Spiritual Healing on Tuesday, March 23, at 7:00 pm, at Holy

Re-deemer Church, 17 Joy Ave. in Webster Groves.

All victims/survivors of physical, sexual, emotional or verbal abuse

are invited to attend the prayer service.

For more information, please contact Carol Brescia :

[email protected]

or 314-378-3627

KITCHEN SCOOP

The kitchen will be open for carry out and curbside pick up Wed.

March 3rd, On Tuesday March 2nd, we will be preparing kibbe and

rolling cabbage at 8:30am. We encourage everyone to preorder

through our Square link https://st-raymond-cathedral.square.site so

you are guaranteed your order. All help is welcomed from both

locations of St. Raymond-St. Elizabeth.

Thank you, Denise, Kathi and Gina

PALM SUNDAY LEBANESE FOOD

We will have Lebanese Food on Palm Sun March 28, 2021.

It will be curbside pick-up at St. Raymond’s Downtown and St.

Ray-mond- St. Elizabeth’s Crestwood.

LECTORS

A new schedule for the Lectors at St. Raymond-St. Elizabeth church

will be ready soon. If you are a lector/reader please send your email

to Fr. Patrick (

[email protected])

. If you would like to

be a lector/reader send an email too to Fr. Patrick with a note, new

candidate lector.

RIP ESTHER NASSIF

Our prayers and condolences to the family and friends of Esther

Nassif who passed on to Eternal Life this past week. May God rest

her soul in peace and to her family comfort at this difficult time.

HOLY WEEK CHANGES

Maundy/Holy Thursday, April 1

7:00 pm Roman Catholic Mass & Washing of the Feet, Crestwood

7:00 pm Divine Liturgy & Washing of the Feet, Downtown

Holy Saturday, April 3

8:00 pm Paschal Vigil, Roman Catholic, Crestwood

10:00 pm Midnight Resurrection Divine Liturgy & Rite of Peace,

Downtown

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Canned meat/fish, soups/stews,

fruit, pasta/rice, cereal, cereal bars

Extras: Toilet Paper

Donations go to St. Raymond’s Food

Pantry Downtown. If you are in need of

assistance in Crestwood, please call the

help line below, and someone will

return your call in the next 24 hours:

St. Vincent DePaul

Help Line:

314-289-6101 Ext. 2274

FAITH SERIES

Everyone is invited to join us after the 8:00 AM Mass every

Thurs-day in the Fr Edwards Hall to watch a video followed by a short

dis-cussion. We are just beginning Bishop Barron's series on

Catholi-cism, which will be followed by one on Sacraments. Come to one,

some, or all!

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ZOOM CLASSES

Each Sunday at 9:30am, Susan Dubois leads Faith and Heritage

religious education classes over Zoom at 9:30am.

Children in grades 2-5 are welcome.

You can join with the following link (or contact Fr. John or Jen to

send the link over email):

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88340876069?

pwd=dnk0NzBmNGwrRUVwRDhvQzdvbjRlUT09

SALVATION HISTORY BIBLE STUDY

From Adam and Eve to the person of Christ, we will read,

study and pray through the riveting and pivotal events found in the

Old Testament. Mondays 7-8pm in the cafeteria

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40 CANS FOR LENT

From Ash Wednesday to Palm Sunday.

Place cans in collection bin in the vestibule. Collected items will be

distributed to food pantries supported by St. Raymond - St.

Eliza-beth Church.

Canned or boxed items only. Please no glass items.

I’LL PRAY FOR YOU

Reminder Prayer Partner Opportunity! It’s not too late.

Contact Patty Renschen by email

[email protected]

or Robbyn Wahby at

[email protected]

Or send the form by mail, or present it to our offices in Downtown or

Crestwood.

PDF Forms and registration links are available on both websites:

https://www.straymond-mc.org/ https://stelizabethhungary.org

MASKS ARE REQUIRED AT ALL TIMES

In both locations

FOOD PANTRY DONATIONS

ITEMS MOST NEEDED:

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 Esther Nassif 2-23-2021

 Joyce Webbe 2-12-2021  Mary Jane Simon 2-9-2021  Madeleine Crowe 1-19-2021  Patricia Deiters 1-13-2021  William Perkins 12-28-2020  Daniel I Hurley 11-28-2020  Thomas Deiters 11-4-2020  Marie Holley 10-25-2020  Loretta Linder 9-28-2020  Rajaa Haddad 9-15-2020  Patricia Skinner 9-2-2020  Maurice Safar 8-11-2020

 Souad Batanian 7-31-2020  Walid Badra 7-29-2020  Josephine Bender 7-11-2020  Catherine Haman 6-10-2020  Jean Louis 5-16-2020  Melissa Haman 5-9-2020  Donald Behiter 5-9-2020  Dallis Koch 5-7-2020  Josephine Klein 5-6-2020  Theresa McDermott 5-5-2020

ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO

THEM, O LORD

If you are sick or homebound and

would like a Communion minister to

come to your home, please let us

know! If you could use a helping

hand with household tasks or a

visi-tor to chat, please contact the office

to get in touch: (314) 968-0760 or

email deacon Bill

[email protected]

COMMUNION CALLS

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