SAINT GEORGE MARONITE CHURCH
AN EASTERN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE
WEST SYRIAC ANTIOCHENE TRADITION
Week of September 4, 2016 Seventeenth Week of Pentecost
Annette Garcia - Parish Secretary Ex. 100
Nick Morey – Bookkeeper Ex102
Jo Ann Reed - Financial Consultant
Michele Chebib - Hall Manager Ex. 104
Deborah Mery Fernandez - Cultural Arts Director
Richard Karam - Church Attorney
Edward Karam - Church Realtor & Lector Coordinator
Soumaya Doenges - Greeter Coordinator
Ameen Al Bahloly- Altar Server Coordinator
Regina Aune - Archivist
Fernando Fernandez - Athletic Director
Brendan George - Pastoral Council Chairman
Jose Fernandez - Finance Committee Chairman
Candy Monsour - LAS President
Patricia Karam - Scholarship Committee Chairman
Elyse Karam, Monica Chavez, & Sabrina De La Cruz -
MYO Directors
Samantha Karam Naffah - MYP President
Crystel Harb - Religious Education Coordinator
Crystel Harb & Katy Emerson – MYA Coordinators
Dave Sweeney - Veterans Committee Chairman
Toufic Khalife & Larry Monsour - Grounds Committee
Liturgy Schedule:
Monday-No Liturgy
Tuesday 5:30 PM
Wednesday - Friday 12:00 Noon
Saturday 5:00 PM, Sunday 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM
Saint George Maronite Catholic Church
6070 Babcock Road, San Antonio, TX 78240
Offices: (210) 690-9569 (210) 690-2240
Fax: (210) 690-5093
Hall: (210) 696-5937 www.stgeorgemaronitecenter.com
Fr. Charles Khachan, MLM – Pastor Ex. 101
E-mail: [email protected]
Fr. Marwan Abi Nader, MLM - Associate Pastor
Deacon Tom Billimek
Merciful Like the Father!
Religious Education & Bible Study
Pre K - 12th grade-See bulletin for schedule
Ladies Altar Society (LAS)
See bulletin for schedule
Maronite Youth Organization (MYO)
See bulletin for schedule
Adoration
Tuesday 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Mystery of Reconciliation (Confession)
30 minutes before Liturgy and upon request
Mystery of Baptism & Chrismation
Parents and Godparents must meet with the pastor to make
arrangements
Mystery of Crowning (Marriage)
Notify the pastor ONE YEAR in advance for the necessary arrangements
Sick and Hospitalized
Contact the pastor for visitation
Memorial Sunday and Lebanese Luncheon
Last Sunday at 11:00 AM
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MARONITE MINUTE
Seventeenth Week of Pentecost September 4, 2016
CARRIER OF GOD’S TENDER AND MERCIFUL LOVE
The canonization of Mother Teresa invites us to look to her as a Christian hero, an outstanding model of the
Christian life. But as Lumen Gentium of the Second Vatican Council tells us, “It is not only through their exam-
ple that we cherish the memory of those in heaven; rather we seek, by devotion to them, to exercise that bond of
fraternal charity which unites and strengthens the whole Church in the Spirit (cf. Eph 4:1-6). Just as Christian
charity brings us closer to Christ on our earthly journey, so does the communion of saints join the People of God
to Christ, the fountainhead of all grace and life, on their eternal journey” (LG 50).
The Holy Father’s desire is to have Mother Teresa’s canonization during this Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy,
particularly during the Jubilee celebration for workers and volunteers of mercy. The whole pontificate of Pope
Francis is marked by attention and love for the last, the least and the lost, for the marginalized, for those at the
peripheries of human existence – the poorest of the poor. How fitting, then, to have Mother Teresa to be, we
could even say, the saint of this Jubilee!
Wishing to place Mother Teresa, with her example and message, directly and clearly into the context of the
Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, the theme, “Carrier of God’s Tender and Merciful Love” has been chosen.
At the time of the Inspiration (1946), Jesus gave to Mother Teresa the name of the religious community He
was asking her to begin: Missionaries of Charity. Mother Teresa “translated” this to “carriers of God’s love.” In
this too, she was following Jesus’s directions; He had invited her: “You come - go amongst them [the poor] - car-
ry Me with you into them.” Thus, she would exhort her religious family to be faithful to the mission entrusted to
them: “Carry Him and His light into the homes of the poor, especially to the souls most in need. Spread the chari-
ty of His Heart wherever you go.”
The theme expresses as well those particular qualities of charity that she was to make known to the poorest of
the poor: the tenderness of God’s merciful love for those most in need. She urged her followers to “serve the poor
with tender and compassionate love.” This is “carrying” the love of Jesus who, she was absolutely convinced,
“loves each one of us tenderly with mercy and compassion.” and “wants us to love each other as He loves each
one of us with a tender love.” Mother Teresa insisted that love “cannot remain still. It has to get into action, and
that action is service.”
The service that the Missionaries of Charity render to the poorest of the poor is actually comprised of what
are traditionally called the “works of mercy.” The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that “works of mer-
cy” are charitable actions by which we come to the aid of our neighbor in his spiritual and bodily necessities. In-
structing, advising, consoling, comforting are spiritual works of mercy, as are forgiving and bearing wrongs pa-
tiently. The corporal works of mercy consist especially in feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, clothing
the naked, visiting the sick and imprisoned, and burying the dead. Among all these, giving alms to the poor is one
of the chief witnesses to fraternal charity: it is also a work of justice pleasing to God” (CCC 2447).
As we approach the canonization of Mother Teresa, we may be encouraged by her example and message of
God’s tender and merciful love to put “love into living action” as she did, to do “ordinary things with extraordi-
nary love.” We may not be called to do exactly what Mother Teresa did, but we can do what God entrusts unique-
ly to each one of us. Mother Teresa understood this so well: “As I often say to people who tell me they would
like to serve the poor as I do, “What I can do, you cannot; what you can do, I cannot. But together we can do
something beautiful for God.”
As the Church wishes to present Mother Teresa as an icon of the Father’s mercy in this Extraordinary Jubilee
of Mercy, it is our hope that her words and example will urge all of us to become generous servants and to reflect
the “face” of God’s mercy to those around us, beginning in our own families. As Mother Teresa’s face radiated
God’s tender and merciful love, so too may we become more and more a reflection of His tender mercy through
our loving actions.
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Intentions and Readings of the Divine Liturgy
Sat. Sept. 3rd 5:00 PM Liturgy for Edward Karam req. by his family
James 5:13-20 Lk 19:41-44
Sun. Sept. 4th 8:00 AM Liturgy for Deceased Daniel Family Members req. by Frank & Betty Gudat
11:00AM Liturgy for Msgr. James Khoury
Rom 13:8-14 Seventeenth Week of Pentecost Lk 10:25-37
Mon. Sept. 5th NO LITURGY
1 Tim 1:1-7, 12-17 Mt 5:43-48
Tues. Sept. 6th 5:30 PM Liturgy for Msgr. James Khoury req. by JoAnn & Curtis Reed
1 Tim 1:18-2:7 Jn 13:31-35
Wed. Sept. 7th 12:00 Noon Liturgy for Edward K. Mery req. by Ralphie Karam
1 Tim 2:8-15 Jn 15:12-14
Thurs. Sept. 8th 12:00 Noon Liturgy for Daniel Fernandez req. by Ralphie Karam
1 Tim 3:1-13 Mt 22:35-40
Fri. Sept. 9th 12:00 Noon Liturgy for Mike Ayoub
1 Tim 3:14-4:5 Lk 6:31-38
Sat. Sept. 10th 5:00 PM Liturgy in Loving memory of Michael Allen Anderson 1yr anniversary
req. by Pat & Judy Perillo
1 Tim 4:6-16 Jn 17:20-26
Sun. Sept. 11th 8:00 AM Liturgy for Deceased Daniel Family Members req. by Frank & Betty Gudat
11:00AM Liturgy for Deceased of the Aune & Pinion families req. by Regina Aune
1Cor 1:18-25 Feast of the Holy Cross Jn 12:20-32
We apologize for any inconvenience if a name of a loved one was
misspelled or dropped off the list of masses by mistake.
August 28, 2016
Stewardship: $4,548.00
You can now contribute online, https://www.stgeorgesa.org/donate-online/
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Bertha Acevedo,
Rocky Anawaty,
Amira Andera,
Regina Aune,
Corey Baines,
Gerry Baines,
Sharon Benson,
Pamela Gabriel Craig,
Marina Curie-John,
Diana Curi-Ryder,
Josephine Daaud,
Amira Dean,
David Emerson,
Norma Emerson,
Zeyna Faris,
Brendon Fuselier
Muriel Keogh George,
Hank Grage,
Betty Gudat,
Harry Hilton,
Jackie Hill,
James Hughlette,
Sal Isgro,
Marie Joseph,
Al Jowdy,
David Karam,
Elyse Karam,
Eugene Karam,
Mary Anne Karam,
Mary Ann Trad Karam,
Donna Khattar,
Marie La Monica,
Richard La Monica,
Margaret Craig Loyd,
Charles Malouff,
Louise Malouff,
Maria Marines,
Karen Martinez,
Elvira Mery,
Maria Mery,
Paul Mery, Jr.,
Tony Mery,
Tony Moawad,
Connie Moller,
Adele Morrison,
Nancy Nasif,
Tim O’Connor,
Jose Olvera,
Roger O’Shaugh-nessy
Thelma O’Shaugh-nessy,
David Palazzo,
Noel Palazzo,
Ashley Polley,
Larry Raba,
Tanya Raba
Curtis Reed,
Kirsten Reed,
Rose Ribble
Roberto Rodriguez,
Pedro Rosas,
David Saliba,
Gloria Saliba,
Marie Schechter,
Bella Rodriguez Torres,
Rose Trevino,
Jeanette Van Delden,
Ted Van Delden,
Gene Viola,
Joe Walker,
Miriam Wells,
Cathy Turcotte Wolfe,
George Yamin.
Jack Riegel - August 27, 2015
Henry Murray Boothroyd - November 13, 2015
Suzann Westermann - November 29, 2015
Margaret Abdo Karam - December 1, 2015
Joseph Jacob Harb - December 23, 2015
Elda Jadallah - December 28, 2015
Karen Karam Baines - March 10, 2016
Sophie Abdo Karam - June 24, 2016
Saturday, September 3rd (5:00 PM)
Lector: Joe Khattar
Ushers: Frank Dieck & Elizabeth Aboud
Greeters: Sandy Nasif
Altar Servers: Zack Karam & Aaron Mery
Sunday, September 4th
Lector: (8:00 AM) Frank Westermann
Lector: (11:00 AM) Brendan George
Ushers: MYO
Greeters: MYO
Altar Servers: MYO
Saturday, September 10th (5:00 PM)
Lector: Ralphie Karam
Ushers: Arthur Lang & Gladys Salisbury
Greeters: Karen Sacre
Altar Servers: Lexi Carraway, Josie Carraway,
Caleb Carraway & Kiersten Salinas
Sunday, September 11th
Lector: (8:00 AM) Frank Westermann
Lector: (11:00 AM) Michael Mery
Ushers: David Sweeney & Larry Monsour
Greeters: Ladies Altar Society
Altar Servers: Anthony Kuri, Andre Kuri &
Harry Doenges
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SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH Qurbono (Liturgy) 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM Rosary at 10:40 AM
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be from 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM followed by the Qurbono (Divine Liturgy) at 5:30 PM. Adoration will resume at 6:00 PM and will conclude with the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11TH Qurbono (Liturgy) 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM Rosary at 10:40 AM LAS mass and meeting at 11:00 AM. The
meeting will take place in the church office.
SECOND COLLECTION FOR CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY The second collection on Sunday September 11 will be for Catholic University. The Catholic Uni-versity of America, located in Washington, D.C., is the national university of the Catholic Church. Founded in 1887, CUA offers students an excel-lent education in a faith-filled atmosphere that is grounded in the Catholic intellectual tradition. The Collection for The Catholic University of America underwrites scholarships to assist finan-cially deserving students in completing their edu-cation at CUA in over 50 disciplines.
SPECIAL COLLECTION FOR THE FLOOD VICTIMS IN LOUISIANA
At the request of the USCCB and Bishop Elias,
we will take up a special collection for the vic-
tims of the flooding in Louisiana on Sunday, Sep-
tember 18, during all liturgies. The funds collect-
ed will help our Maronite Families in Louisiana
who need assistance, along with sending funds
directly to Catholic Charities USA. If you like,
you can make your donation directly on the Epar-
chy’s website http://eparchy.org/pages.php?
type=MzVBQ0VAQEA%3D or Church website
https://www.stgeorgesa.org/donate-online/.
FAITH FORMATION PROGRAM Faith Formation will begin on Sunday, Septem-ber 18. Registration fees for one child are $35, and registration fees for two or more children are $60. It is held every Sunday morning (except the last Sunday of the month) from 9:00-10:45 am in the MCC. Weekly announcements appear in this bulletin and by email to all registered families. Everyone is welcome to attend. Please be ad-vised: for parents seeking to enroll their children to receive First Communion, this is a two-year program taught in the 1st and 2nd grade classes with a well-established curriculum and qualified teachers. You can download the registration form and make an online payment through the Church’s website. For additional information, please contact Crystel Harb at 210-823-3283 or [email protected]. Faith Formation classes start Sunday September 18 at9:00 AM in the MCC.
MAGIC IS THE NIGHT On September 24,2016, Magic is the Night “A Masquerade”, will take place . Preparations have been underway for a good part of this year, however, now is the time to come together and put on the final touches which is sure to be the event of 2016! All are welcome to participate. Areas of need are: cooking, decorations, silent
auction donations, and table sales. Tables are: $5000.00, 3500.00, and
$1750.00. Individual tickets are available for $175.00 each.
Please check the bulletin for information and announcements. Final preparations will take place the week of September 24th.
50TH ANNIVERSARY AD BOOK On October 7, 2016 the Eparchy of Saint Maron will be celebrating it’s 50th anniversary. In cele-bration of the 50th Anniversary, a commemora-tive ad book is being put together. Anyone who would like to sponsor a message or an ad should go to the NAM website http://www.namnews.org/pdfview.php?page=50adbookform or contact the church office.
Community Life
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LAS CORNER
We would like to let everyone know that we still have grape leaves available for sale. Cost is $12.00 – 1 lb. of grape leaves Lebanese cookbooks for sale, $ 25.00 each.
September 24 - Magic is the Night October 28-30 - Lebanese Food Festival November 13 - Veterans Day November 24 - Thanksgiving
Bishop’s Holy Year Prayer Intention:
The intention for September:
“Students and Teachers”
FROM POPE FRANCIS
God gave us the earth
“to till and to keep”
in a balanced and respectful way.
Miscellaneous
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Faith Formation Ministry
Registration Form 2016-2017
All sessions: Sunday 9:00-10:45 am in MCC
Our Family is registered in the parish: Yes ___ No ___ All families are asked to register and be active members of the parish. Father’s Name ___________________________________________________________ Mother’s Name __________________________________________________________ Address _________________________________________ Zip ____________________ Home Telephone __________________________________ Cellular ________________ Email Address (Required) __________________________________________________ Reminders, and program changes, will be sent via email, text message, and/or telephone. Personal information is confidential. Please provide accurate information so we may contact you in a timely manner. Thank you. Registration for one child is $35 Registration for two or more children is $60
Note: All pre-kinder children must be 4 years of age by September 1st.
_______________________________________________________ ______________
Parent/Legal Guardian Signature Date
For Office Use:
Date _______________
Check/Cash _______________
Amount _______________
Breakfast _______________
Child’s Name
Age Grade Years of
Religious
Education
Date of Birth
Holy Mysteries Received
Baptism Chrismation Eucharist Penance
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