SAINT JOSEPH THE
BETROTHED
Melkite-Greek
Catholic CHURCH
725 W. Mt. Hope Ave,
Lansing, MI 48910
517-575-6264
FMailing Address: 921 Westover Circle, Lansing, MI 48917E
Rev. Father James
K. Graham, Pastor frjamie@earthlink.net
Rev. Protodeacon
Joseph Daratony 248-719-5169
Phone or
email Fr James with items for the bulletin by Thursday night.
Troparion of Pentecost (Tone 8)
Blessed are You, O Christ our God, who have filled
the fishermen with wisdom by sending down the Holy Spirit
upon them, and who through them have caught in
your net the whole world. O Lover of
Mankind, glory to You!
24
May 2015—Seventh Sunday after Pascha: Holy
and Glorious Pentecost. Holy Father Simeon
the Younger. (Tone
7)
Readings Apostolos: Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11 Gospel: John 7:37-8:12
10:30
am Orthros (Morning Prayer)
11
am Divine Liturgy of St John
Chrysostom for the health and salvation of Maroun
Daher, Dennis Flint, Floyd Chonos, Eleanora Lindo, Mikayla Slocum, Samira El-Chaer, Awatef
Chahine, Raymond Rashid, Bonita Saba, Griffin Barna, Jim Covello, David
Georges, Elias Atallah, Ralph Farhat, Robert Kuri, Pam Nakfoor, Isaac Salim,
Iva Butler, BJ & Liz, Cam, Janice, Jeanne, Wayne, Lucy Palmer, Kelsey,
Kathleen Edwards, Edgar & Katherine Fickenscher, Kamal & Eugenie Neimat, Clay Thomas, Michael Maslowski, Elaine &
Eva-Genevieve Scarborough, Antonio Carvalho, Elias Haggar, Marie Dahdouh, Dn.
Joe & Marge Daratony, Fr Joseph Haggar, Fr Damon Geiger, Fr James Babcock; in
memory of Fr John Leonard, Nickolas Nakfoor (Carol Ann Abdo), Louis Zarka (Simone Ayoub), Charles Saba (Nick & Nickie Joseph),
Sandy Oade (Hala Wakim), and Josephine Faris and Michael Harmuth (Fr James).
F Kneeling Prayers for Pentecost after the
Dismissal of the Divine Liturgy E
30 May 2015—Great Vespers. 6 pm.
31
May 2015—First Sunday after Pentecost: Sunday
of All Saints. Holy Martyr Hermios. (Tone 8)
Readings Apostolos: Hebrews 11:33-12:2 Gospel: Matthew 10:32-38, 19:27-30
10:30
am Orthros (Morning Prayer)
11
am Divine Liturgy of St John
Chrysostom in memory of Fr John Leonard, Nickolas Nakfoor (Abdo & Nadia
Eljbeily), Louis Zarka (Simone
Ayoub), Sandy Oade (Dana Aybout), and Michael Harmuth (Fr James).
Music
for Today
Antiphons and
Little Entrance Hymn (Eisodikon) of Pentecost.
1. Troparion
of Pentecost, in Tone 8, Liturgikon,
page 218—Three Times.
2. Kontakion
of Pentecost, in Tone 8, page 219.
Trisagion: “All of you who have been baptized into
Christ . . .”
Hirmos and Kinonikon
(Communion Hymn) of Pentecost.
After Communion, Troparion
of Pentecost instead of “We have seen the True Light . . .”
Our Offerings to the Lord
The
collection taken in the Liturgy is part of our worship. We offer the Lord our lives, our prayers, our
gifts of bread and wine, and our financial gifts. Last Sunday, about 70 people attended the
Liturgy. Our offering totalled only $774
in the ordinary collection and $22 for candles. Not everyone can make an equal gift, but everyone
can make an equal sacrifice. Please make
a generous sacrifice to support your church in proportion to the many blessings
God has given you.
NAMY Honors Parents
with Lunch Today
Our NAMY chapter (youth
group) decided not to compete with family celebrations of Mother’s Day and
Father’s Day, but instead to celebrate Parents’ Day today, in between the other
two holidays. They will present a light
lunch after the Liturgy, offering chicken salad and tuna salad croissant
sandwiches, fresh fruit salad, potato chips, and soda, coffee, or water. There is no charge for lunch, but donations
will be gratefully accepted. They are
already looking forward to the 2016 NAMY Conference and National Melkite Convention,
which will be hosted by the Annunciation Cathedral of Boston, MA.
Good Attendance at
the Great Lakes Regional Clergy Retreat
Clergy of the Great Lakes
Regional Protopresbyterate (Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and
western New York) gathered last week at the Capuchin Franciscan Retreat Center
in Washington, MI, for their annual retreat.
In addition to Fr Michel Cheble from Our Lady of Redemption, Warren, MI,
who is the Protopresbyter, priests attending were Fr Philaret Littlefield (St
George, Milwaukee, WI), Fr Ezzat Bathouche (St John the Baptist, Chicago, IL,
and St Michael, Hammond, IN), Fr James, Fr Elie Eid (St Michael, Plymouth, MI),
Fr Robert Kerby (retired, South Bend, IN), Fr Ignatius Harrington (Holy
Resurrection, Columbus, OH). Not
attending were Archimandrite Eugene Mitchell (St Joseph, Akron, OH), Fr Naim
Khalil (St Elias, Cleveland, OH), and Fr Christopher Manuele (St Nicholas,
Rochester, NY).
Our Lady’s Society
Officer Installation Next Sunday
The newly-elected officers
of Our Lady’s Society—President Nohad Eid, Vice-President Rabiah Eid, Secretary
Charlene Jones, Treasurer Pat Kuri, and Corresponding Secretary Awatef Fawaz—will
be installed in a short ceremony after the Divine Liturgy on Sunday 31 May.
Our Lady’s Society
Will Meet on Tuesday 2 June
Our Lady’s Society will meet
on Tuesday 2 June at 7 pm in the parish hall.
Parish Pastoral
Council Will Meet on Monday 8 June
The meeting of the Parish
Pastoral Council scheduled for tomorrow night, Monday 25 May, has been
cancelled because of the Memorial Day holiday. The Council will meet on Monday 8 June at 6:30
pm in the parish hall. Discussion will
include nominations for elections at the end of summer.
Bishop Nicholas
Visits Exarchate of Mexico This Week
Bishop Nicholas is making
his first visit as Apostolic Administrator of the Melkite Exarchate of Mexico
from 23 May through 29 May.
Melkite Association
of Young Adults Plans National Retreat 1-5 July
The Melkite Association of
Young Adults (MAYA) invites Melkites from around the country between the ages
of 18 (and at least one year out of high school) and 30 to their 20th annual
national retreat, at St. John’s University in Queens, NY, July 1-5. This retreat offers an opportunity to grow in
faith and fellowship. The cost is $299,
which includes a $25 membership fee, meals, transportation, and accommodations.
June 10 is the deadline for registration.
Register on the website, http://www.usmaya.org/events/retreat. Online
payments accepted.
Kneeling Prayers on
Pentecost Mark the End of the Paschal Season
Today we celebrate the Great
Feast of Pentecost—the sending of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles so that
they could begin the work of the Church in the world. On this 50th day after Pascha,
some changes in our services mark the end of the Paschal season. We once again begin our prayers with the Hymn
to the Holy Spirit, “Heavenly King, Consoler, Spirit of Truth,” which we have
not said since Pascha. During Pascha,
kneeling in church is forbidden because we are in the joy of the Risen
Lord. Normally, at Vespers on the Pentecost
Sunday evening, we can again kneel.
Since we will not celebrate Vespers tonight, we will say the Kneeling
Prayers at the end of today’s Divine Liturgy.
New Facebook Page
Connects Great Lakes Melkites
At the recent Clergy
Retreat, it was decided to establish a Facebook page for news of all ten
parishes in the Great Lakes Region. The
page went up on Friday evening and in its first day was liked by almost 200
people. Find it and like it at https://www.facebook.com/GREATLAKESMELKITES.
We hope that it will help develop closer
relationships among our parishes and people in this large area.
St Anne Church, North
Hollywood, CA, Designated Co-Cathedral
At the request of Bishop Nicholas,
Pope Francis has named St Anne Church in Los Angeles, CA, as Co-Cathedral of the Melkite
Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton. St
Anne Cathedral was founded in 1909 when Fr Gerasimos Sawaya, the first Melkite
missionary priest, traversed the west coast visiting and ministering to the
Melkites in the Western United States. Because of the vast extent of the
Eparchy, Bishop Nicholas requested the naming of a Co-Cathedral on the West
Coast to express to the
faithful there the unity
of the Church and the solicitude of its bishop. The Eparchy has 45 parishes
and missions, 60 active and retired priests, and 62 deacons, with several
priests and deacons on special assignment outside the Eparchy.
