Liturgical Schedule

Saturdays:  5:30 pm

Sundays:  9:15 am, 11:00 am, and 12:30 pm

Daily Divine Liturgy
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Friday: 10:00 am

First Sunday of the Month – North County

Church of the Nativity
6309 El Apajo Road,
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
5:00 pm

Holy Days of Obligation: 7:30 pm

Confessions by appointment

Daily Bible Reading According to the Maronite Catholic Calendar

Friday after the Sunday of the Righteous and the Just

Friday, February 21

Letter to the Hebrews 13,9-16

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings; for it is well for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by regulations about food, which have not benefited those who observe them.
We have an altar from which those who officiate in the tent have no right to eat.
For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp.
Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the city gate in order to sanctify the people by his own blood. …..

Jubilee Year Pilgrimage to Rome and Sicily

August 25 – September 4, 2025

The Eparchy will be hosting a Jubilee Year Pilgrimage to Rome and Sicily from August 25-September 4, 2025.

There are only 50 spots open, so if you are interested, contact us as soon as possible.

Click below on the flyer and itinerary for more details.

For reservations, please call

Ivette Jackson at 323-336-3168
Jamileh Koury at 818-626-9193
or email info@eparchy.org

We look forward to having you join us.

St. Ephrem 2025 Festival
Dabkeh Sign Up

May 23 – May 25

 

Signups for St. Ephrem Folkloric Dance Groups are NOW OPEN!

Registration is limited and open to St. Ephrem parishioners only.

Register to join in on the fun and excitement of this year’s festival.

URGENT APPEAL

AID TO LEBANON

Dear members of the Lebanese community and friends of Lebanon,

Following up on our appeal of 24 September 2024, to meet the growing demands on the healthcare system in Lebanon in terms of urgently needed medications and medical supplies identified by the Ministry of Public Health of Lebanon, you can kindly help in two ways:

1) Financially, by supporting a fundraising campaign that the Consulate is launching through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) USA. With your contributions, UNICEF and partners will procure and deliver medications and medical supplies to Lebanon. UNICEF has been working in Lebanon for over seven decades, providing life-saving support to children, protecting their rights and helping them achieve their potential. Your tax-deductible donation can be made on the following link: UNICEF Support for Lebanon, or by clicking on the button below.

2) Separately, donations in kind, by sending needed medications and medical supplies to a storage location in preparation for shipping them to Lebanon. The location was kindly provided by Cappelli New York on the following address: 3 Empire Blvd., South Hackensack, NJ 07696. The items can be dropped off at the location on weekdays anytime between 9am and 6pm. They can also be shipped to the location at any time. For any needed assistance you can reach out to Mr. Imad Hassan on (917) 754-8666.

The two lists of medications and medical supplies that are urgently needed are available on the following links:
Medications
Medical Supplies

Kindly reach out to us at info@nylebcons.org for any questions you might have.

Consulate General of Lebanon in New York
www.nylebcons.org
9 E 76th St.
NY, NY 10021
Tel: 1 (212) 744-7905
Fax: 1 (212) 794-1510
E-mail: info@nylebcons.org

Support Evangilization in the Middle East

“Let your light shine before others.” Said our Lord.

Tele Lumiere and Noursat, like many other institutions in Lebanon and the Middle East, is suffering tremendously and in danger of shutting down if it is not supported.

Very few parishes in the USA, of all Middle Eastern traditions, are supporting it. True there are millions living in poverty in the Middle East and we need to help them, but there are more millions living in darkness and need the message of hope and salvation. It is our responsibility to evangelize them.

We urge you in Christ’s name to help support Noursat. Here are few brotherly suggestions:

Talk about Noursat’s role of evangelization in the Middle East.
Announce this weekend the two-days Telethon. Share on your social media the attached video and flier about the Telethon.
Include in your weekly/monthly bulletin the attached flier about supporting Noursat.

God entrusted Noursat into our hands, let us unite our hands and hearts to keep it shinning.

With prayers and thanksgiving.
Chorbishop sharbel Maroun
President of Noursat, USA

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

First Friday of EACH Month 12:00 PM
FOLLOWED BY BENEDICTION 6:00 PM

MEMORIAL OF THE UNBORN

At St. Ephrem Church

“In God’s Hand is the Life of Every Living Thing and the Breath of All Mankind.”
(Job 12:10)

Daily Bible Reading

from the vatican

“Reading of the Day, Gospel of the Day, Words of the Holy Father”

REPORTING CHILD/VULNERABLE ADULT SEXUAL ABUSE in the eparchy

APOSTOLIC LETTER
ISSUED MOTU PROPRIO
BY THE SUPREME PONTIFF
FRANCIS
ON THE PROTECTION OF MINORS AND VULNERABLE PERSONS

OUR PRIEST

Reverend Toufic Nasr – Pastor

DEACONS

George Geagea and Georges Ghosn

VISITING PRIEST

Reverend Canon Thomas Thompson

Contact Us

St Ephrem Maronite Catholic Church

750 Medford St, El Cajon, CA 92020

(619) 337-1350

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