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
Wednesday after the Sunday of the Consecration of the Church
Wednesday, November 06
Letter to the Hebrews 10,26-31
If we wilfully persist in sin after having received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
but a fearful prospect of judgement, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
Anyone who has violated the law of Moses dies without mercy ‘on the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ ……..
Lebanese Village Brunch
Sunday November 10
St. Ephrem Church Parish Hall
Following the 12:30PM Divine Liturgy
UPCOMING: RELICS OF ST BERNADETTE
Tuesday, November 19
Divine Liturgy
7:30PM
Please join us in welcoming, Father Mauricio Elias Naaman in November.
Fr. Naaman, a Maronite priest of Lebanese origin from Argentina, will be visiting St. Ephrem Church on Tuesday, November 19. He will celebrate Liturgy at 7:30PM. Liturgy will be celebrated in Spanish.
With him will be the relics of St. Bernadette to ba available for veneration.
Fr. Naaman was ordained in the Maronite church in 1994 and has permission to celebrate in the Latin Rite.
He is now in charge of the Latin communities and Spanish speaking pilgrims visiting Lourdes. He will be visiting USA and Mexico arriving to San Diego on the 19th of November celebrating at Saint Ephrem then traveling on to Mexico.
Importance of Relics
A Relic is a part of the physical remains of a saint after their death, or an object which has been in contact with their body. Relics are venerated to honour the holiness of God.
AID TO LEBANON
Send aid and help save lives and provide care in Lebanon Bring hope and relief to those caught in the midst of this escalating crisis. Donate now by visiting the following link.
Advent Retreat
December 7, 2024
10 am – 6:30 pm
with Divine Liturgy at 5:30 pm
At St. Ephrem Maronite Catholic Church
with Fr. Alan Benander, O. Praem.
$20 donation
Lunch included
ALL ARE WELCOME
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
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
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