Personal Calendar

Friday, December 3, 7:00 PM – Celebration of St. Barbara’s Feast at St. Judee Church Hall.
Ordination of the Pastor, Monsignor Gabriel Ghanoum.

Thursday. December 8,7:30 PM – Seraphic Fire & Firebird Chamber Orchestra Celebration of Christmas at St. Jude’s Auditorium with English, French and American Carols, performed by candle light.

Friday, December 24, Vigil of the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
10:30 PM – Christmas “Midnight” Pontifical Divine Liturgy at St. Jude Church followed by a Parish Family celebration in the church hall.

Saturday, December 25. Feast of the Nativity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 10 AM – Christmas Divine Liturgy

I wish you and all those dear to you a Blessed Christmas Season and a very Happy New Year. May the joys of these sacred Festivities remain with you every day of your life.

Christ is Born! Glorify Him!
Al Masiih wulid! Fa-majjiduuhu!
Christos Gennatai! Doxasate!
Cristo ha nacido! Glorificatelo!

Sunday, December 26 – After the 11:00 PM Divine Liturgy at St. Jude Church, the Children Christmas Party in the Church Hall.
3:30 PM – Baptism of Madline, daughter of Fadi & Nadima Chamoun at St. Jude Church, performed at St. Jude Church by Father John Kouki, Pastor of St. Athnasius Syrian Orthodox Church of Clear Water, FL. .

Tuesday, December 28, 6:30 PM – Celebration of the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Elias and Marcelle Strati, at St, Nicholas Church Hall in Delray Beach, FL

Saturday, January 1, Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, commemoration of St. Basil the Great, and beginning of the New Civil Year 2011.
12:00 Noon - Divine Liturgy at St. Jude

HAPPY NEW YEAR !
May the New Year 2011 bring peace, reconciliation and prosperity to the United States, to our Old Countries of the Near East and to the whole world.

“A letter is read by the first line,” says an Arabic proverb. May the first lines of this New Year 2011 be a token of God’s blessings and guidance for every day and every moment of the year. If “we judge people by the company they keep,” may our Loving Lord stay in our company during this year from A to Z as a gift of health and joy and peace of mind.

Sunday, January 2, 11:00 AM – Divine Liturgy at St. Jude Church.

Wednesday, January 5 - PARAMONY/VIGIL OF THE FEAST OF THE THEOPHANY OF OUR LORD GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. Fast and abstinence in preparation for the Great Feast.
9:00 AM – Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great at St. Jude Church.

Thursday, January 6, Feast of the Theophany of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ, and His Baptism in the Jordan River.
11:00 AM – Divine Liturgy at St. Jude Church, concluded with the Great Blessing of the Waters. A meeting of the St. Jude Ladies Guild follows in the Church Hall.
A festive luncheon of the Guild follows, at the Chart House Restaurant in Coconut Grove.

Friday, January 7 – Holy Synaxis in honor of the Prophet and Glorious Forerunner John the Baptist. 9:00 AM – Divine Liturgy at St. Jude Church.

Sunday, January 9, 16 – 11:00 AM - Divine Liturgy at St. Jude Church.

Saturday, January 15, 12:30 PM – Baptism of Dominic, son of Eric & Lesly Cepero de Armas, at St. Jude Church.

SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS IN FUTUR MONTHS
Sunday, February 13 - Beginning of the Triodion Period – Sunday of the Pharisee and the Publican, 11:00 AM – Divine Liturgy at St. Jude Church, Miami, Fl.

Monday to Wednesday, February 14-16, 2011 – The 23rd Workshop for Bishops, at the Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas, Dallas (Irving), TX, through the generosity of the Knights of Columbus. Presented by the National Catholic Bioethics Center
A Universal Moral Language
Bioethics and the Natural Law

Fiday, February 18, 7:30 PM - Meeting with the Imam and members of the Dallas Central Mosque at the home of Dr. & Mrs. Asef Syed, past president of the Board of Trustees of the Dallas Central Mosque and of the Islamic Association of North Texas.

Saturday-Sunday, February 19-20 – St. Jude’s 33rd Anniversary Celeebration.

Monday, March 7 – Beginning of the Great Lent.
Holy Pascha- Easter Sunday, April 24. The Feast of the Glorious Resurrection of Christ is celebrated this year 2011, on the same day together with the Orthodox Churches, setting the path hopefully and prayerfully for our future UNITY in accord with the prayer of our Lord on the Last Supper, “That All May Be One.”

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A Week Of Prayers
Monday - Wash Day
“Lord, help me wash away all my selfishness and vanity, so I may serve you with perfect humility through the week ahead.”

Tuesday - Ironing Day
“Dear Lord, help me iron out all the wrinkles of prejudice I have collected though the years so that I may see the beauty in others.”

Wednesday - Mending Day
“O God, help me mend my ways so I will not set a bad example for others.”

Thursday - Cleaning Day
“Lord, help me to dust out all the many faults I have been hiding in the secret corners of my heart.”

Friday - Shopping Day
“O God, give me the grace to shop wisely so I may purchase eternal happiness for myself and all others in need of love.”

Saturday - Cooking Day
“Help me, my Savior, to brew a big kettle of brotherly love and
serve it with clean, sweet bread of human kindness.”

Sunday - The Lord's Day
“O God, I have prepared my house for you. Please come into my
heart as my honored guest so I may spend the day and the rest of
my life in your presence.”
- Author Unknown