Tag: Lebanon

Catholic Church leaders in the Middle East condemned a second wave of explosions of hand-held devices across Lebanon and in the capital, Beirut, apparently targeting the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group.

More than 20 relatives of victims of the 4 August 2020 Beirut port explosion met with Pope Francis at the Vatican, calling for an investigation into the blast that killed more than 200 people and injured another 7000. 

You haven’t celebrated the Assumption until you’ve celebrated it in the village.” Fr Charbel Dib heard this from his family every year. But having experienced it last year, Our Lady of Lebanon Harris Park gives the village a run for its money...

Thousands of people have flocked to the Maronite Patriarchal headquarters in Bkerke for the beatification of the 17th century Maronite Patriarch, Estephan Douaihy. Among them, numerous Lebanese Australians. They had travelled specifically for the occasion, despite official Australian travel warnings because of the volatile conflict in the south, writes Deacon Ghassan Nakhoul.

Maronite Patriarch Elias Howayek was pivotal in establishing stability and independence for Lebanon but famously relied not on politics, but on God and his rosary, writes Sr Margaret Ghosn MSHF

I have some Lebanese friends who are very excited about the arrival in Sydney of a replica of the tomb and of the body of St Charbel. I am not Lebanese myself and know nothing about this saint. What can you tell me about him?

This is an excerpt of the homily of Maronite Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay on the occasion of the Feast of St John Paul II, at a Maronite Church dedicated to the memory of this beloved pope and saint.

In the Maronite Church, the Season of the Cross is the last season of the liturgical year, preceding the Season of the Glorious Birth of Our Lord. The Feast of the Holy Cross is rightfully a joyous occasion, with the Divine Liturgy and Eucharistic Adoration being celebrated.

There is something about an early morning Maronite Liturgy during the week that makes sense. By all means, it shouldn’t be that way.

Some of my earliest memories are of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harris Park, where I would attend 9:30am English-language Mass with my family every Sunday, Fersan Al Adra (parish ministry for school aged children which translates to “Knights of Mary”) every Saturday, and visit for a quick prayer every morning before school, where staff and students were predominantly Maronite.

Cardinal loved Lebanon The more we shed light on the life and achievements of his Eminence George Cardinal Pell the more we realise that he...

As Lebanon sinks further into chaos, Australia’s Maronite Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay OLM and Melkite Bishop Robert Rabbat issued a joint call for national reconciliation in Lebanon.