Tag: St Charbel

Thousands gathered on Thursday evening, 22 January, for a major public expression of Catholic faith as a solemn Eucharistic procession accompanied the arrival of a bronze sculpture depicting the face of St Charbel Makhlouf at St Charbel’s Church in Punchbowl.

On the second leg of his apostolic journey that took him to Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV prayed at the tomb of St Charbel on 1 December.

Bishop Tarabay reflected on the extraordinary life and enduring witness of the humble Lebanese monk St Charbel, whose hidden sanctity has illuminated the faith of millions across the world.

Bishop Daniel Meagher told St Luke’s parish in Revesby that St Charbel should teach us how to love God in stillness and silence.

St Charbel life continues to inspire people across the world with a message that points solely to Christ.

A monk from the mountains of Lebanon continues to inspire big faith in the heart of Revesby. St Luke’s Parish will celebrate the feast of St Charbel on Sunday, 20 July, beginning with a 10am Mass led by Bishop Daniel Meagher, followed by a vibrant celebration in the parish grounds.

Coinciding with the feast of St Charbel’s canonisation, the show illuminates the site and tells the life, miracles and message of the saint and history of the Punchbowl parish projected along the entire façade of the Monastery, church and iconic belltower.

This is the edited text of Archbishop Anthony Fisher's Homily for Mass for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time and Installation of Relic of St Charbel Makhlouf, St Luke’s Parish, Revesby, 21 July 2024. 

More than 1000 Catholics welcomed a first-class relic of St Charbel all the way from Annaya, Lebanon to St Luke’s Revesby, all thanks to the efforts of one determined parishioner—and the help of grace.

Maronite Catholics take their name from St Maroun, a holy hermit who lived near Antioch, in Syria, and died in 410AD. Fiercely loyal to Our Lady and the Holy See, theirs is the only Eastern rite which has always been part of the Catholic church.

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?

In an historic witness to faith, thousands of Maronite Catholics have flocked to St Charbel’s Monastery and Parish in a grand procession to welcome the saint’s relics to their new home in Sydney.