Each year, the Catholic Church in the United States celebrates National Vocation Awareness Week, which in 2025 will take place from November 2 to 8. This is a sacred opportunity for our Eparchy to renew our prayer and our commitment to promote vocations to the priesthood, religious life, marriage, and the generous single life.
Please join Bishop Gregory Mansour at the Eparchy of Saint Maron's 16th Annual Benefit Dinner. Wednesday, October 22, 2025. at The Metropolitan Club
The Maronite Servants of Christ the Light will host another Come & See Retreat Weekend for single young adult women (ages 18 to 39), October 31 to November 2, 2025 at their Mother of the Light Convent, 856 Tucker Rd, Dartmouth MA.
As a result of our meeting with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Vatican, we have decided to issue this appeal: Prayers will be held in all our churches in Lebanon, the patriarchal territories, and diaspora countries on the coming Saturday and Sunday, June 29 and 30, for the end of the war in Gaza and southern Lebanon, and for the establishment of a just and comprehensive peace in these regions.
Are you a young adult between the ages of 18 and 39? Are you looking to grow deeping in your faith and connect with other like-minded young adults from your culture and faith? Join our MYA family September 27th-29th at the Georgia Tech Hotel in Atlanta, GA for an unforgettable experience. The theme will focus on "How to pray with Scripture" and "Uniting with Christ in the Sacrifice of the Mass". The conference will include meals, breakouts, adoration, confession, fellowship and more. This year's keynote speaker will be world renowned lecturer Father Mitch Pacwa, S.J. who will be sharing his wisdom on biblical theology, with teachings from two of his books "How to Listen when God is Speaking" and "Eucharist - Bible Study for Catholics."
Since last year, the Vocations Team has been meeting regularly and working diligently to create different resources that we have sent you; a vocation video, a poster for all the parishes promoting vocations; a vocation curriculum for grades K-3, 4-6 & MYO; vocation prayer cards, and an icon of the Holy Family mailed from the Chancery to each parish to encourage individual families to pray for vocations in their own families and parishes.
[Pope Francis] approved the “favorable votes of the Ordinary Session of the Cardinals and Bishops for the canonization of Blessed Emanuele Ruiz and 7 Companions, of the Order of Friars Minor, and Francesco, Abdel Mooti, and Raffaele Massabki, Lay Faithful, killed in hatred of the Faith in Damascus (Syria) between July 9 and 10, 1860.”
With hearts full of joy and anticipation, we extend a warm and heartfelt welcome to each of you to the 59th Annual National Apostolate of Maronites (NAM) Convention, set to take place in the vibrant city of Detroit, Michigan! This gathering promises to be an unforgettable celebration of faith, fellowship, and the enduring spirit of our Maronite heritage.
Chorbishop Joseph Francis Kaddo entered peacefully into eternal life on April 26, 2024, after a long life of service and dedication to the Church and her people. In the days before his passing, at Catholic Memorial Nursing facility in Fall River, MA, he was surrounded by priests, religious, family, friends, and the love, admiration, and gratitude of those he served.
It is with great joy that we invite you to the Grand Opening of the Saint Sharbel Spiritual Life Center, which will take place on Saturday, April 13, 2024! The Saint Sharbel Spiritual Life Center is dedicated to the Lebanese-born Maronite Catholic saint whose prayerful intercessions are credited for thousands of spiritual and physical healings.
On January 21, 2024, Pope Francis opened the Year of Prayer in anticipation of the Jubilee Year 2025. The Holy Father’s intention is to have us look closely at how we relate to the Church, to the family, and to the world, according to the wisdom of the Second Vatican Council, and then apply this practically to our own life of prayer.
All young adults (ages 18 to 39) invited for an Easter Retreat the weekend of April 5-7, 2024. Hosted at new Saint Sharbel Spiritual Life Center in conjunction with Our Lady of Victory parish in Pittsburgh. The theme for the retreat weekend is Risen: Hearts on Fire taking their inspiration from the Emmaus Story (Luke 24).
We invite all couples and all adult men and women, to join us in a three part Zoom series which will begin on Tuesday March 12th with Professor Janet Smith who will make the case that artificial contraception has fundamentally altered our understanding of the meaning and purpose of sexuality and God's plan for marriages.
