Attached please find the Ordo for the Divine Office for 2025-2026. We are grateful to Bishop A. Elias Zaidan and to Fr. Michael Shami for their work on this.

Bishop Gregory Mansour and Bishop A. Elias Zaidan encourage all Lebanese citizens to sign up for the upcoming 2026 Lebanese Elections.

In the coming 2026 Lebanese election, Lebanese citizens living abroad will only be allowed to vote for 6 parliamentary seats instead of the full 128 parliamentary seats like those living in Lebanon.

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

Mr. Dan Harms, a well-known Catholic speaker, has committed to an October 28th Zoom Meeting in honor of Respect Life Month. Opening and closing prayers by Bishop Gregory.

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.

Bishop Gregory will lead a discussion on the meaning of the Betrothal and Crowning Ceremonies in our Church, and why the concept of Covenant is so important.

Our Maronite sisters are organizing their Annual Benefit Dinner on October 4th. Please include the attached flyer in your parish bulletin along with the announcement below.

October is the month of the Most Holy Rosary. Pope Leo XIV has asked Catholics to pray the rosary each day in October for peace. See your local parish for prayer groups. You can join Fr. Vincent Farhat on Thursdays at 5pm on Zoom.

The Maronite Servants of Christ the Light will be hosting an online Maronite Faith Formation Series on the Syriac Language starting Thursday October 30 through the Saint Sharbel Center to help our people to learn more about the beauty and richness of our Maronite Liturgical language. 

The Jubilee calls us to repentance; the anniversary of Nicaea calls us to fidelity. Together they summon us to the path of unity.

Please join in person or online for the 2025 Père Paul Symposium, Friday, September 19, 2025. Jack Tannous will deliver the Père Paul Lecture. With a lineup of distinguished speakers: Elizabeth Anderson, Alex Lopez, Andrew Litke, and Leb Weitz.

An interview with Bishop Gregory about his vocation, episcopacy, and how to find joy in life, conducted by Fr. Joseph Daiif.

It is with deep sorrow that I share the news of the passing of our beloved friend and community member, Ed Shiner.