Tag: Australian Maronites

A strong devotion to the Virgin Mary is stamped on each Maronite soul. In Lebanon, home to the Maronites for centuries, its glorious cedars have been honoured with comparisons to Our Lady’s strength and beauty.

Hundreds of Maronite, Melkite and Roman Catholic faithful gathered for an outdoor Eucharistic procession for the feast of Corpus Christi on 8 June. The candlelit...

We have entered the season of Pentecost, the time of the Holy Spirit that comes alive in us and awakens us to our deeper sense of being in the world and to our ongoing relationship with God. In our Maronite Church Pentecost spans 16 weeks. It is the longest season in the calendar and rightfully so, as Pentecost bursts onto the scene 50 days after Jesus’ resurrection.

For modern Catholics running businesses or working in offices, the feast of Our Lady of the harvest might seem like an agricultural celebration from a previous time. Thought to originate from pagan agricultural feasts where people would make sacrifices to fertility deities for a good crop, the feast is one of three Maronite Marian feasts: 15 January for the seeds, 15 May for the wheat harvest, and 15 August for the grapes.

By Salwa Elias  In the eyes of Catholics outside the Maronite Church, we display a characteristic worthy of admiration - a devout people driven by...

By Stefan Gerges One day, a Deacon asked me to give a talk on the Eucharist. As a student of theology and philosophy, I immediately...

By Sr Margaret Ghosn mshf Joseph Vives writes, ‘God is missing, but not missed.’ It hits at the heart of the matter that we are experiencing...

Youth ministry can be challenging work but also deeply rewarding - and always fruitful To serve is the greatest calling, and youth ministry has given...

By Dr Margaret Ghosn mshf Elias Boutros Howayek, born 4 December 1843 in Helta, North Lebanon, went on to become a priest (1870-1899), bishop (1889-1899)...

In Lent we fast to deny ourselves and draw closer to God. Fasting from food is just one way we can do that …

Maronite Bishop Antoine Tarabay has told the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, that Catholics “share your disappointment” over the shelved Religious Discrimination Bill during a service in Adelaide for the Feast of St Maroun.

At 25 years old I was baptised into the Maronite Catholic Church. Adult baptisms aren’t particularly common in the Eastern Rite churches, especially for someone who isn’t marrying into the faith and even more rare for someone like me ...