The Lenten Appeal for the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon runs from February 16 through April 5. A letter from Bishop Elias Zaidan about the Appeal will be mailed to every family. Copies will also be available online at www.eparchy.org. The Eparchy relies upon you to support our Maronite parishes and train our future Maronite priests. Every family is asked to participate in the Appeal and please be generous. You may make a donation using a check, cash or credit card. Please support your Eparchy. Thank you.

Saint Maron, whose feast day is February 9, is the Patron of the Maronite Catholic Church, which took form at the time of the First Maronite Patriarch, Saint John Maron, around 686 AD. St. Maron lived from 350 AD until 410 AD in a region close to Antioch, between Syria, Turkey and the Mediterranean. In his young age he was ordained priest and decided to consecrate his life to the Lord by embracing the life of a hermit, ascetic and austere; a life of total solitude and abstinence and Gospel values. Saint Maron decided to live in the hill countryside of Aleppo in the present Syria; and live the life of a hermit, a life of prayer, meditation, fasting, sacrifice, depravation, and purification of the soul. He got grace from the Lord to heal people from sickness of the body and the soul. Many were attracted to his example and became his followers and formed communities of monks that filled the wilderness in Syria and Lebanon. They founded a monastery in his name soon after his death (410 AD). Little more than two centuries later, during the rise of Islam in the Middle East, the superior of Saint Maron Monastery in Syria, Saint John Maron, was elected the First Maronite Patriarch of the Apostolic Church of Antioch in 686 AD, recognized and approved by the Pope in Rome. He took the lead of the Maronite Church in Syria and Lebanon. The Maronite Church is characterized by its full union with the Roman Catholic Church since its establishment while preserving its Antiochean Syriac Aramaic traditions. The Maronites historically became the stronghold of Christianity in the Middle East and the Holy Land. They resisted and faced the most violent persecutions after the rise Islam (622 AD) and kept their faith and the mountains of Lebanon as a shrine of Holiness and Sanctity and witness to the Lord Jesus who visited this land and sanctified it. May the prayers of Saint Maron be with all of us. The Maronites spread in the U.S. and formed two U.S. Eparchies: Saint Maron Eparchy in the East, and the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles in the West. They continue to preserve our tradition, culture and Faith in the communities.

All high school seniors and current students pursing a higher education are eligible up to a $500 scholarship. This scholarship is available through the Holy Family Men’s Club who is sponsoring members of our community who are seeking post high school programs. The criteria is clearly defined in the application form and all who meet the criteria are welcome to apply.

Application Forms Available in the Church Narthex or Church Office.

Here's a favorite picture of our beloved Abouna Emmanuel.  On a recent trip to Lebanon, he took the opportunity to show us how to properly skate on a moving sidewalk.  He makes look easy and safe, but it takes years of practice.  Please don't try it on your own without proper training.