WORLD leader of the Maronite Catholic Rite Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, on a recent Brisbane visit, called on Lebanese people in Australia to maintain their bonds to their “mother country”.
The Patriarch of the Lebanese Maronite rite made the comment during a special Mass he celebrated at St Maroun’s Church in Greenslopes on July 9 which drew more than 800 people including senior representatives from other Churches and government.
The cardinal was the main celebrant in a Mass concelebrated with two Maronite bishops – Australia’s Bishop Ad Abikaram and Lebanon’s Bishop Samir Mazloum – and many other priests.
Also concelebrating and representing Brisbane archdiocese was Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Oudeman.
Cardinal Sfeir’s Brisbane stopover came enroute to Sydney where he was to take part in Maronite 08, a major Lebanese Catholic celebration being held at Parramatta Stadium last Sunday in the lead-up to World Youth Day.
Brisbane Maronite priest Fr Dany Akiki, who also concelebrated the Mass with assistant parish priest Fr George Nehme, said the atmosphere at St Maroun’s had been particularly joyful.
“A big group of children welcomed His Eminence with a song in honour of St Maroun which had been translated from Arabic into English,” Fr Akiki said.
That it was only the second time since the cardinal had visited Australia since he was made patriarch in 1985 made the event even more special, Fr Akiki said.
After the welcoming and the Mass, the cardinal left for a civic reception at the Royal on the Park Hotel. More than 350 people, including representatives from all levels of government, attended.
Next morning Cardinal Sfeir left to preside over a two-day forum for Maronite youth at Sydney’s Australian Catholic University.
The Patriarch was also visiting Maronite communities in Melbourne and Adelaide.
About 400 families belong to Queensland’s Maronite Catholic Rite, with about 250 of these in Brisbane.
WORLD leader of the Maronite Catholic Rite Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, on a recent Brisbane visit, called on Lebanese people in Australia to maintain their bonds to their “mother country”.
The Patriarch of the Lebanese Maronite rite made the comment during a special Mass he celebrated at St Maroun’s Church in Greenslopes on July 9 which drew more than 800 people including senior representatives from other Churches and government.
The cardinal was the main celebrant in a Mass concelebrated with two Maronite bishops – Australia’s Bishop Ad Abikaram and Lebanon’s Bishop Samir Mazloum – and many other priests.
Also concelebrating and representing Brisbane archdiocese was Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Oudeman.
Cardinal Sfeir’s Brisbane stopover came enroute to Sydney where he was to take part in Maronite 08, a major Lebanese Catholic celebration being held at Parramatta Stadium last Sunday in the lead-up to World Youth Day.
Brisbane Maronite priest Fr Dany Akiki, who also concelebrated the Mass with assistant parish priest Fr George Nehme, said the atmosphere at St Maroun’s had been particularly joyful.
“A big group of children welcomed His Eminence with a song in honour of St Maroun which had been translated from Arabic into English,” Fr Akiki said.
That it was only the second time since the cardinal had visited Australia since he was made patriarch in 1985 made the event even more special, Fr Akiki said.
After the welcoming and the Mass, the cardinal left for a civic reception at the Royal on the Park Hotel. More than 350 people, including representatives from all levels of government, attended.
Next morning Cardinal Sfeir left to preside over a two-day forum for Maronite youth at Sydney’s Australian Catholic University.
The Patriarch was also visiting Maronite communities in Melbourne and Adelaide.
About 400 families belong to Queensland’s Maronite Catholic Rite, with about 250 of these in Brisbane.
WORLD leader of the Maronite Catholic Rite Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, on a recent Brisbane visit, called on Lebanese people in Australia to maintain their bonds to their “mother country”.
The Patriarch of the Lebanese Maronite rite made the comment during a special Mass he celebrated at St Maroun’s Church in Greenslopes on July 9 which drew more than 800 people including senior representatives from other Churches and government.
The cardinal was the main celebrant in a Mass concelebrated with two Maronite bishops – Australia’s Bishop Ad Abikaram and Lebanon’s Bishop Samir Mazloum – and many other priests.
Also concelebrating and representing Brisbane archdiocese was Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Oudeman.
Cardinal Sfeir’s Brisbane stopover came enroute to Sydney where he was to take part in Maronite 08, a major Lebanese Catholic celebration being held at Parramatta Stadium last Sunday in the lead-up to World Youth Day.
Brisbane Maronite priest Fr Dany Akiki, who also concelebrated the Mass with assistant parish priest Fr George Nehme, said the atmosphere at St Maroun’s had been particularly joyful.
“A big group of children welcomed His Eminence with a song in honour of St Maroun which had been translated from Arabic into English,” Fr Akiki said.
That it was only the second time since the cardinal had visited Australia since he was made patriarch in 1985 made the event even more special, Fr Akiki said.
After the welcoming and the Mass, the cardinal left for a civic reception at the Royal on the Park Hotel. More than 350 people, including representatives from all levels of government, attended.
Next morning Cardinal Sfeir left to preside over a two-day forum for Maronite youth at Sydney’s Australian Catholic University.
The Patriarch was also visiting Maronite communities in Melbourne and Adelaide.
About 400 families belong to Queensland’s Maronite Catholic Rite, with about 250 of these in Brisbane.
WORLD leader of the Maronite Catholic Rite Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, on a recent Brisbane visit, called on Lebanese people in Australia to maintain their bonds to their “mother country”.
The Patriarch of the Lebanese Maronite rite made the comment during a special Mass he celebrated at St Maroun’s Church in Greenslopes on July 9 which drew more than 800 people including senior representatives from other Churches and government.
The cardinal was the main celebrant in a Mass concelebrated with two Maronite bishops – Australia’s Bishop Ad Abikaram and Lebanon’s Bishop Samir Mazloum – and many other priests.
Also concelebrating and representing Brisbane archdiocese was Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Oudeman.
Cardinal Sfeir’s Brisbane stopover came enroute to Sydney where he was to take part in Maronite 08, a major Lebanese Catholic celebration being held at Parramatta Stadium last Sunday in the lead-up to World Youth Day.
Brisbane Maronite priest Fr Dany Akiki, who also concelebrated the Mass with assistant parish priest Fr George Nehme, said the atmosphere at St Maroun’s had been particularly joyful.
“A big group of children welcomed His Eminence with a song in honour of St Maroun which had been translated from Arabic into English,” Fr Akiki said.
That it was only the second time since the cardinal had visited Australia since he was made patriarch in 1985 made the event even more special, Fr Akiki said.
After the welcoming and the Mass, the cardinal left for a civic reception at the Royal on the Park Hotel. More than 350 people, including representatives from all levels of government, attended.
Next morning Cardinal Sfeir left to preside over a two-day forum for Maronite youth at Sydney’s Australian Catholic University.
The Patriarch was also visiting Maronite communities in Melbourne and Adelaide.
About 400 families belong to Queensland’s Maronite Catholic Rite, with about 250 of these in Brisbane.
WORLD leader of the Maronite Catholic Rite Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, on a recent Brisbane visit, called on Lebanese people in Australia to maintain their bonds to their “mother country”.
The Patriarch of the Lebanese Maronite rite made the comment during a special Mass he celebrated at St Maroun’s Church in Greenslopes on July 9 which drew more than 800 people including senior representatives from other Churches and government.
The cardinal was the main celebrant in a Mass concelebrated with two Maronite bishops – Australia’s Bishop Ad Abikaram and Lebanon’s Bishop Samir Mazloum – and many other priests.
Also concelebrating and representing Brisbane archdiocese was Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Oudeman.
Cardinal Sfeir’s Brisbane stopover came enroute to Sydney where he was to take part in Maronite 08, a major Lebanese Catholic celebration being held at Parramatta Stadium last Sunday in the lead-up to World Youth Day.
Brisbane Maronite priest Fr Dany Akiki, who also concelebrated the Mass with assistant parish priest Fr George Nehme, said the atmosphere at St Maroun’s had been particularly joyful.
“A big group of children welcomed His Eminence with a song in honour of St Maroun which had been translated from Arabic into English,” Fr Akiki said.
That it was only the second time since the cardinal had visited Australia since he was made patriarch in 1985 made the event even more special, Fr Akiki said.
After the welcoming and the Mass, the cardinal left for a civic reception at the Royal on the Park Hotel. More than 350 people, including representatives from all levels of government, attended.
Next morning Cardinal Sfeir left to preside over a two-day forum for Maronite youth at Sydney’s Australian Catholic University.
The Patriarch was also visiting Maronite communities in Melbourne and Adelaide.
About 400 families belong to Queensland’s Maronite Catholic Rite, with about 250 of these in Brisbane.
WORLD leader of the Maronite Catholic Rite Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, on a recent Brisbane visit, called on Lebanese people in Australia to maintain their bonds to their “mother country”.
The Patriarch of the Lebanese Maronite rite made the comment during a special Mass he celebrated at St Maroun’s Church in Greenslopes on July 9 which drew more than 800 people including senior representatives from other Churches and government.
The cardinal was the main celebrant in a Mass concelebrated with two Maronite bishops – Australia’s Bishop Ad Abikaram and Lebanon’s Bishop Samir Mazloum – and many other priests.
Also concelebrating and representing Brisbane archdiocese was Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Oudeman.
Cardinal Sfeir’s Brisbane stopover came enroute to Sydney where he was to take part in Maronite 08, a major Lebanese Catholic celebration being held at Parramatta Stadium last Sunday in the lead-up to World Youth Day.
Brisbane Maronite priest Fr Dany Akiki, who also concelebrated the Mass with assistant parish priest Fr George Nehme, said the atmosphere at St Maroun’s had been particularly joyful.
“A big group of children welcomed His Eminence with a song in honour of St Maroun which had been translated from Arabic into English,” Fr Akiki said.
That it was only the second time since the cardinal had visited Australia since he was made patriarch in 1985 made the event even more special, Fr Akiki said.
After the welcoming and the Mass, the cardinal left for a civic reception at the Royal on the Park Hotel. More than 350 people, including representatives from all levels of government, attended.
Next morning Cardinal Sfeir left to preside over a two-day forum for Maronite youth at Sydney’s Australian Catholic University.
The Patriarch was also visiting Maronite communities in Melbourne and Adelaide.
About 400 families belong to Queensland’s Maronite Catholic Rite, with about 250 of these in Brisbane.
WORLD leader of the Maronite Catholic Rite Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, on a recent Brisbane visit, called on Lebanese people in Australia to maintain their bonds to their “mother country”.
The Patriarch of the Lebanese Maronite rite made the comment during a special Mass he celebrated at St Maroun’s Church in Greenslopes on July 9 which drew more than 800 people including senior representatives from other Churches and government.
The cardinal was the main celebrant in a Mass concelebrated with two Maronite bishops – Australia’s Bishop Ad Abikaram and Lebanon’s Bishop Samir Mazloum – and many other priests.
Also concelebrating and representing Brisbane archdiocese was Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Oudeman.
Cardinal Sfeir’s Brisbane stopover came enroute to Sydney where he was to take part in Maronite 08, a major Lebanese Catholic celebration being held at Parramatta Stadium last Sunday in the lead-up to World Youth Day.
Brisbane Maronite priest Fr Dany Akiki, who also concelebrated the Mass with assistant parish priest Fr George Nehme, said the atmosphere at St Maroun’s had been particularly joyful.
“A big group of children welcomed His Eminence with a song in honour of St Maroun which had been translated from Arabic into English,” Fr Akiki said.
That it was only the second time since the cardinal had visited Australia since he was made patriarch in 1985 made the event even more special, Fr Akiki said.
After the welcoming and the Mass, the cardinal left for a civic reception at the Royal on the Park Hotel. More than 350 people, including representatives from all levels of government, attended.
Next morning Cardinal Sfeir left to preside over a two-day forum for Maronite youth at Sydney’s Australian Catholic University.
The Patriarch was also visiting Maronite communities in Melbourne and Adelaide.
About 400 families belong to Queensland’s Maronite Catholic Rite, with about 250 of these in Brisbane.
WORLD leader of the Maronite Catholic Rite Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, on a recent Brisbane visit, called on Lebanese people in Australia to maintain their bonds to their “mother country”.
The Patriarch of the Lebanese Maronite rite made the comment during a special Mass he celebrated at St Maroun’s Church in Greenslopes on July 9 which drew more than 800 people including senior representatives from other Churches and government.
The cardinal was the main celebrant in a Mass concelebrated with two Maronite bishops – Australia’s Bishop Ad Abikaram and Lebanon’s Bishop Samir Mazloum – and many other priests.
Also concelebrating and representing Brisbane archdiocese was Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Oudeman.
Cardinal Sfeir’s Brisbane stopover came enroute to Sydney where he was to take part in Maronite 08, a major Lebanese Catholic celebration being held at Parramatta Stadium last Sunday in the lead-up to World Youth Day.
Brisbane Maronite priest Fr Dany Akiki, who also concelebrated the Mass with assistant parish priest Fr George Nehme, said the atmosphere at St Maroun’s had been particularly joyful.
“A big group of children welcomed His Eminence with a song in honour of St Maroun which had been translated from Arabic into English,” Fr Akiki said.
That it was only the second time since the cardinal had visited Australia since he was made patriarch in 1985 made the event even more special, Fr Akiki said.
After the welcoming and the Mass, the cardinal left for a civic reception at the Royal on the Park Hotel. More than 350 people, including representatives from all levels of government, attended.
Next morning Cardinal Sfeir left to preside over a two-day forum for Maronite youth at Sydney’s Australian Catholic University.
The Patriarch was also visiting Maronite communities in Melbourne and Adelaide.
About 400 families belong to Queensland’s Maronite Catholic Rite, with about 250 of these in Brisbane.
