Our lady of Elige Pentecost Pilgrimage

For 25 years, on the feast of Pentecost we have been organizing a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Ilige, the Maronite Patriarchate for 400 years. This makes it possible to weld the bonds within the community and is a means of apostolate and recruitment for the tradition.

Problems-

• For 35 years the Fraternity has sent priests for the apostolate in Lebanon.
• Accommodation of priests during their stay.
• Continuous search for churches or chapels and communities for the celebration of Masses.
• Continuous search for convents for retreats and recollections.
• Difficult growth due to lack of stable premises.
• Since the stay of Father Joseph Stannus, March 2020, the community has grown.
• 50 people attend Sunday mass.
• 10 families, Djambas, Imad, Akl, Boutros, Marina (one of their daughters is a novice in Saint-Pré and another teacher in ND of France), Chdid, Semergiants, Otayek, Hanna, Amrieh.
• Group of 20 people.
• The Djambas family apartment has become too cramped to hold so many people.
• A room for catechism, conferences and recollections has become necessary.

Solution-

• Stable place one can come without a visa from all countries of the Middle East:

          - Syria

          - Jordan

          - Iran

          - Turkey ...

• Masses in a chapel instead of a living room.
• Suitable for retirement.
• Accommodation for priests, friends of the Faternity, and catechumens…