Subdeacon Norbert Vogl
Cir 24-105 National Vocation Awareness Week

In the Catholic Church in the United States, National Vocation Awareness Week is celebrated November 3-9, 2024. It is an annual week-long dedicated to promote vocations to ordained ministry and consecrated life through prayer, invitation, education, and to also renew our prayers and support for those who are considering these vocations. 

Cir 24-105 National Vocation Awareness Week
Subdeacon Norbert Vogl
2024 Eparchy Benefit Dinner — A Success!

The Eparchy's 2024 Benefit Dinner brought together people from all over to support our Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn. Two lovely couples were honored for their hard work and continued service to our church and community.  A portion of the proceeds of the dinner will go to help Lebanon.

Subdeacon Norbert Vogl
Cir 24-102 Woman of Grace Facilitator Training

The Office of Family and Sanctity of Life is hosting two upcoming events to begin the Eparchy wide Women of Grace initiative. And let us join the millions of Catholics nationally and dedicate our prayer in October for every life from conception until natural death. Our prayers make a difference!

Subdeacon Norbert Vogl
Cir 24-98 Prayers for Lebanon

The situation in Lebanon is getting worse each day. Almost every Catholic hospital, care facility, church, monastery, school and home is now a place of refuge for the displaced Christian and Muslim alike.

Pope Francis has called us to pray and fast in a special way on Monday October 7 for world peace.

Cir 24-98 Prayers for Lebanon
Subdeacon Norbert Vogl
Cir 24-95 Woman of Grace update and other info

The Office of Family and Sanctity of Life is hosting two upcoming events to begin the Eparchy wide Women of Grace initiative. And let us join the millions of Catholics nationally and dedicate our prayer in October for every life from conception until natural death. Our prayers make a difference!

MYA Conference Boston, March 25-27

Cir. 22.23 Dear Brother Priests, Deacons and Subdeacons, Consecrated Men and Women,

The MYA Conference in Boston is looking good so far, we have about 70 people registered, and the numbers keep climbing. The deadline for registration has been extended, please see the new details below. Attached please find again the flyer and schedule.

The price is $100 and until March 6, 2022, one can sign up on this website https://www.maroniteyoungadults.org/eparchy-st-maron

After March 6, the registration is $125. The Conference deadline is March 11 for both the Hotel discounted rate and the Conference registration fee. For any questions, please email the Conference coordinators at mya.eparchystmaron@gmail.com

+ Gregory

MYA Conference Schedule

Friday - 03/25

Time      Activity
 6:45 Arrival to Our Lady of the Cedars of Lebanon, 61 Rockwood St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
 7:00 Welcome from Bishop Gregory and MYA Board
 7;30 Dinner
 8:30 Rosary

Saturday - 03/26

Time      Activity
 8:45 Arrival at Our Lady of the Cedards of Lebanon
 9:00 Morning Prayer
 9:30 Breakfast
10:00 Introductions / icebreaker
10:30 Speaker — Lauren Gentry
11:00 Breakout Session #1
12:00 Adoration/Confession - Worship leader Gilbert Rodriguez
 1:00 Lunch
 2:00 Speaker & Prayer Experience — Lauren Gentry
 2:30 Breakout Session #2
 3:15 Witness & Vocation Panel
 4:00 Stations of the Cross
 4:30 Icebreaker / Re-energizer
 5:00 Divine Liturgy / Closing / Group Photo

Saturday - 03/26

Time      Activity
 7:00 Dinner & Dancing at Byblos Restaurant – Norwood

Sunday - 03/27

Time      Activity
11:00 Divine Liturgy at Our Lady of the Cedars of Lebanon Church followed by brunch with the parish
Optional: Tour Boston!

CRS Rice Bowl Calendar

CRS Rice Bowl Calendar

As you know Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is known worldwide as the largest of more than 165 *Caritas* organizations, and is the official outreach of American Catholics to the poor in over 117 countries. This year, once again, CRS has been at the forefront of the assistance to families facing all kinds of difficulties, and more recently assisting Caritas Ukraine to provide shelters, meals and safe transport to those affected by the conflict…

MYO Eparchial Board Seeking to Expand!

To continue serving our parishes and Eparchy, our Eparchial MYO Board is looking to expand! We are seeking skillsets to aid in our ministry work, and we need your help!

Below are a few roles we are looking to fill. We kindly ask for you to review these and consider members of your community (especially young adults) that may have these skills and would be a good fit to join our team!

If you have any recommendation or suggestions from your parish community, please email Sr. Therese Maria at myyaoffice@gmail.com.

GRAPHIC DESIGN AND/OR VIDEOGRAPHY

This individual would be supporting the graphic and video marketing of the Board’s events and initiatives. This work would include, but is not limited to, designing event flyers, creating engaging social media posts, and producing video segments to engage our parishes and youth leaders.

Skills Requested:

  • Familiarity with Canva, Photoshop and other Adobe Products (if not familiar with these then there needs to be competencies in something similar)
  • Serve as primary content creator for the creative needs of the MYO Board
  • Basic graphic design skills
  • Conversant with both Mac and PC platforms
  • Ability to shoot, edit and produce audio/visual projects
  • Creativity and attention to detail
  • Exhibits a dedication to their faith, especially as a frequent churchgoer and participant in the Mysteries
  • Exhibits strong commitment, reliability, and communication skills
  • Able to work collaboratively on a team

WEBSITE DESIGN

This individual would be creating and maintaining the Eparchial MYO website. He/She would routinely update the website and relevant webpages with necessary information, as directed by the team, including but not limited to event flyers and formational resources. This individual would also be responsible for creating and maintaining registration systems for all MYO retreats and events.

Skills Requested:

  • Familiarity with website programming and coding languages, such as HTML and CSS, JQuery, and JavaScript
  • Familiarity with Wix, WordPress, Squarespace, or similar website design platform
  • Conversant with both Mac and PC platforms
  • Creative visual design skills and an attention for detail
  • Exhibits a dedication to their faith, especially as a frequent churchgoer and participant in the Mysteries
  • Exhibits strong commitment, reliability, and communication skills
  • Able to work collaboratively on a team

SPIRITUAL COORDINATOR

This individual would play a vital role on the Board by supporting the creation of Spiritual content for use by our youth leaders and youth. He/She would help design youth ministry programs that can be implemented and used at our parishes. He/She would possess a sufficient spiritual formation and a solid understanding of Church traditions and teachings.

Skills Requested:

  • Great creativity skills in designing new and entertaining ways for youth to learn about the Catholic Faith, Maronite Church, Maronite Traditions and Life in Christ
  • Ability to deliver talks to youth or youth leaders, if called upon, about a variety of faith-based topics
  • Exhibits a dedication to their faith, especially as a frequent churchgoer and participant in the Mysteries
  • Exhibits strong commitment, reliability, and communication skills
  • Able to work collaboratively on a team

Great Lent Virtual Series 2022

Dear Brother Priests, Deacons and Subdeacons, Consecrated Men and Women:Cir. 22.08

Our Maronite Sisters will be hosting a Great Lent Virtual Series from February 24 to March 17. See the attached flyer to view the four topics, speakers, and dates.

We are blessed to have our own clergy presenting these workshops via Zoom on Thursdays 8:00-9:00pm.

Please share the flyer with your parishioners and invite them to benefit from this excellent formation opportunity.

One may register through the following link, or through the attached flyer.

For any questions, please reach out to the sisters via their website maroniteservants.org or email sister@maroniteservants.org.

Thank you.
+Gregory

Flyer & Registration Information for the MYA Conference Boston, March 25-27

January 17, 2022 Cir. 20.05

Dear Brother Priests, Deacons/ Subdeacons, Consecrated Men and Women,

A blessed feast of Saint Anthony of the Desert!

We are pleased to announce that we have established a Maronite Young Adult (MYA) Eparchial Board to better strengthen and activate our local and regional MYA (ages 18-35). The first MYA Eparchial Conference that the Board is organizing will be held March 25-27th at Our Lady of the Cedars Church in Boston, MA. The goal is to bring our young adults together for prayer, social networking and inspiring presentations. Our theme will focus on Restoration in Christ, taking the Healing of the Paralytic as our point of reflection: “Arise and Walk.” (Mark 1:1-12)

The fee for the Conference is $100 (includes meals, transportation and speakers). About 40 rooms have been blocked at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Boston/Cambridge. There is also discounted parking available at $20/car/night. Please note: the hotel cost ($159/night plus taxes) is not included in the fee and each young adult will need to reserve their own room through this booking link. The booking deadline is March 4th.

Please find below the tentative schedule and flyer attached, which you can share in your announcements, bulletins and on your social media platforms. We appreciate your help in personally inviting and spreading the word with your young adults. This is going to be an amazing weekend for all those present and the Board is very excited to welcome young adults from all of our parishes. To register and to see the payment options for the Conference click on this link.

I look forward to being with our young adults for the weekend. I hope some of our clergy can join us and help with hearing confessions. Thank you for your ministry with our young adults.

+Gregory

Opportunity for education related to authentic women's health and Fertility Care in March 2022

Dear Beloved Women of the Eparchy, Cir. 22.03

Now, more than ever, our world needs authentic women's health and fertility care that are consistent with Church teaching. The primary way towards this is through continuing education for women, couples and medical professionals.

The Gianna Creighton Model Education Program Phase One, a modern, scientific and natural approach to family planning, will be held at the Notre Dame Retreat House in Canandaigua, NY in March of 2022 and April of 2022. Phase Two will be in November 2022.

I hope you will consider this invitation to learn more of this beautiful and faithful approach to the health and well-being of women. Please also share this with friends, family and coworkers.

Program, tuition and curriculum details are available online, and please see the flyer attached. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Jamey Hutchinson (email below) .

Sincerely,
Bishop Gregory John Mansour, and the
Gianna Education Program Educators and Supervisors

  • Alicia Crete, CFCP, CFCE
  • Anne CJ Olek RN, MSN, FNP-BC, CFCP, CFCE
  • Jamey Hutchinson BSN, CFCP, CFCE jamey.d.hutchinson@gmail.com
  • Marise Frangie OFS, CFCP, CFCE