Subdeacon Norbert Vogl
Support the Eparchy of Saint Maron this Giving ...

Giving Tuesday is December 3rd! Please join with us this year on Giving Tuesday to Support the Maronite Church. Here are some ways you can participate in our mission.

Support the Eparchy of Saint Maron this Giving Tuesday!
Subdeacon Norbert Vogl
Cir 24-107 Office Ordo 2024-2025

Attached please find the Ordo for the Divine Office for 2024-2025. We are grateful to Bishop A. Elias Zaidan and to Fr. Michael Shami for their work on this.

Subdeacon Norbert Vogl
Cir. no. 24.100: Catholic Humanitarian Efforts

Once again, our hearts go out to our brothers and sisters in Lebanon; they are enduring their greatest difficulties since the civil war. May our Lord be with Lebanon and her people.

Here below are some safe and good Catholic humanitarian efforts worthy of our help.

Cir. no. 24.100: Catholic Humanitarian Efforts
Subdeacon Norbert Vogl
CIR 24-85 Eparchial Desk Calendar 2025

Attached you will find our 2025 Eparchial liturgical desk calendar. The Sunday and Holy Day observances, as well as the commemoration of Feast Days of the Saints, are faithfully taken from the official 2025 Maronite liturgical calendar prepared each year by the Patriarchal Liturgical Commission in Lebanon.

Subdeacon Norbert Vogl
Jubilee Year Dec 24, 2024 through Dec 28, 2025

Our Holy Father, Pope Francis, has called for a Jubilee Year December 24, 2024, through December 28, 2025. He has asked us to be "pilgrims of hope" during this year and to deepen our personal encounter with Christ. Therefore, with a whole-hearted affirmation, I have decided to embrace the Jubilee Year with the following Eparchial requests of clergy, religious and laity

Jubilee Year Dec 24, 2024 through Dec 28, 2025

Tenth Annual Benefit Dinner in Manhattan For the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn

Tenth Annual Benefit Dinner in Manhattan 

For the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn Honors 

Tony Loubnan, Antoun Sehnaoui, and Salma Besheer Vahdat


Brooklyn, NY, October 8, 2019 –The Tenth Annual Benefit Dinner in Manhattan for the Eparchy of Saint Maron took place on Thursday, October 3 at the New York Athletic Club overlooking Central Park. Highlights of the evening included:

  • The honoring of Tony Loubnan, Antoun Sehnaoui, and Salma Besheer Vahdat. Tributes were received from family members and Bishop Gregory Mansour, who presented each honoree with a special gift.

  •  The presence of Cardinal Timothy Dolan and several Latin and Maronite priests from the area.

  • Parishioners attending from all four New York area Maronite communities – Saint John Paul II Parish in Sleepy Hollow, Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral in Brooklyn, the Maronite Mission in Manhattan and Saint Sharbel Parish in Somerset, NJ, as well as from parishes in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Florida. 

 The Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn includes 45 parishes, a Seminary, a Convent, and a Monastery, and the Maronite faithful in 16 states located along the East Coast of the United States from Maine to Florida.  The Eparchy is under the direct jurisdiction of Pope Francis.  

Proceeds from the Benefit Dinner are used to educate seminarians, help small parishes, and fund the ministries of the Eparchy.  Donations are still being accepted.  To donate, go to https://www.stmaron.org/donate-1, or mail a check to: Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn, 109 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201.

Further information may be found at www.stmaron.org or by emailing saintmaron@yahoo.com.