Beloved Parishioners and Friends of St. Maron,
Prayers love and peace to you with the hope that you are well and in good health.
I extend to you my best wishes and prayers for a very blessed and prosperous 2022. May the Lord surround you in His love and protect you from harm and give you health of spirit, mind and body. I am so blessed to have you in my life. I rejoice and give thanks to God for allowing me to celebrate among you this January 6 my 33rd Anniversary as a priest and my 60th birthday. I am blessed to have spent the last 32.5 years among you. I am thankful for each and everyone of you for all the blessings you have brought into my ministry. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the Lord continues to bless us and we need to continue celebrate life fully, one day at a time. Our walk on this earth has one goal, heaven where our citizenship is from. Our main goal is to serve the Lord with all our hearts, minds and souls and to love and serve one another. We work daily to build up the Kingdom of God and to follow His will. I invite all of you to participate in the Capital Campaign of our Eparchy, Vision for tomorrow, Mission for today. No gift is a small gift and the Lord will reward you generously. Your gift will strengthen our Eparchy and secure the future of our church in the USA. We need to give hope to those who will come after us as we have received hope from those who have come before us. Please pray about your gift/offering and act upon it today.
I take the opportunity to extend my deepest gratitude and thanksgiving for all the parishioners who go beyond the basic and sacrifice their time, talents, and treasures to make our parish strong and healthy. Special thanks to the subdeacons who serve on the alter, altar servers, lectors, ushers, choir and different ministries and the volunteers in the office and those who work beyond the stage whether on our website or many other ministers within our parish. Also, the teachers, parishioners who serve coffee in the hall, etc. May the lord continue to give you faith and strength to continue His beautiful work. I am looking forward to another beautiful year of service among you, especially as we will be hosting the 57th National Apostolate of Maronites NAM Convention July 11-17. Thanks to chairpersons and all the amazing volunteers who are working so hard in preparation for this great event. May the Lord continue to bless you all and sustain you in His mercy and love. I offer you all of my prayers and love and ask you to call upon me if I can be of any help at any time.
I wish you and your loved ones God’s choicest blessings,
Chorbishop sharbel Maroun and Abouna Jean El Helou
Please bring unwrapped gifts and food for the needy.
We stand in solidarity and prayer with our brothers and sisters in Lebanon as they are still suffering much from the catastrophic explosion that destroyed much of the city on August 4, 2020.
