Information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies since 1927
Batroun (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Mission Societies of Lebanon are celebrating, as they do every year, the beginning of Mission Month, in communion with the Universal Church. The Holy Mass opening the Mission Month and the presentation of the Holy Father Benedict XVI's Message for World Mission Sunday 2009 will take place on Sunday, September 27 at 10:30am in the Cathedral of Saint Etienne in Batroun. The initiative is being organized by the Bishops' Commission for Missionary Cooperation Among the Churches (CECME), the Apostolic Nunciature in Lebanon, and the National Director's Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Lebanon. Presiding the litrugy will be the President of the CECME, Bishop Elias Nassar of Saida of the Maronites, and Bishop Boulos Emile Saade of Batrun of the Maronites. Also present will be the Activities Director of the Apostolic Nunciature, Monsignor Thomas Habib. Describing the initiative to Agenzia Fides, the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Lebanon, Fr. Paul Karam, informed that “an invitation to the event was sent to all the Catholic Patriarchs and Eparchs, as well as all the Catholic schools and institutions in Lebanon.” The phrase written at the bottom of the invitation says: “Your participation is a sign of solidarity with the Church's universal mission.” (SL) (Agenzia Fides 22/9/2009)
