To mark the end of Caritas Lebanon’s golden jubilee and its 50 years in service, a holy mass to celebrate the occasion was held at the Basilica of Our Lady of Mantara in Maghdoucheh. The Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch Youssef Absi presided over the divine liturgy and was assisted by Maronite Bishop Maroun Ammar who represented the Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi, the Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Saida and Deir El Qamar Archbishop Elie Bechara Haddad, Caritas Lebanon’s General Supervisor Archbishop Antoine Bou Najm, Caritas Lebanon President Father Michel Abboud, and various other priests along with a crowd of officials, religious people and members of Caritas.
