Great Lent/ Holy Week at St Sharbels

Lenten/ Holy Week 2016 Click here to find a printable schedule for Lent & Easter Schedule 2016 People focus on fasting and it’s important. As a reminder, the Most Reverend Bishops Elias Zaidan and Gregory Mansour have previously issued the following Lenten...

Holy Days Schedule for 2016

Brothers and Sisters, We spoke in church yesterday about the schedule for the rest of the year for Holy Days.  Contained in this schedule are the days that I cannot move without approval from bishop (those in red), and those feasts or days that I can move (the ones in...

Our Bishop on EWTN Recently

Our Bishop, Bishop Elias Zaidan, of the Eparchy (Diocese) of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, was featured on Fr. Mitch Pacwa’s program “EWTN Live”.  The program aired on 12/23/15, and repeated several times.  The bishop discusses the Maronite...

Christmas Greeting from Abouna

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. John 3:16-17...

Giving to Those with Less this Year

“Naked you clothed me, ill, you cared for me…”   At St Sharbel’s we have a long tradition of giving to those who are less fortunate at Christmas time.  It is something that we should be proud of.  It is all too easy to get caught up in the...

Join Us for Christmas Events at St Sharbel

Christmas Breakfast on Sunday 12/21 Please mark your calendars for Sunday 12/21. After Sacred Mysteries our Young Adults, Maronteens, and Crossroads will be serving a hot breakfast downstairs.  We also expect a special visit from none other than Papa Noel!  The...