The Committee of Preparation for the visit of the relics of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus held a press conference on Tuesday, 11th February 2025, at the Catholic Media Center, sponsored by Archbishop His Grace Antoine Nabil Al-Andari, and in the presence of several media representatives. Mr. Fadi Fayad (President of the coordinating committee) thanked His Excellency Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi for having asked him and Father Michel Abboud OCD (President of Caritas Lebanon), Father Hadi Daou (Secretary of the Maronite Patriarchate) and Father Charles Sawaya, to prepare and organize this visit.
Therese will come to Lebanon from 13th June to 19th July, 2025. This visit occurs in the context of the centenary of her canonization on 17th May, 1925 at Rome. The Committee desires that the relics traverse Lebanon all the way from the ravaged south to the north, and that they pass a large number of parishes, churches and monasteries.
The motto of this visit will be « Voyage to Lebanon for Love and Peace ». Let us pray that this visit, at a time of great changes, will be a visit that brings hope and peace for the Lebanese people, and a blessing for their land.
