By Sr. Natalie Sayde Salameh
We had a successful
National MYA workshop in Chicago this past weekend. Fr. Pierre El-Khoury and
the generous parishioners of Our Lady of Lebanon Church in Lombard, IL, hosted
the young adult gathering with their welcoming hospitality. Father Tony Massad,
Pastor of St. Rafka Church in Livonia, MI, and Sister Therese Maria, Eparchial
Coordinator of the Maronite Young Adults and the National Executive Board
diligently worked together to offer an awesome weekend of spirituality, fun and
fellowship for the 215 young adults who attended from across the country.
We were blessed to have
His Excellency Bishop Elias Abdallah Zaidan, Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon,
with us for the weekend, along with guest speaker, Karlo Broussard from
Catholic Answers who spoke on the theme of defending the Christian faith. Karlo
was excellent in exposing the dangers of relativism, so prevalent in our
secular culture today, and also why the Catholic faith is the true faith.
As part of the dynamic
program of prayer, presentations, confession, Liturgy and ice breakers, the
young adults also made blankets together for the Chicago children’s cancer
society. A beautiful weekend of blessings!
