When a priest consecrates, or makes holy, the bread and wine during a Maronite Rite Mass, he speaks in Aramaic, the spoken language of Jesus. Hearing the words Jesus is said to have used when talking ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — For the first time in nearly a century, a married priest has been ordained by the Maronite Catholic Church in the United States — and his wife and daughter were on hand to support him ...

St. Jude Catholic Church, the only Maronite church in the Orlando Diocese, has been designated as one of six pilgrimage sites in recognition of the Year of St. Maron. The pilgrimage mass will be ...

NEW BEDFORD -- Monsignor Michael G. Thomas, a New Bedford native now serving as a pastor in Miami, will be the principal celebrant of the 10 a.m. Mass tomorrow at Our Lady of Purgatory Maronite Rite ...

For the first time in nearly a century, a married priest has been ordained by the Maronite Catholic Church in the United States – and his wife and daughter were on hand to support him. Wissam Akiki ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wissam Akiki, who is married, left, serves his daughter, Perla, communion after being ordained during a ceremony at St. Raymond’s ...

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