Articles in 'Lebanon News' newspaper written in Arabic, dated April 22-29, 1986, pages: 9,10, 13, 14. The election of Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, the Patriarch of Antioch for the Maronites.
A copy of a photograph with a written description by Kail Ellis on the history of the Mar Elias Convent in Ghazir, Lebanon taken circa 1990. The photograph resembles what the convent looked like in the 1920s while it went through renovations in the…
An article from the Fayetteville Observer about the Hafli sponsored by the St. Michael the Archangel Maronite Catholic Church in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Carolyn Dorroll is pictured in the top photo on the right.
A brief history of the St. Elias Maronite Church located in Roanoke, Virginia, written by Loretta Saleeba Jolley. The history includes accounts of some of the earliest Lebanese immigrants, including Father Rabil, an ancestor of Matt Kannan. It covers…
Commemorative program that contains congratulatory messages from high ranking church officials, passages that describe the history of the church, and messages and photographs in remembrance of family members and loved ones.
A clipping from NEXT! Magazine profiling the Hafli put on to raise funds for St. Michael the Archangel Maronite Church in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
A program outlining the history of the Maronite rite, Rev. George J. Webby's biography, the First Solemn High Mass, the dinner menu, speakers, and the benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. (Folder 11-8)
A copy of a photograph of Angele Ellis and Mariam Hobeiche (Sister Mary Joseph Hobeiche) at the Hobeiche Antonine Mar Elias Convent in Ghazir, Lebanon circa 1920.
Francis Mansour Zayek was the first Maronite bishop to serve outside of the Middle East, heading the Maronite Apostolic Exarchate in Brazil between 1962-1966. In 1966, Pope Paul IV transferred him to Detroit, MI, to head the Exarchate in the United…
Portrait of Chorbishop Peter Rabil, a priest of the Maronite Church. Peter Rabil was born July 10, 1884, in Hammana, Lebanon, to Daher and Mariam Rabil. He emigrated in 1913 and settled in Goldsboro, NC, where he served as priest to the local…
