Nov. 2009 I moved back home, to Lebanon & settled down in the monastery of Our Lady of Louaize (OLL).

This' a historical monastery that was built in 1682, then passed over to the Maronite Marian Order (OMM) in 1707 & has became its headquarter in 1723. The monastery hosted in 1736 the most important synod in Maronite Church; which has mandated free education & restructured the Maronite Church, establishing dioceses & reforming the Maronite liturgy & canon law after the Roman Latin model.

Today 17 religious-priests live in this monastery. 10 of them work in the field of education. 3 in the nearby parishes & others hold managerial tasks in OMM.

I've been assigned in charge of the Postulants @ OLL, for some months I put together a program to revive the postulants house next year. Then early in 2010 i was asked to be in charge of the seminarians of the Marontie Marian Order in Lebanon.

About 7 novices are going to profess their vows this summer 2010 & then move to the seminary in Sehaili, monastery of Saint Therese of Lisieux.

Doctoral Degree

In Oct. 9th 2009, a long journey was ended. In 2004 I started my doctoral program @ EMU (MI) in Educational Leadership. It was a very educative journey that challenged & changed me & helped me to mature & learn. Deogratias.

"In this picture, i'm presenting my doctoral dissertation befor my committe, doctors: Ronald Flowers chairman, Gary Evans, James Barott, David Anderson, Ella Burton & Jackline Tracy"

About Nov. 9th, 2009 I returned home, to Lebanon, after living in USA, Michigan for about 7 years.
I was in charge of the postulants' house @ the Maronite Marian Order (OMM), where I arranged the place & set up a program to reach out for new postulants in 2010-11 & to educate them in the spirit of OMM.
Currently, i'm working on desigining a course (Research Methodologies for Mass Media students @ NDU, Lebanon).
In the Summer 2010 i'll be taking care of some 7 seminarians in the monastery of Saint Therese of Lisieux, Sehaili, Kisserwan.