The Metanoia Journal
Our Activities
Retreats, workshops and moments of accompaniment from the life of the center
Marriage Preparation Course 2025
Held jointly with the Maronite Diocese of Sidon on Zoom, the 2025 course covered the liturgy of marriage, a couple's life testimony, the legal dimension of marriage and the emotio…
Monthly Mass of the Family Committee – Church of Saint Thecla, Wadi El Laymoun
The diocesan Family Committee took part in the Divine Liturgy at the parish of Saint Thecla in Wadi El Laymoun, where Father Moussa Francis thanked the committee and spoke about t…
A Day of Recreation for the Family Committee
The Family Committee spent a day in North Lebanon: a walk along the Jaouz river in Kaftoun, visits to Kfarhay, the tomb of Saint Rafqa in Jrebta and the old town of Batroun.
The Psychosocial Context of Smoking and Drugs
In the second lecture of its psychosocial series, psychologist Wael Youssef explained the psychological and social causes of smoking and drug use among teenagers, their effects, t…
Silent Retreat – Into Your Hands I Commend My Spirit
During Lent, Father Nabil Chehade SJ led a silent retreat for leaders of MIDADE, diocesan youth and the scouts, with Ignatian meditation, sharing circles and teaching on discernin…
Annual Lenten Retreat of the Caritas South Family
Metanoia Listening Center hosted the Lenten retreat of Caritas South, where Father Joe Eid spoke on whether hope is an illusion or a reality, followed by sharing circles and the D…
Fear and Anxiety About the Future: Between Illusion and Reality
Opening its series of psychosocial lectures, the center's psychology department invited psychologist Father Michael Haddad to speak in Anan about fear, anxiety and how to help tho…
First Couples Gathering of 2025
With Bishop Elie Haddad present, the diocesan Family Committee and Metanoia celebrated Valentine's Day with a gathering titled "And Love Remains," welcoming newly married couples …
Monthly Mass of the Family Committee – Church of Saint Basil, Ain El Delb
The Family and Life Committee took part in the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saint Basil the Great in Ain El Delb, the first of its monthly Masses rotating among the parishes of…