The Metanoia Journal
Our Activities
Retreats, workshops and moments of accompaniment from the life of the center
Love Speaks More Than One Language – Couples Gathering at Metanoia, 17 February 2024
For Valentine's Day, couples discovered their own "love language" through a personal questionnaire, shared in circles and exchanged words of love.
Spiritual Retreat for the Caritas Family of the South and Chouf
Preparing for Christmas, Caritas South and Chouf spent a spiritual day at Metanoia Listening Center with Father Roy Abdallah on "The key to the answers": Holy Scripture.
Couples Gathering – "Let's Stay Silent"
Couples wrote love letters to each other, received a plant symbolizing their relationship, and offered both at the altar during the Divine Liturgy presided over by Bishops Elie Ha…
A Relational and Spiritual Weekend at Deir El Harf
The Family Committee and families from two family groups spent a weekend of sharing, contemplative walking and a talk on serving as a couple, and celebrated the center's eighth an…
Preparing the Couples Gathering of 26 November 2023 at Metanoia
The family committees of the Melkite and Maronite dioceses of Sidon met at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Hill in Deir El-Qamar to prepare the gathering "Let's Stay Silent."
Preparing the Autumn Family Activities
The family committees of the Melkite and Maronite dioceses of Sidon met at Metanoia Listening Center to plan the programs and gatherings for the autumn season.
Visit of a Delegation from the "Brothers of the Lord" Community to Metanoia
Consecrated men and women of the "Brothers of the Lord" community from Milan visited Metanoia Listening Center during their trip to Lebanon to learn about its mission and share th…
Our Family Is Our Treasure 3 – The First Apostolic Family Camp
After two years of online meetings, the Family Committee held its first family camp at Beit El Ansara, with formation for the committee and evening gatherings with couples in Kfar…
Family Day 4 – The Family: Dialogue and Communication
More than a thousand parents, children and leaders from 60 towns gathered at the Monastery of Our Lady of Machmoucheh in Jezzine for the fourth Family Day, with a talk by Abbot Se…