On 8 December 2019, during the Sunday Service at St. John Parish in Achkout and in the presence of the parish priest Fr. Salim Sfeir, a group of 19 individuals received their certificates and gifts of graduation from the Bible Society program, “Book of Life” level 1. The Virgin Mary…...
The Magi Initiative: East ⇆ West
The Bible Society in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, and the British and Foreign Bible Society, in collaboration with the Middle East Council of Churches hosted a dialogue conference among Church leaders entitled “The Magi Initiative: East ⇆ West” from 10to 12 October 2019 at Bethania, Harissa, under the theme:…...
Bible Society launches Jil Il Injil to Catholic Schools.
A group of catechism teachers alongside Fr. Boutros Azar, General Secretary of Catholic Schools in Lebanon, Father Joseph Soueid and Bible Society staff gathered on October 4, 2019 for the launching of the illustrated Jil Il Injil gospels book at the Bible Society center. The event started with an opening…...
Training on Children Trauma Healing and Children’s Healing Hearts Camp
Bible Society Lebanon organized and hosted two simultaneous trainings on Children Trauma Healing and children camps from 26 June until 5 July 2019, due to the extensive demand to assist and help children between the ages of 8 and 13 who have passed through traumatizing events, especially refugees. The Bible…...
Supporting the bible cause 2019
The Bible Society – Lebanon held its annual private dinner on 7 May 2019, at Le Maillon restaurant in Ashrafieh which hosted 130 persons from church representatives, clergy, businesspeople, professionals, politicians, and friends of the Bible Society. This occasion allows the Supporters to get acquainted with the year’s accomplishments, challenges…...
Catholic Schools Online Bible Competition 2019
On 9 and 11 April 2019 the Bible Society held the finals for the annual ONLINE BIBLE COMPETITION FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS (see related story) at the General Secretariat of Catholic Schools in Ain Najem, Lebanon. There were three groups competing for the finals, each with two teams from different schools competing against…...
Honorary ceremony for the Online Catholic Schools competition winners
On Sunday, November 11, 2018, more than 100 students attended an honorary ceremony in Bkerke for winning in the online school competition organized in partnership between the Bible Society and the General Secretariat of Catholic Schools. His Beatitude Mar Bishara Boutros Al-Ra’i the Chairman of the Council of Catholic Patriarchs…...
Initial Adult Trauma Healing Training
Bible Society Lebanon conducted an Initial Adult Trauma Healing equipping session performed by Lebanese Master Facilitators on 25-26-27 October 2018 for 20 participants from diverse churches and organizations in Lebanon. The 3-days training covered the five core lessons which will later assist the facilitators to conduct their own healing groups…...
CTH training and Camp
Bible Society Lebanon hosted and organized an Advanced and Initial Children’s Trauma Healing training followed by a 5-day application camp from 22 to 31 August 2018. Participants from different churches and NGOs, mainly working with children, were invited by the Bible Societies of Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq to join the…...
Bible-based communication and team-building workshop for teens
On the 16th of August 2108, the Bible Society programs department joined the youth of Saydit El Talle Deir el Kamar parish at their summer camp to carry out a team building and communications workshop with a built-in Biblical message. The workshop consisted of several fun games that required the teens…...
Supporting the Bible Cause 2018
The Bible Society in Lebanon held its annual private dinner on 19 June 2018, at Le Maillon restaurant in Ashrafieh which hosted 130 persons from church representatives, clergy, businesspeople, professionals, politicians, and friends of the Bible Society. This occasion allows the Supporters to get acquainted with the year’s accomplishments, challenges,…...
Online Bible Competition for Schools
Bible Society, in collaboration with the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon (APECL), led its first online quiz competition among 12 Catholic schools in Lebanon during the Week of the Bible 2017 between November 2017 and April 2018, to encourage children and teens to read their Bibles. The…...