Author: Agnes

Tu bishvat 2012 planting tree

Tu biShevat in Ein Karem

The 15th day of the month of Shevat, the eleventh month of the Jewish year, is the “New Year of trees”.
This is the name of the feast in the Mishnah (Rosh haShanah 1,1). In the 16th century, the Kabbalists gave it a symbolical meaning and wrote the “seder of Tu biShevat”. – Read the rest

Saint Vincent de Paul – Cairo

Groupe d'enfantsAs well as teaching at the Maronite School, being responsible for Beit Maryem I am involved in the Saint Vincent the Paul here in Daher, Cairo.

In Saint Vincent de Paul I am the Spiritual director. We have 37 families and these families need lots of care and attention. – Read the rest

Matareya Kindergarten-Cairo

Kindergarten and MonaSr Mona (nds) is the director of the Caritas Matareya Kindergarten in Cairo and has been director for the last 28 years. She has a staff of 20 to assist her. This year the demand was more than other years and two more classes were opened to accommodate the new children – for a total of 340 in 9 classes. – Read the rest

Candlelight and mulled wine

We the Sisters of Sion from Ecce Homo invited the community of Chemin Neuf,our volunteers and a few seminarians from the White Fathers to join us in a sing-a-long to prepare for Christmas. 20 people representing 12 nations coming from Brazil, Canada, France, Martinique, Kenya, Congo, Italy, USA, Scotland, Lebanon, Slovakia and Australia, gathered in the warmth of St Mary’s apartment in Ecce Homo to sing Advent and Christmas songs together and to drink the traditional mulled wine. – Read the rest