The Seventh Anniversary of the Dedication of Saint Sharbel's Shrine, September 2024

​On Saturday September 28th, 2024, the Family of Saint Sharbel, USA, celebrated the seventh anniversary of the dedication of Saint Sharbel's Shrine at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes (Emmitsburg, MD).

​At St. Mary's Glass Chapel, the celebration started with Eucharistic Adoration and confession, after which Father Cesar Ramirez (Institute of the Incarnate Word, IVE) celebrated the Holy Mass. The choir chanted in English, Syriac and Arabic the proper traditional Maronite hymns for parts of the liturgies.

​​After the Holy Mass, the priest led a procession with the relic of Saint Sharbel (placed in a cedar-shape reliquary) while the faithful followed singing the traditional Maronite hymns. At the Shrine, the celebration concluded with the blessing with the oil of Saint Sharbel and the veneration of his relic.