Visit of a Delegation from the Family of Saint Sharbel to Poland, April - May, 2024

​From April 29 to May 12, 2024, the president of the Family of Saint Sharbel, Mr. Raymond Nader, visited Poland.  Mr. Nader was accompanied by Father Antoine Beshaalani and a group of Family administrators.

​The visit included a spiritual retreat from May 2nd to 5th at the Niniveh-Kokotiek Center, attended by approximately 150 people. The topics were presented by Mr. Raymond Nader, focusing on Maronite spirituality and the spirituality of Saint Sharbel.

​The visit also featured a tour of various Polish regions, during which Mr. Nader shared his life testimony and his experience with Saint Sharbel. The tour included participating in Masses, Eucharistic adoration, recitation of the Rosary, and blessings with Saint Sharbel’s oil. In addition to a thanksgiving Mass with First Communion children at Saint Carolina Parish in Tychy, and Mr. Nader's life testimony before a group of students from the Saint John Paul II Institute of Theological Studies and the Bible in Gliwice.

Outside of the spiritual retreat and tour, Mr. Nader also met with the core group of the Family of Saint Sharbel in Poland, a group from Slovakia, and another from the Czech Republic. Various personal and spiritual experiences were exchanged. Lastly, on the media front, Mr. Nader had three radio interviews with “Radio Jana Gora,” “Radio EM,” and “Radio Katowice”; and another interview with a Catholic magazine in the Czestochowa area.