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Preamble |
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Believing that Lebanon is more than a country, it is
a message of Freedom and an example of pluralism for both the East and the
West, considering that the Emigration of the Lebanese Christian population in
general and the Maronites in particular from Lebanon - the last bastion and
stronghold of Christianity in the middle East - the land of Christ - has
disturbed the delicate balance among Lebanon's communities, a balance essential
to the country's existence and indispensable for its civil peace, and due to
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Mission Statement |
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"The Maronite Foundation mission is to put the
matter of the maronites in the world as its top strategic priority and help
them preserve regain their Lebanese identity and citizenship with the aim of
facilitating their return to their roots should they choose to benefit from the
legal rights and privileges that the Lebanese nationality confers to them in
Lebanon" |
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Objectives of the Maronite foundation |
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- To help Lebanese in the world regain their
lebanese citizenship. |
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- To promote the sentiments of the maronite
affiliation and the Lebanese identity among maronites in the world. |
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- To awaken maronites to their heritage and
consolidate their links with their Lebanese and maronite roots. |
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- To lobby the Lebanese government and the
legislative body in taking the necessary action to advance laws related to
helping the Lebanese descendents regain their Lebanese citizenship. |
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- To help maronites in the world process their
"vital events" such as marriages, bir th etc.., in order to obtain their
Lebanese citizenship and register them in the official Lebanese civil
registry |
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- To sensitize maronites in the world to their
political, cultural, economical and social participation in the Lebanese public
life. |
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- To secure intercommunication between the Maronite
mother church in Lebanon and its children worldwide. |
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The
foundation statute |
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Article 1: |
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The Maronite Patriarchate
of Bkerké has established a special institution to handle the affairs of
the Maronites... Read More |
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Article 2: |
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The name of the
institution is The Maronite Foundation in the World, referred to
henceforward and in the bylaws... Read More |
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Article 3: |
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The head office of
The Foundation is Bkerké, and it could be moved to any other
location in Lebanon or abroad... Read More |
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Article 4: |
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The Foundation has to
provide the financial resources, and fund all activities related to the
Maronite world wide... Read
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Article 5: |
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The Foundation is
supervised and directed by a Board of Trustees whose number is assigned by his
Beatitude... Read More |
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Article 6: |
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The Board of Trustees
serves for a term of three years renewable by a decision made by his Beatitude.
His Beatitude... Read More |
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A Brazilian Delegation received by the
Maronite Foundation (PALS) |
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- On
April 24, 2009 a Brazilian delegation was the guest at a luncheon held by the
Maronite Foundation. Read More |
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- The Maronite Foundation
Board of trustees hold its meeting in Bkerké |
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- On
February 11, 2009 the Maronite Foundation Board of trustees held its second
meeting in Bkerké presided by H.B. Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
and H.E. Michel Eddé.
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Read our success stories |
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Finally there is a serious attempt to help the maronites of lebanese origens
register to regain their nationality. From my personal experience the Maronite
Foundation... Read More |
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Being a South African Lebanese and having tried for many years unsucessfully to
source information pertaining to my grandparents and wanting to obtain the
necessary requirements for my...
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Tell us your story |
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Funding Maronite Foundation
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MEMBERS OF THE
FOUNDATION |
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Since its foundation to date,
nearly sixty members have been affiliated to the "Worldwide... Read More |
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A Board of Trustees, presided
by former Minister Michel Edde, supervises and manages... Read More |
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