Weekly Newsletter– Issue 156 November 26th– December 2nd 2011

Coordinated and Supervised by: Marie-Therese Kreidy Script and Layout:Rita Karam Translation: Eliane Aoun

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December 1st: Feast of St Charles de Foucault

Over the week, the World Catholic Association for Communication, Signis’ board of directors held their annual assembly in Rome in the attendance of the presidents of

the organization’s seven international regions, repre-senting more than 140 countries and hundreds of Catholic media.

The meeting began with the Divine Liturgy presided by the President of the Pontifical Coun-cil for Social Communications Msgr. Claudio Maria Celli and the priests who are members of the organization. The meetings’ discussions centered on Signis’ future and role in the world of Christian Media with the new chal-lenges. The

achievements of the last year were displayed; the future projects that will be carried out with the cooperation of the members in the 5 continents were discussed.

Each region presented its reports, the partici-pants got informed about the projects and achieve-ments completed in the Catholic Media field in the regions encompassing the local members and they are classified as the following: Europe, the Pacific, Latin America, North America, Asia and Africa in addi-tion to international known as “Intersig” or “Signis International”.

The assembly met with the members of the Pontifical Council for the Laity to discuss many issues, responded to the invitation of the Vatican Radio and participated in an episode highlighting a new vision regarding the future of the Catholic Media under the title “Media for a Culture of Peace: Creating Images for the New Generation” gathering Signis with the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, the Office of Social Communications for Italian Bishops, Vatican Press Office.

From Lebanon, the President of Signis International Marie-Therese Kreidy attended the meeting and presented Tele Lumiere’s invitation to hold the next assembly in Lebanon. Soon, Lebanon will welcome hundreds of communicators and operators in the Christian Media from all over the world. More details will be given later.

Media for a Culture of Peace: Creating Images with the New Generation

Highlighted Programs

Sunday November 27th

Saturday November 26th

Monday November 28th

Group of Life

With the exceptional hard condi-tions of the prisoners and the chaos at Roumieh prison, Nabil Whaibé discusses the issue of prisons with the responsible for Catharsis Association Zeina Daccache.

The Holy See News

Join Fr. Jean Hashem and know more about the latest developments of the Holy See facing human, social and political crises around the world in addition to the stances and sug-gested solutions?

Challenges

What is the future of the Eastern Chris-tians following the Arabic revolutions? What is the fate of Copts in the next parlia-mentary elections? What do they require from the transitional authority? How will the Copts face the extremists and terrorists? New episode entitled “the Copts’ Trial and the Elections’ Results” With Charbel

Zwein and his guests Dr. Najib Gebrael, the Counselor Mounir Halim Wehbé, the Evangelical Pastor Reverend Refaat Fekri Said and Nabil Iskandar.

Sing Children of God

Open your heart, stop worrying about your prob-lems in this ephemeral world and praise the Lord with Ayman Kafrouni and the Victory Songs Team in an evening at the Capuchin Fathers Church- Batroun.

Mass of the 125 Jubilee Year of Our Lady of the Savior

Church and College- Sodeco

Pray with us in the Divine Liturgy from Our Lady of the Savior Church, presided by the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Kerillos Bustros, and let’s witness the mission of this college and church from their begin-nings.

From the People to the People

They have chosen Christ and followed Him. They considered deeply His Word to win the Kingdom of God. Further information about new vocations with Fr. Roukoz Boutros, Dany Antoun and the Brothers of the Christian Schools, Mont La Salle- Ain Saadé.

Roots and Presence

How did the Orthodox Church play its highborn role in the East throughout his-tory? What is the culture it introduced to the Church enriching Her? How important is its presence particularly in Zahlé, Bekaa? Learn more in this documentary with Chafika Kassis.

Crowns

of Triumph

They loved You, being courageous witnesses, followed You and carried Your cross with pride, hiding themselves. For You, they were martyred. They were heroes and achieved victo-ries. Learn more in this documentary with Ghenwa Atawi highlighting the lives of Lebanese saints.

Anyone who knew Jesus loved and followed Him and adopted His mission. How did the former minister Michel Edde lived, serving people and the Word? How did he sow rec-onciliation among people gathering them? Exclusive interview centering on the chal-lenges of suffering with the former minister and Fr. Youssef Mwanes.

Our Lady of Soufanieh

Watch this documentary on the occasion of Our Lady’s apparitions to Mirna al-Akhras who answered the Virgin’s call: “Daughter do not be afraid, open the door, do not deprive anyone of seeing me and lit me a candle”.

18.00 - 16.00 GMT - 11.00 EST LIVE 20.15 - 18.15 GMT

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Witness to Resurrection

Cross Celebration of the Orthodox Club- Amman

Travel to Jordan in this report displaying the Orthodox Club celebrations on the Cross Feast with the attendance and under the auspices of the Greek Orthodox Bishop of Philadelphia Metropolitan Venediktos.

14.20 - 11.20 GMT - 7.20 EST

Sights from the

Christian Heritage

How is Armenia after the 1914 calamity and the Turkish occupation? Learn more about Sis area and its most important monuments with May Man-sour and Richard Chahine.

17.30 - 15.30 GMT - 10.30 EST

Tuesday November 29th

Wednesday November 30th

Thursday December 1st

Friday December 2nd

All Became New

What distinguishes the bishop from the deacon and priest? What is the authority given to each one of them? How were the 1st apostles choosing them to serve? A program with Archiman-

drite Jacques Khalil and Sanaa Riachi.

19.00 - 17.00 GMT - 12.00 EST

Challenges

What are the results of Assisi Gathering with Sheikh al-Azhar boycott? What are the real consequences of the Muslim- Christian dia-logues? What is the current situation of the Copts with the interfaith dialogue? What is the solution to stop religious fanaticism and extremism? New issue “The Interfaith Dialogue between Reality

and Hope” in this episode with Charbel Zwein and the General Secretaries of the National Committee for Muslim- Christian Dialogue Prince Hareth Chhab and Dr. Mohammad Sammak.

20.30 - 18.30 GMT - 13.30 EST LIVE From the tragedy of the Leba-nese war to the joy of service and evangelization, Fr. Sami Hatem from the Brothers of the Christian Schools shares with May Mansour his best life memories.

The Life of the Word

Why does the human person feel per-manent conflict, isolating himself and waiting all his life, however God has promises? “Heaven’s timing” is the new meditation with Fr. Basilios from Jesus the King Cathedral of the Catholic Copts- el Mina, Egypt.

Memories

22.00 - 20.00 GMT 15.00 EST 23.30 - 21.30 GMT-16.30 EST

This episode with the Besan-çon students and François Missou emphasize upon the glorious return of Jesus Who defeated death and conquered evil with His Resurrection.

17.00 - 15.00 GMT - 10.00 EST

The Light of Faith

What is the role of conscience in fearing God? How can the believer who is close to God to keep a good conscience? Learn more with Fr. Agapius Naous and Marie-Therese Basha Hnein.

21.30 - 19.30 GMT 14.30 EST LIVE

Independence Day

Celebrations

To the rhythm of national hymns and wonderful poems, the students of Our Lady of Mount Carmel- Fanar revive the Lebanese Independence memory in a ceremony saluting and honoring their homeland and its brave army.

17.00 - 15.00 GMT - 10.00 EST

With Red Ink

Our life is a gift of God who only has authority over it. But why people contradict His will, killing the body and practicing euthanasia and abortion?

New dilemma underlined by Fr. Kamil Moubarak and Clovis Bueiz Yazbeck.

20.30 - 18.30 GMT - 13.30 EST LIVE

God is Love!

Refusing sin in our lives means that we know its destructive consequences impeding our relation with God. Therefore, the fear of God and not of people can only save us from temptation and deliver us from evil. New topic “To You Alone, I Have Sinned” with Fr. Marwan Khoury and Therese el-Hajj.

The Word to

the Family

What are the reasons be-hind the disagreement within Isaac family between his children Issa and Jacob? What are the con-sequences? New topic “Closer to God, Closer to Each Other” with Sis-

ter Bassima Khoury and Violette Khoury Msan.

22.00 - 20.00 GMT - 15.00 EST 20.30 - 18.30 GMT - 13.30 EST LIVE

The Essence of Holiness

Maria Antonia Verna, the founder of the Immaculate Conception Sis-ters, the new blessed nun who wit-nessed to Jesus through her mission of love and sacrifice helping the poor and weak. Who is this new blessed? What are the basics of her spirituality and how do the sisters embody her spiritu-ality in their lives? Know more with Elie Issa and Fr. Antoine Duwaihy.

On the Way to Damascus

Awakened from sleep, they converted to Je-sus the only and stable truth in this universe. New life testimonies with Tony Chedid.

19.00 - 17.00 GMT - 12.00 EST

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Why are we getting hungry?

1 Media for a Culture of Peace: Creating Images with the New Generation

2-3 Highlighted Programs

4 News items

IN THIS ISSUE

Since its beginnings, Tele Lumiere sought to join the Church through the patriarchs’ council which approved, after huge efforts, on introducing the TV in its decisions, unless they assume the responsibility of supervising its dog-matic programs and giving their previous approval on the clergy preparing and presenting the TV programs.

The Light of Vocation

God looks at any-one he loves, calls

him to carry the Good News, live the mission and communion. Difficult confrontations with the self, surrounding, relatives and friends: pains of the cross and responsibilities helping the soul to ma-ture, and to be happy and holy. Watch this pro-gram soon with Rima Malek.

You Immigrant:

- Away from home, do not be strange towards your country

- Your native country deserves more what you have achieved abroad

- Do not eliminate your language but sow its roots in your children’s heart

- Support financially and intellectually your country

- Renew yourself and make a pilgrimage to your homeland with new friends

- In the immigrant world, do not leave your home in ruins Pity the nation which:

- Ignores its history and important events

- Doesn’t learn from the past and make prevention

- Neglects the civil education, the Constitution and the Human Rights Declaration

- Never reaches freedom neither democracy

- Lives in turmoil with declining values and moral chaos

“The Woman’s Dignity” of Pope John-Paul II (August 15th, 1988)

This encyclical was published by the Holy Pontiff in the Marian year, aims through meditations upon several issues related to woman, to focus on the great gifts entrusted by the Creator to this crea-ture who can discover, through the Christ’s spirit, all characteristics of femininity, this woman through

whom the greatest event in history took place: Jesus’ birth.

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Alberto Gori (1949- 1970)

His arrival was the 1st happy day for the parishes of the Jerusalem patriar-chate after 1948’s calamity.

He established schools, churches, monasteries and parish halls. He sought as well to organize a kindergarten and enhance it in a modern way.

All Creatures

It represents above Our Lady the Virgin, the hymn’s focus, surrounded by the angels and human persons. At the middle, it illus-trates a temple because it is “the holy temple” and “the speaking

paradise”. Therefore, we can see on the icon’s left, the image of Adam and Eve enjoying the 1st paradise or the Garden of Eden, to the right the virgins close to the Virgin “Pride of Virginity”. But the Mystery of Incarnation and Jesus’ nativity are shown below, at the left bottom of the icon the Virgin is seen on the throne.

Christ the Revolutionist Teacher

A book by Atef Khalil al-Hakim highlights the revolution, freedom, the nation, the native country and the state. It is a new and modern interpreta-tion of the words of Jesus Christ the Revolution-ist Teacher, according to the Gospel of Matthew the Evangelist, and aims to consider the Bible and Christ too exalted for the impurities referred to them, focusing on the philosophy of revolution led by Christ for the salvation of humanity.

- To be hungry for God

What is attaching us to Christ?