Fr. Nadim Abou Zeid is appointed Head of the Maronite Mission. July – Construction of the new Shrine begins at Liefde-en-Vrede in Mulbarton. Fr Maurice Chidiac returns to Lebanon and Fr. Pierre Albalaa takes up his new mission in Los Angeles. Frs Pierre El-Khoury and Bechara Trad arrive in South Africa to assist the mission.