Finalizing the master plan of the new church, Our Lady of Lebanon, in Mulbarton which will include Catechism Centre; Monastery of St. John the Apostle; Hall & Community Centre; and Maronite Catholic School. The sale of the building and parking area (except the church) in Fordsburg is finalized. Rediscovery & Revival of our Maronite Lebanese Community by introducing the “Lebanese Family Club”, an initiative to promote the family within the community. Began with the Sham Family Day, followed by Bakos, Leicher, Becharre, Kalil and other families. In September, Fr Kozhaya Sarkis arrives at Our Lady of the Cedars to replace Fr. Chebli who left on 7th February 2005 to take up an appointment in Argentina. Fr. Pierre El-Khoury joins Fr Bechara at Our Lady of Lebanon, Mulbarton.

Reaching out spiritually to all our people in the Southern Suburb and throughout the community. Our six priests giving of their commitment, time and talents for the unity and upliftment of the community throughout South Africa, consolidating vision and action in order to move into the new millennium as a strong community, committed to Christ. Financially, the community was stabilized with the pledge system, and elimination of outstanding debts. Many remodeling projects to upgrade existing facilities were accomplished, and others initiated. Many activities have been implemented to reach the community outside Johannesburg. Parishioner attendance over this period has increased from about 600 to approximately 2500 at the end of the period, and looking forward to further increasing this number through the implementation of empowerment of the laity through children, teens, youth & adult formation and education.