Completion of conference center and hall at Our Lady of the Cedars church. Between 1991 and 1995, four missionaries helped Fr Madi sustain the community’s needs.
The historic visit of His Beatitude, Cardinal Nasrallah Peter Sfeir, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and all Levant. It was the first visit of a Maronite Patriarch to the African Continent.
Opening and Dedication of Our Lady of the Cedars church by Bishop Joseph Dergham who was in charge of the Maronite diocese in Cairo, Egypt, on Ascension Thursday, 9th May [...]
The foundation of the new church of Our Lady of the Cedars was completed. Fr. Nabil Rizkallah arrived in Johannesburg on 25th May to assist with pastoral duties at Our [...]
Permission was granted by Fr. Boulos Najem (Superior-General of Kreim) to build a church at Cedar Park, three acres of ground were set aside (Erf.712) for the new church, donated.
Fr. Alam passed away in South Africa on the 13th June, and Fr. Michael Chebli arrived to assume duties on the 4th July. He served with tireless zeal for 30 [...]
First Honorary Consulate of Lebanon to South Africa - Mr. Boutros Khoury Sebaalani, before the official establishment of the Consulate of Lebanon to SA took place in 1958.
The community represented by the South African Lebanese Association - SALA (established in the early 1920s) purchased 33 acres of ground on the Pretoria - Johannesburg road.
