Fr. Peter Alam acquired a former Dutch Reformed church at 61 Mint Rd, Fordsburg Johannesburg, and later built a community centre, a four story building, beginning the second.
Fr. Youssef Juan, who was appointed as a temporary visitor, received instruction from the Patriarch Howayek and the General Superior Fr. Youssef Moubarak to succeed Fr. Ashkar.
Fr. Ashkar resigned his office and returned to Lebanon. The mission was then handed over to the Congregation of the Maronite Lebanese Missionaries, known as the “Kreim”.
The members of the future SA Lebanese Association took action and defeated the Supreme Court in the case known as the ‘Gandur Case’ which would classify the Lebanese.
Fr. Joseph Ashkar arrived to build a church and a school for the community. He purchased a small church and a rectory situated at 124 Commissioner Str. Johannesburg and later [...]
In this year, Maronite Patriarch Elias Howayek, sent Fr. Emmanuel Fadle to South Africa from Kfar Haoura-Elzawye, North Lebanon. It was a historical year for the entire Maronite community in [...]
It is recorded that during this time the first Lebanese pioneer arrived in the Transvaal. He did not come accidentally, as is foolishly suggested by some, having lost direction on [...]
