On the 10^th of each month, we commemorate the canonization of Saint Rafqa.

We would like to invite you to join the nuns in this special monthly celebration in St. Joseph's Monastery - Tomb of St. Rafqa, Jrabta, Batroun - Lebanon.

This event includes a procession with St. Rafqa's Relic, which will begin at 5:00 PM followed by a Mass at 5:30 PM.

General Directives:
FEAST days of Saint Rafqa:

Her birthday is on the 29^th of June.
She presented the monastic vows on the 25^th of August in the "Lebanese Maronite Order".
Commemoration of her death on the 23^rd of March.
Commemoration of her Beatification on the 17^th of November.
Commemoration of her Canonization on the 10^th of June.

Mass times in the Monastery of Saint Joseph
- Tomb of Saint Rafqa, Jrabta, Batroun:
Each Sunday and feast days throughout the year:

At 6:45 AM; 8:00 AM; 10:00 AM and 11:30 AM.
At 4:30 PM and 5:30 PM (Winter time).
At 4:30 PM and 6:30 PM (Summer time).

Week Days:

At 6:30 AM.
Prayer of the evening at 6:00 PM.

CONFESSION ARE AVAILABLE

Notes:
The Sanctuary of Saint Rafqa's Tomb opens its doors till midnight:

On the eve of the Commemoration of Saint Rafqa's death, on the 22^nd of March.
On the eve of the Commemoration of Saint Rafqa's Canonization, on the 9^th of June.

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