Name of Church Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon-St. Peter Cathedral
Address 333 S. San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90048 (Although it has a Los Angeles address, it’s actually close to Beverly Hills and West Hollywood.)
Phone number (310) 275-6634
Website www.ourladyofmountlebanon.com
Mass times The church has Masses in both the Roman Catholic and Maronite Catholic rite. Saturday vigil, 5:30 p.m. (Roman Catholic); Sunday 9 a.m. (Roman Catholic), 11:30 a.m. (Maronite Catholic). Weekdays, 8 a.m. (Maronite Catholic). Holy days: 8 a.m. (Maronite Catholic), 5:30 p.m. (Roman Catholic), 7:30 p.m. (Maronite Catholic).
Music Choir at the Sunday, 11:30 a.m. Mass, cantors at the other Masses.
Confessions Saturday, 4:30 – 5:15 p.m.
Names of priests Father Abdallah Zaidan, rector. Father Elias Sleiman, associate rector. Father Zaidan was ordained a priest 26 years ago, and has served as rector for the cathedral for the past 18. In addition to his duties as rector, he serves in a variety of roles for the Maronite Church. Father Sleiman was ordained in 1998, and has served as associate rector at the cathedral since 2001. Both are faithful priests.
School No school. The parish offers religious education and Arabic classes (taught together), however. The first class is Sunday, September 16, 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Call the parish for information.
Special parish groups/activities Groups: Maronite League, Maronite Young Adult Club, Maronite Youth Organization. Annual activities include the American Lebanese Cultural Festival, to be held this year on Sunday, September 2, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. at Woodley Park Section II, 6350 Woodley Avenue, Van Nuys, California. Mass will be held at 9:30 a.m. See the website for additional details.
Fellow parishioners The parish serves Middle Eastern Catholics, especially Lebanese and Syrians. The parish also serves Latin-rite Catholics, hence many of the Masses are offered in the Latin rite.
Parking You can park in the back. The crowded Mass is the Sunday, 11:30 a.m. Maronite Mass, so come early.
Cry room Yes, in the rear.
Additional observations Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon-St. Peter Cathedral is part of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy (diocese) of Our Lady of Lebanon. It is under the authority of Bishop Robert Shaheen, who lives in St. Louis, Missouri, and is in communion with the Holy Father. Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon-St. Peter Cathedral originally served as one of the two episcopal sees of the Maronite rite in the United States, but it was transferred to St. Louis after the elevation of Bishop Shaheen. It’s a traditional-style church.
There’s a Crucifix! There’s a Tabernacle! It’s a Catholic Church!!!
John, wrong again. It is a beautiful building in the Catholic tradition. WE are the church!
Bob One says “wrong again” Please tell us what was wrong before. You say “WE are the church”. The good Dominican nuns taught us that the church is that of our Lord and Redeemer Jesus Christ. Were they “wrong” too?
you are both right.
– the building pictured above is a beautiful catholic church.
– the people of GOD are the catholic church.
– now time for a group hug.
This parish was originally founded as a Latin Rite Parish. One of its better known parishioners was the comedian Danny Thomas — a very faithful Catholic Christian. Mr. Thomas (of Lebanese extraction) was instrumental in founding this Maronite parish on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
I love the beautiful diversity within the Church!
Frankly, I am very grateful that Vatican II urged and directed the Eastern Catholics to get rid of the Roman parts that had crept into their churches over time. I purely enjoy attending the Eastern Rites as well as Orthodox Churches for many reasons, but most of all the respect and piety imbedded in their liturgies. There is much to be learned from their sense of the sacred and worship as opposed to a social meeting in liturgy.
The Maronites particularly were strongly influenced by the Latin Rite — be it the use of unleavened hosts, vestments, etc. from ancient times.
RE: EASTERN CATHOLICS
“There is much to be learned from their sense of the sacred and worship as opposed to a social meeting in liturgy.”
guys, if the regular vernacular mass is celebrated properly, without all the american nonsense that some parishioners and priests add, it too is reverent, awe-inspiring, with silence, mystery, and sacred music.
the problem is not the ORDINARY FORM of the mass, but the ways in which people spoil it!
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Who wants to be my Bible tutor?
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