The Maronite bishop of the Byblos diocese, His Excellency Bishop Michel Aoun, visited the Rasoul Al-Mahabba School in Byblos, one of the schools of Al-Mabarrat Charitable Association, where he was received by the school's director Mr. Mohammad Salim and a delegation from the school's teaching and administrative body, in the presence of the imam of the Imam Ali Mosque in the city of Byblos Sheikh Youssef Amro; the director of the Al-Mabarrat Doha complex Sheikh Fouad Khreis, representing His Eminence Allama Sayyed Ali Fadlallah; the coordinator of the Directorate of Education at Al-Mabarrat Fayez Jaloul, representing the Director General of Al-Mabarrat Dr. Mohammad Baqer Fadlallah; the head of the sponsorship office in Byblos Ahmad Kanj; the lawyer Firas Al-Husseini; and the director of the Rawabet electronic site George Karim.
The visit began with a welcome and a presentation by the school's director on “the course of the school's development and the services it offers, and the role played by Al-Mabarrat's schools, proceeding from the vision of their founder His Eminence the Marja Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, which stresses the importance of encounter, openness and dialogue”.
Salim then briefed Bishop Aoun on the rehabilitation and paving the school had carried out on the road leading to the school and to other facilities in the area, after which there was a tour of the school's facilities and classrooms, where a group of pupils presented welcoming items for His Excellency.
For his part Bishop Aoun thanked those present for the warmth of the reception, pointing to “the importance of each of us being close to our fellow human being amid the difficulties and challenges we live through”, and stressing “everyone's responsibility in establishing a culture of dialogue, unity and coexistence”.
