APOSTOLATE OF OUR LADY OF HOPE

THE ORGANIZATION IS A MISSION AND APOSTOLATE INSPIRED BY THE HISTORY AND THE SPECIAL PATRIARCHAL SYNOD DOCUMENTS (2002-2005) OF THE SYRIAC MARONITE CHURCH OF ANTIOCH (THE "MARONITE CHURCH"), OPERATING EXCLUSIVELY TO LEND AID AND COMFORT TO CHRISTIANS AND CHRISTIAN REFUGEES IN LEBANON AND IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE MIDDLE EAST, TO ASSIST CHRISTIANS IN REMAINING IN AND RETURNING TO THEIR HOMES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, TO COMBAT PERSECUTION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF CHRISTIANS AND GENOCIDE AGAINST CHRISTIANS OCCURRING IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND TO EDUCATE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD OF THE SUFFERING OF CHRISTIAN PEOPLES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BEING THE HOLY LAND WHERE THE BIBLE AND CHRISTIANITY ALL BEGAN. IT IS A MISSION AIMING TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE BODY OF CHRIST IN ITS FULLNESS. IT IS THE FAITHFUL IN ACTION DEFENDING RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS, AND SERVICING PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS AND OTHER INNOCENT SUFFERERS BY MEANS OF AWARENESS AND CHARITY. IT IS A MISSION STANDING AS A UNITED F