St Joseph Church-4

Parish Priest Bassem Kiwan leads liturgy at Bourj Hammoud’s Saint Joseph Church on March 22, 2026. Despite airstrikes on Beirut, life continues relatively normal in suburbs like Bourj Hammoud, which have traditionally been seen as ‘safe areas’ in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. With families displaced by the war now sheltering in Bourj Hammoud, scores of new people attend services at the Eastern Catholic Maronite church.