Education
More than 400 schools receive support from Œuvre d’Orient for children’s education, the reconstruction of school buildings, and educators’ salaries.
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Health Care and Social Services
L’Œuvre d’Orient funds the care of 3 million patients in clinics, hospitals, and institutions for people with disabilities or the elderly.
Community Outreach
By supporting the formation of men and women religious, the Œuvre d’Orient enables priests and religious orders to carry out their daily missions.
Culture and Heritage
L’Œuvre d’Orient works to preserve the heritage of Eastern Christianity by protecting it in its home countries and promoting awareness of it in France.
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Prayer to the Holy Spirit, by Saint Mariam of Jesus Crucified Baouardy
Holy Spirit, inspire me; Love of God, consume me; Lead me to the true path; Mary, my Mother, look at me; Together with Jesus, bless me; From all evil, from all illusions, Deliver us from all danger. Saint Mariam of Jesus Crucified Baouar
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Prayer to Mary,
By Father Pascal Gollnisch, former director of the Œuvre d’Orient Marie, Woman of Galilee, You who have lived in the East You who gave birth to and nurtured the Son of God You who have prayed, worked, toiled, and wept on this earth, You who rejoiced, who are recognized as Blessed from age to age, […]
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Prayer of the Œuvre d’Orient
Under your protection, O Most Holy Mother of God, Christians from the Eastern Churches have always found refuge there. Bring together Christians from the East and the West in the love of your Son so that the unity of the Churches may resemble that of the Holy Trinity—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. […]
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Day of Eastern Christians
Praying with and for Christians in the East The Day of Eastern Christians was established at the initiative of L’Œuvre d’Orient in 2018. It is a day of communal prayer for and with our brothers and sisters in the East, for peace, under the watchful eye of Mary. It takes place on the sixth Sunday […]
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Two Essays on the Mission of the Catholic Church in the East
Second Vatican Council Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches, *Orientalium Ecclesiarum*, November 21, 1964. “The Catholic Church holds in high esteem the institutions, liturgical rites, ecclesial traditions, and the discipline of Christian life of the Eastern Churches. Indeed, because of the venerable antiquity with which these Churches are honored, the tradition that comes from the […]
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Hail Mary (in Arabic)
Assalamu alaikum, O Maryam Hail Mary Ya Moumtaliat Naamatan Full of grace Arrabou maaki The Lord is with you Blessings upon all women You are blessed among all women May God bless the fruits of your labor Saydouna Yessoua el Massiye And the child in your womb is blessed, Ya Qaddissa Maryam Saint Mary, Ya […]
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The Lord's Prayer (in Arabic)
A-bâna lazî fis samawât Our Father, who art in heaven, Li yatakaddass Ismouka, May Your name be hallowed, Li ya’ti malakoutouka, Thy kingdom come, "As it is in heaven, so it is on earth," May Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. We’ll have some bread, enough for a day, Give […]
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Prayer of the Week for Christian Unity
Every year, from January 18 to 25, Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox Christians are called to come together for the Week of Christian Unity. This prayer was written by Father Paul Couturier, who initiated this week of prayer. Lord Jesus, on the eve of Your death for us, You prayed that all your disciples might be […]
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