The Maronite Foundation in the World

On June 27, 2006, H.B. Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, signed the patriarchal declaration number 1618/2006 announcing the founding of the Maronite Foundation in the World whose primary purpose is to plan, execute, implement and "assist those Maronites dispersed around the world in facilitating their contacts with Lebanese public offices, in particular the department of personal records, and all offices concerned with records of Lebanese in the registration of marriages, birth, etc... and the preservation of their Lebanese identity"...
To this end, and in accordance with the patriarchal decree, the Maronite Foundation began its operational work on July 23, 2008 to ensure that Maronites around the world are given due attention and assistance in establishing their legal status in Lebanon. The Maronite Foundation is a non-profit organization whose funds derive from its board of trustees’ annual membership fees as well as donations.