{"id":30533,"date":"2025-12-01T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecatholic.nl\/nieuws\/franciscan-sisters-of-the-cross-pope-leos-visit-to-our-hospital-is-a-miracle\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:20:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:20:00","slug":"franciscan-sisters-of-the-cross-pope-leos-visit-to-our-hospital-is-a-miracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorecatholic.nl\/en\/news\/franciscan-sisters-of-the-cross-pope-leos-visit-to-our-hospital-is-a-miracle\/","title":{"rendered":"Franciscan Sisters of the Cross: Pope Leo\u2019s visit to our Hospital is \u201ca miracle\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sister Mary Youssef, Secretary General of the Franciscan Sisters of the Cross who run the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross in Lebanon, talks about the joy of the sisters in welcoming Pope Leo XIV\u2019s visit to the medical center on December 2.<\/p>\n

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By Isabella H. de Carvalho<\/p>\n

Pope Leo XIV\u2019s visit to the\u00a0Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross<\/a>\u00a0in Jal Ed Dib, Lebanon, on December 2, “is truly a miracle\u201d, said Sister Mary Youssef, Secretary General of the\u00a0Franciscan Sisters of the Cross<\/a>, who run the medical center.<\/p>\n

Both her religious family and the Hospital were founded by Blessed Jacques Haddad – or \u201cAbouna Yaacoub<\/a>,\u201d Father Yaacoub, as Sister Mary calls him, a Lebanese Capuchin friar, who lived from 1875 to 1954 and dedicated his life to taking care of the poor and those on the margins of society. Today, the Hospital of the Cross is a pillar in its field, as it is one of the biggest psychiatric institutions in the Middle East – with a capacity to host up to 1000 people – and is known for welcoming all those in need, regardless of religion or nationality.<\/p>\n

Despite severely struggling under the weight of the emergency situations that affected Lebanon in the last years, especially the 2019 economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hospital has managed to continue its mission.<\/p>\n

Now, the Pope, whose first apostolic exhortation,\u00a0Dilexi te<\/a><\/i>, focused on Christ and the Church\u2019s love for the poor and the most vulnerable, will stop by this center during his visit to Lebanon from\u00a0November 30 to December 2,<\/i>\u00a0and thus show his support and proximity to the patients, especially those with mental and physical disabilities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pope Leo XIV\u2019s visit to the hospital \u201cis a gift from Abouna Yaacoub, who had the idea of taking care of people who cannot be cared for by anyone else,\u201d emphasized Sister Mary. \u201cIf these people weren\u2019t with us at the Hospital of the Cross, they would have nowhere to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Sister<\/p>\n

Sister Mary Youssef, Secretary General of the Franciscan Sisters of the Cross<\/p>\n

Sisters at the service of those who have no one else<\/h2>\n

Although she does not work directly in the hospital, as secretary general of her congregation she follows her fellow sisters\u2019 work closely. \u201cOur primary charism is works of mercy. That is why our founder established us. He said: \u2018I want you to be the heart and hands of God among the people\u2019,\u201d Sister Mary explained.<\/p>\n

The Franciscan Sisters of the Cross, founded in 1930, today run 23 institutions across Lebanon and other countries, which include hospitals, schools, medical centers and more, with a focus on taking care of those who have physical or mental disabilities, the elderly or orphans.<\/p>\n

The Hospital of the Cross is composed of five pavilions that treat different types of illnesses and also includes a pharmacy, outpatient clinics, a dispensary and more. It supports all types of people, from drug addicts to those with chronic disabilities, who have sometimes even been abandoned by their families.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no one to really take care of them. They consider the hospital to be their home,\u201d Sister Mary said.<\/p>\n

There are around 800 patients currently in the Hospital, and over 40 sisters work in it, alongside other medical personnel. There are also 20 bedridden elderly nuns at the center, who pray for the others and, in this way, support their work.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

These patients are dear to the heart of the Pope<\/h2>\n

\u201cThe Hospital is a small village,\u201d Sister Mary said, explaining that the Pope will visit the \u2018Saint-Dominique\u2019 Pavillion that hosts children with severe disabilities. \u201cHe will go to them since they can\u2019t travel.\u201d<\/p>\n

She emphasized that the patients are preparing themselves and are very excited for the Pope\u2019s visit: \u201cThey feel that a very important person is coming to the hospital just to see them. I cannot describe their joy to you. They are truly, truly happy because the Holy Father is coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

And the sisters are also getting ready to host Pope Leo: \u201cWe are welcoming this visit as a blessing, as a renewal for each of us sisters individually. We are really preparing ourselves. There is physical fatigue, but from the 35-year-old to the 105-year-old, everyone is truly joyful.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we wonder if we really deserve this,\u201d she said. \u201cWe can only think of our founder, who earned us this visit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHow dear these sick people are to the heart of the Holy Father and to the heart of the Church, that they think of them, and that we, the humble Franciscan Sisters of the Cross, founded by Abouna Yaacoub, are worthy of such a visit,\u201d she continued. \u201cEveryone is asking themselves this question.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my heart, I say to myself that if the Church values me so much, then how much more must I work on myself again and again,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on her and her sisters\u2019 mission, she underlined how \u201ctears are never wasted, every trial can become a path to resurrection. For each one of us, I say that we should let God\u2019s presence penetrate us so that we may truly live in peace, according to the motto the Holy Father chose when he was elected\u201d, which is \u201cin the one Christ we are one\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sister Mary also expressed the hope that this visit might help further advance Blessed Jacques\u2019 cause for canonization. \u201cWhat he did was truly miraculous. He did what no one else could do,\u201d she said. \u201cEspecially since our mission continues despite the economic crisis, despite everything we are enduring.\u201d<\/p>\n

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