Students are pictured during class at École Épiscopale de Jabboulé in Lebanon at the end of 2021. The school is run by the Notre Dame du Bon
Service congregation. Photo: CNS/courtesy Aid to the Church in Need. Doreen Abi Raad In Lebanon, teetering on the abyss of a socioeconomic crisis, the future of Catholic schools is at risk. Melkite Fr Youssef Nasr, secretary-general of Lebanon’s Catholic schools, said the school year was opening amid “a major life and existential crisis that stifles the breath of the entire nation and threatens the future…
