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(ANS - Beirut) – On 23 May in the context of the celebrations of the Polish Community in Lebanon, two Polish Salesians - Fr Kazimierz Gajowy and Fr Jaroslaw Dobkowski – were presented with the Knight’s Cross of the Order of “Poland Restored.”. For the occasion the two Salesians returned to Lebanon where they had worked for many years.

Among the 200 or so people present at the ceremony held at the Hotel “Le Royal”, on the outskirts of Beirut,  were the Polish Ambassador to Lebanon, members of the staff of the Embassy, Mgr. Paul Dahdah, O.C.D., Vicar Apostolic, the Director General of State Security, the Mayor of Fidar and numerous friends of the two priests and of Salesian work.

In reading the motivation for the award, first in Polish and then in French, the Ambassador recalled the work undertaken by the two Salesian in the education of young Lebanese, in the promotion of peace through various initiatives including summer camps, the assistance offered to the Polish community in Lebanon, to displaced persons, and to the many Shias during the war in the summer of  2006 in collaboration with Polish and International NGOs including the International Volunteer Service for Development  and a group of young Lebanese volunteers.

During the ceremony thanks were also expressed for all the work undertaken by the entire Salesian community in Lebanon.

Published 26/05/2008