Fr. George Shalhoub Explores the ‘Mystery of Love and Marriage’ in New Book
As an associate professor at Madonna University and founding pastor of the Antiochian Orthodox Basilica of St. Mary in Livonia, Mich., Fr. George Shalhoub has more than 40 years of experience counseling, teaching and educating the community on the foundation of a healthy relationship.
The Mystery of Love and Marriage by Shalhoub chronicles the journey anyone must take to enter and maintain a healthy relationship. This book provides practical advice about healthy living in a complicated and fast paced world. Here, the reader will not find an illusion of what love is all about, but will find an honest reflection about how to live a balanced way of life. The book offers wisdom, insight, and personal stories that teach how to make healthy life choices and good moral decisions in a world where morality seems to be a thing of the past.
‘This book is a roadmap for anyone looking to be in a relationship,’ said Fr. George Shalhoub. ‘The Mystery of Love and Marriage exposes the truths to communication, forgiveness and unconditional love, all the scariest and most important pieces of being in a partnership.’
See what others have said about The Mystery of Love and Marriage:
“You have made a tremendous progress from the time you were a mission to the time when I proclaimed your church as a Basilica. All this work could never have been accomplished without the energy and leadership of Archpriest George Shalhoub. He sailed with you, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against the wind; but you continued to sail.”
-Metropolitan PHILIP, Archbishop of New York,
The Antiochian Orthodox Church Archdiocese of North America
“I have rarely found such drive, commitment, and enthusiasm toward spiritual vision among clergy. You drink from His fountain and remain refreshed and charged with clairvoyance, infusing excitement and fruits of the Spirit – for this I am so joyful for our church.”
-Dr. John Chirban, Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School, The Cambridge Hospital
About Father George Shalhoub
Fr. George received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Eastern Michigan University in sociology and psychology, a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from St. John’s Provincial Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry Degree in Pastoral Counseling from the Graduate Theological Foundation. Fr. Shalhoub is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Philosophy at Madonna University and a faculty member of the Antiochian House of Studies. He was appointed by Governor Engler of Michigan to serve on the Mental Health Advisory Board and by Governor Granholm to the commission on Arab and Chaldean American Affairs. Fr. Shalhoub was a Teacher of the Year at Madonna University and gave the Commencement Address to Schoolcraft College’s graduating class of 2001. He has received dozens of public, civic and humanitarian awards from diverse organizations.
Under his pastoral leadership, Fr. George and a handful of parishioners started St. Mary’s mission in 1972. In 1976, they moved into their new church and in 1990, along with the parishioners, Parish Council, Building Committee, Ladies Society, and the Youth, St. Mary’s was able to build a Cultural Center. Finally, in 2002, St. Mary’s moved into its permanent house of worship, The Antiochian Orthodox Basilica of St. Mary where Metropolitan PHILIP proclaimed it, “A new church for a new century.”
Fr. George was appointed Dean of the Michigan Deanery, by His Eminence, Metropolitan PHILIP in 2011.