Latin Patriarchal Vicariate of Jordan

Jabal Al-Hussein Parish - St. John de la Salle Church

Contact information:

Address: 

JABAL HUSSEIN
P.O.B. 926126
11110 Amman
JORDAN

Tel/Fax: (06) 566 17 57
Mobile: 079 573 74 85

Location

Holy Mass Schedule

DayTimeNotes
Saturday7:00 PMSunday Vigil Mass
Sunday10:00 AMMorning Mass

Weekly Activities & Events Schedule

Activity / GroupDayTimeFrequency
University & Working YouthSaturday5:30 PMWeekly
Middle & High School YouthSaturday5:30 PMWeekly
Marian ConfraternitiesSaturday5:30 PMWeekly
Holy Hour (Adoration)Wednesday6:30 PMWeekly

Monthly Activities & Special Schedules

Activity / OccasionDayTimeFrequency / Notes
Communion for the SickFirst Friday of the month8:30 AMMonthly
Altar Servers TrainingFirst Friday of the month9:00 AMMonthly
Choir PracticeFirst Friday of the month11:00 AMMonthly
Parish Council MeetingFirst Monday of the month6:00 PMMonthly
Sacred Heart of Jesus Family MeetingOnce a month

Jabal Hussein is a neighborhood in the capital city of Amman, in the district of Al-Adbali, the 9th of the 27 districts in the Amman Governorate. Large sections of the district are residential, and due to its geographical location in the center of the city, it contains several important government buildings and businesses. The area encompasses several bus stations serving routes to many cities in Jordan. Jabal Al-Hussein and Jabal Al-Weibdeh are among the oldest neighborhoods in the city; the Greater Amman Municipality has listed them as areas of great historical significance. Several Western expatriates, working or studying in Amman, prefer these areas for their accommodation.

 

Infrastructures of the Latin Patriarchate

In 1953, when the school started at Jabal Hussein, Christians who lived on this mountain came to the school chapel for Sunday Mass though belonging to the Lweibdeh Parish. The school developed in 1965 and as the number of Christians increased, the chapel became too small for them. They encouraged the principal of the Frere Honore to build a larger chapel and with the help of the Brothers of Christian Schools (BCS) and benefactors, the school authorities built the chapel. A BCS delegate came for the laying of the first stone ceremony, but as financial resources were scarce, it took three years to complete the interior of the building. Patriarch Alberto Gori blessed the Chapel in April 1967. In the absence of a church in Jabal Hussein, this school chapel serves as a parish church with 200 families as parishioners.

First Pastoral Visit

1959 (Fr. Zakaria Farouji)

Inauguration of the Parish

1967

Construction of the Church

1964

Blessing of the Church

1967 (Patriarch Alberto Gori)

Patron Saint of the Parish

St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

This is the history of the Jabal Al-Hussein Parish and the Collège de la Salle (Frères School) in Jabal Al-Hussein. The idea of establishing the school was a pioneering initiative that responded to the needs of many parents who experienced the zeal and dedication of the brothers in educating and raising students in their schools in general, and the Frères School in Jabal Al-Hussein in particular. The establishment of the school was credited with the foundation of the parish, which also addressed a pastoral need in the ever-expanding capital. Given the expansion of the city and the dispersal of the faithful across its various districts—specifically in Jabal Al-Hussein—it became essential to have a dedicated place to serve the believers in this neighborhood.