John D. Faris

Faris was named a Titular Canon of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, with the bracket of Knight Commander with Star conferred on 23 November 2013. In September 2010, he received the Order's highest honor, the Golden Palm of Jerusalem, for his dedication to and gain for the Christians of the Holy Land. He is a piece of the Board of Councillors of the Eastern Lieutenancy of the Order for the United States. He is involved in recruiting new members and permits extensive lectures on the Order and the Holy Land. He has recently been serving as spiritual director for seminarians on Holy Land pilgrimages sponsored by the Eastern Lieutenancy. Despite his many visits and pilgrimages to the Holy Land, Faris only received the "Pilgrim's Shell" from His Beatitude Pierbattista Pizzaballa in March 2017. On the same pilgrimage he received the Franciscan Cross in recognition of his charity towards the poor in the Holy Land.