[1][2] Nehmé worked to alleviate people's pain during World War I through the distribution of food to those suffering from famine and was known for an intense devotion to the Mother of God.

[3] Nehmé studied under the Lebanese Maronite Order at the Our Lady of Grace school in Sakii Rishmaya.

In 1905 he entered the novitiate of the Lebanese Maronite Order at the convent of Saints Cyprian and Justina in Kfifan.

[2] Nehmé died of a severe fever that led to a stroke at 7:00 p.m. on 30 August 1938 at the convent in Kfifan.

The beatification process started in a diocesan process that spanned for several weeks from 27 November 2001 until 17 December 2001 while the formal introduction came under Pope John Paul II on 16 January 2002 after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued the official "nihil obstat" to the cause and titled him as a Servant of God.

members on 16 October 2007 which in turn allowed for Pope Benedict XVI to name him as Venerable on 17 December 2007 upon the confirmation of his heroic virtue.

Nehmé's beatification took place in Lebanon on 27 June 2010, Archbishop Angelo Amato presided over the celebration on the pope's behalf.