Celebrations in Holy Places

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21 Apr 2025

Emmaus: recognizing Jesus on the path and in breaking bread

On the Monday after Easter, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land, went, as they do every year, to Emmaus to celebrate the events narrated in the Gospel according to Luke. It is the story of the two disciples who, grief-stricken and confused after the death of Jesus, set off on foot for Emmaus, a small village a few kilometres from Jerusalem. On the way, a mysterious traveller comes up beside the pair and starts to talk […]
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Culture and Education

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26 Mar 2025

A relic of the Grotto of the Annunciation in Assisi

A fragment of rock of the Grotto of the Annunciation  of Nazareth – where according to Christian tradition the angel made the announcement to Mary and her “yes” to the design of God – was donated by the Custody of the Holy Land to the papal Basilica of St Mary of the Angels in Assisi. A relic for the Porziuncola On 25 March, the solemnity of the Annunciation and anniversary of when the first stone of the Basilica was laid […]
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The Custody in the Holy Land

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19 Apr 2025

We journey through time towards easter everlasting

Dear friends, May the Lord give you His Peace, 1. In these nine years I have had the pleasure and privilege of being able to offer you Easter greetings from the very places that recall the Resurrection of Jesus and his first apparitions: the empty tomb and the nearby chapels that recall the encounter with His mother, with Mary Magdalene and with the women; Emmaus where Jesus makes himself known as he breaks bread; the Upper Room where he appears […]
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Custody in the World

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18 Feb 2025

Service and fraternity, the first Congress of the commissaries of the Holy Land of Asia

The first Congress of commissaries of the Holy Land of Asia was held from 7 to 12 February in  Jakarta and Bali (Indonesia) on the topic of “Formation and mission in communion.” The Custos’ delegate for the Commissaries of the Holy Land, Fra Silvio De la Fuente was present . Fra Robertus Wowor, commissary of the Holy Land since 2008 for Indonesia, who hosted the meeting, emphasized that for him “the greatest challenge is to make known the Holy Land […]
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