Walking where Jesus walked. Passing through the same places He chose for His daily life, to gather His first disciples, to discuss in the synagogue and to perform miracles. Seeing with one's own eyes that same lake where the Lord chose his "fishers of men". Hearing that same sound of the waves breaking upon the waves. Breathing that breeze that clears the haze, as He might have done. Watching the sun descend between the mountains of Galilee and set the […]
Today is a special day for the students of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (SBF) and the Studium Theologicum Hierosolymitanum (STH). In fact, this Monday, October 5, the academic community of the two institutes officially began the 2026-2027 academic year with a solemn Mass in the church of Saint Saviour in Jerusalem. The two academic institutions boast a history and mission of great significance. The Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, founded in 1924 and linked to the Custody of the Holy Land, is […]
The bond between the Custody of the Holy Land and Spain is a historic one, with roots going back to the beginning of the Franciscans’ mission in the Holy Places. A profound relationship, marked by friars born in the Iberian Peninsula and missionaries in this Land, protection, on the part of Madrid, of places of worship, and the attention paid by the Spanish sovereigns to the needs of local Christians. And this relationship was recalled today, Sunday, October 11, with […]
In Jerusalem, eleven Franciscan friars from different nations made their solemn profession (perpetual profession) into the hands of Fr. Massimo Fusarelli, Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor. Also present at the liturgy were the members of the General Definitorium, as well as the Custos, Fr. Francesco Ielpo, and the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land. Four of the newly professed friars belong to the Custody, while the others are in the Holy Land for study purposes […]
