On Wednesday 15th March, the second peregrination of Lent took place at the Basilica of Gethsemane - called “of the Agony” – at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. It is here that the agony and the prayer of the Lord in preparation for his Passion is remembered: this event shows all the humanity of Christ who, according to the evangelist Matthew, “began to feel sad and anxious” to the point of sweating blood. The present-day Basilica (which […]
The 45th Biblical-Theological Refresher Course (CABT) came to an end in Jerusalem on Friday22 April, after four intense days. The Course, supported by the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (SBF), started on Tuesday 19 April in the Immaculate Auditorium of St Saviour’s Covent and lasted four days, with lectures in the morning and guided visits in the afternoon. It came to an end on Friday with an excursion to the Negev desert. The CABT was inaugurated in the 1970s on the initiative […]
The day after Christmas, in the early morning, the Custos of the Holy Land, fra Francesco Patton, and some young friars visited the elderly and ill friars in the infirmary on the top floor of St Saviour’s convent in Jerusalem, and together they celebrated Mass in the room opposite the chapel. Christian life from Christmas to Easter The intimate ceremony – about fifty people in all - was very well prepared and attended. The white vestments of Christmas were replaced by the […]
