The Franciscan friars made the first Lenten peregrination to the Franciscan shrine of Dominus Flevit, on the Mount of Olives, on Wednesday 28 February. The “peregrinations” are weekly liturgical appointments which take place in the places of the Holy City where the events linked to the Passion of Jesus are evoked. Christians can thus do a special meditation during Lent through visiting, lingering and praying at exactly the places connected with the pre-Easter memories. The Sanctuary of Dominus Flevit The first […]
The interreligious project that brings together young Christians, Muslims and Jews in a summer camp characterized by mutual knowledge and overcoming barriers of identity through art, music and performance, was held again this year. This is the aim of the “Knüpwerk" project, now in its second year. The term "knüpwerk" means precisely entwining and embroidery, referring to fabrics woven with different and multicoloured threads, representing different cultures and identities. The experience of this year, which took place in Germany, brought […]
On 1st June, at St Saviour’s church in Jerusalem, the Custos of the Holy Land Fra Francesco Patton presided over the Holy Mass during which the Ministries of Acolyte and Reader were conferred on twenty-six friars from different parts of the world. “These ministries,” the Custos said in his homily (you can find the full text here) addressing the friars, “are linked to a vocational path (the one you are following as friars minor) and to a call to service […]
World Youth Day brought together participants from 156 countries in Panama. Among the registered there were young people from the Holy Land. And more than two weeks after the great event, the experience of meeting the Pope and youth from all over the world continues to live within each of them. This group of 10 young people from Bethlehem gathered to share their experience in the Central American country. During the long journey, the compatriots of Jesus, led by Brother […]
