Fifty days after Easter, on the day of Pentecost, Jerusalem remembers the effusion of the Holy Spirit that Jesus gave to his disciples gathered in the Cenacle. The Custos of the Holy Land, fra Francesco Patton, presided over the celebrations of the vigil in St Saviour’s church and those of the day at the Cenacle. St Saviour and the Cenacle St Saviour’s church and the Cenacle have a special bond. The Cenacle, on Mount Zion, is and was the first […]
The presentation of the Ancient Pilgrimage in Holy Land Digital Library (APHL Digital Library) was held on 19th April in the St Francis Room in St Saviour’s Convent in Jerusalem. This is the largest database in the world on printed travel literature in the Holy Land between the 15th and 18th centuries. The aim of the digital initiative, curated by Marco Callegari and Fabrizio Fossati, is to better value the itineraries and the travel diaries that are not only in the […]
The feast day of Our Lady of the Pillar and the Spanish national holiday, linked to the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus and the consequent influence of the Spanish language and culture on the American continent, are celebrated on 12 October. Every year, around this date, the Custody of the Holy Land organizes a Eucharistic celebration to underscore its close historical and spiritual bond with Spain. It is a tribute by the Custody to the four nations that have […]
As part of the celebrations of the 800th anniversary of the pilgrimage of peace by St Francis of Assisi in the Middle East, the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton with Fr. Marcelo Cichinelli, coordinator of the Commissaries of the Holy Land, visited Colombia, taking part in a number of pastoral and academic events prepared by the Commissariat of the Holy Land in Colombia and the Universidad Franciscana de San Buenaventura. The commemorative events started on 16th September […]
