The two solemn celebrations that are held on Holy Wednesday in Jerusalem introduced the Paschal Triduum through a day of reflection on the mystery of the Passion of Jesus. The two liturgical moments took place first at Gethsemane and then in the Chapel of the Apparition in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. The Singing of the passion in the Basilica of the Agony In the early morning of 27 March, the song Vexilla Regis started the Eucharistic celebration presided over by Fra […]
On the eve of the solemnity of St Francis, on the morning of Monday 3 October, teachers, students and staff of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum in Jerusalem and of the Studium Theologicum Jerosolimitanum gathered in St Saviour’s church, the seat of the Custody of the Holy Land in Jerusalem, for the solemn celebration marking the opening of the 2022-2023 academic year. The Holy Mass was presided by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton, who in his homily invited […]
Brothers by blood, in the vocation of Franciscans and now in the priesthood as well. On Saturday 6 July, in Aleppo (Syria), their home city, George and Johnny Jallouf, of the Custody of the Holy Land were ordained priests (You can read their stories HERE). The new priests thus join their two companions, Mark Vertido and Lorenzo Pagani, ordained on 29 June in Jerusalem. In Aleppo 17 years later For the parish of St Francis in Aleppo, where the twins […]
Your Excellency, The Lenten journey invites us to return to the places and events that changed the course of human history and the personal existence of each one of us: they are the places and events that transmit the living memory of all that the incarnate Son of God said, did and suffered for our redemption. The centre of the entire liturgical year is Holy Week, which begins at Bethphage, with the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem. We follow Him […]
