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 10th November, in the presence of a large audience in the St Francis room in St Saviour’s Convent in Jerusalem, Professor Michele Bacci gave a lecture on the graffiti and paintings on the columns of the Basilica in Bethlehem: the occasion of the meeting was the recent publication of the book “Pinturas y grafitos. Basílica de la Natividad en Belén” by Father Imre Vince (Emérico Vicente) Juhász, a Hungarian Franciscan who, in the 1950s, devoted himself to a meticulous […]
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 […]
