On the shores of the Sea of Galilee, in Tabgha, a small church built of dark stone is in the care of the Franciscans: tradition has it that the events of what is known as the “Primacy of Peter” took place here and are remembered by the community on 17 May, as every year, at the end of the Easter time. Fr. Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, presided over the Eucharistic celebration together with Fr. Miguel Ramírez Arévalo, […]
"Jerusalem" was the theme of the 46th Biblical-theological refresher course held April 11-14 in the "Immaculata" hall of St. Savior's Convent. The theme was presented and studied in depth by lecturers from the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, and achieved the highest number of participants ever. Br ROSARIO PIERRI, ofm Dean Studium Biblicum Franciscanum We exceeded 150 attendees; we have never reached such a number. And the conferences are enriching us because the reflection on Jerusalem is central, because from Jerusalem the […]
On Thursday 10 October, Fra Flavio Antonio Curto Gutiérrez made his solemn (perpetual) profession in the Order of the Friars Minor in Jerusalem, in the hands of the Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton. With this, Fra Flavio takes on once and for all the commitment to follow in the steps of the Lord, following the example of St Francis, living in obedience, without anything of his own and in chastity. “All things work for good” The celebration […]
Br NOOR TAMAS, ofm Seminarian Custody of the Holy Land "I want to talk to you about a Hope. A living Hope." Brother Noor is a seminarian of the Custody of the Holy Land, and his strong words resonate in the dust of his city, Qaraqosh, also known as Bakhdida, in Iraq. A Christian city, the most important in the plain of Nineveh. Today, after years of war, less than half of its 60,000 inhabitants have returned. The enclave of […]
