“Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany” (John 12,1). The Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land made their traditional pilgrimage to Bethany on Holy Monday, six days before Easter. The perfumed oils and Good Friday The Custos of the Holy Land, fra Francesco Patton, presided over the Solemn Mass which included the blessing of the perfumed oils which will be used on Good Friday, during the traditional funeral procession in the parishes of Jerusalem and to […]
The month of September is important for the Franciscans in formation. Two significant events take place in this period: the ceremony of vestition to enter the novitiate and the first profession of the vows which brings to an end what is known as the “year of trial”, i.e. the novitiate. These are two of the decisive passages for access to the state of religious in the canonical sense. There were two dates this year: Saturday 3 September, the day of the first profession […]
The Blessed Martyrs of Damascus will be canonized on 20 October 2024: Manuel Ruiz López and his seven companions, of the order of the Friars Minor, and Francesco, Mooti and Raffaele Massabki, lay Maronite faithful, as established by the Ordinary Public Consistory, convened this morning in Rome, for the Canonization of some Blessed, and presided over by Pope Francis. “I am a Christian and I will die as a Christian” The martyrdom took place during the persecutions against the Christians […]
Br. Sergio Galdi D'Aragona ofm, Secretary for the 2021 General Chapter During the General Definitory meeting last March 20, 2019, Br. Sergio Galdi D’Aragona, OFM of the Custody of the Holy Land and the General Commissary of the Holy Land in Italy was elected as Secretary for the 2021 General Chapter. Born in Salerno on 30 October 1965. He has a PhD on Political Science, a Political-International course, and had his Masters in European Citizenship and Public Administration at […]
