The Franciscan friars made the first Lenten peregrination to the Franciscan shrine of Dominus Flevit, on the Mount of Olives, on Wednesday 28 February. The “peregrinations” are weekly liturgical appointments which take place in the places of the Holy City where the events linked to the Passion of Jesus are evoked. Christians can thus do a special meditation during Lent through visiting, lingering and praying at exactly the places connected with the pre-Easter memories. The Sanctuary of Dominus Flevit The first […]
The multimedia exhibition entitled "The experience of Resurrection" has at last been inaugurated at the Christian Information Center (CIC) in Jerusalem. After a six-year wait, on Saturday 2 July, the exhibition opened its doors to the public and, in particular, to the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton, who cut the inaugural ribbon and blessed the exhibition area. In addition to the Father Custos and the head of the CIC, Fr. Tomasz Dubiel, ofm, a groupof friars, religious. Journalists […]
The parish church of St Anthony in Jaffa (Tel Aviv) celebrated its patron saint, St Anthony, on 8 June, the Saturday closest to the actual feast-day. This allowed great participation by all the groups that make up this variegated community: the majority are Filipinos, but there are also Africans, Indians, Latin Americans, Poles and members of the Arabic-and Hebrew-speaking communities. They are above all immigrant workers who, together with their families, meet on Saturdays to celebrate the Day of the […]
From Poland, an ecumenical pilgrimage organized by Mons. Grzegorz Rys, the Bishop of Lodz, who visited the Holy Land a few days ago, took place. Many participants composed of clergy and faithful from the Catholic, Orthodox, Polish-Catholic, Evangelical-Ausburga, Evangelical-Reformed, Evangelical-Methodist and Baptist churches were present. “We want to go there,” said F.r Semko Koroza, the president of the Lodz branch of the Polish Ecumenical Council “to visit these places connected to our faith and to pray together.” It was a […]
