Holy Week in Jerusalem started with the two solemn liturgical appointments of Palm Sunday, on 24 March. In the very early morning, the procession around the edicule and the solemn Mass took place in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In the afternoon, there was the procession on foot to Bethphage towards St Anne’s church. The procession and the solemn Mass In the first part of the solemn liturgy, the Latin Patriarch His Beatitude Pierbattista Card. Pizzaballa blessed, […]
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 solemnity of the apostle Peter was celebrated on 29 June in Jaffa (Tel Aviv) in the shrine dedicated to him. In the afternoon, a concert was given by the Magnificat Institute, the music school of the Custody of the Holy Land. This was followed by a Solemn Mass, presided over by the Custos, fra Francesco Patton. On the house of “Simon the tanner” The church of Jaffa stands on the site commemorating the house of “Simon, tanner of hides,” […]
The celebrations dedicated to the eight hundredth anniversary of the meeting between St Francis of Assisi and the Sultan Al-Malik Al-Kamel, organized in Damietta and Cairo by the Franciscans of the Egyptian Province “The Holy Family” came to an end on Sunday 3rd March. The Egyptian setting directly evokes the meeting that took place 800 years ago between the Saint and the Sultan and which, even today, speaks to all those who have made dialogue and coexistence their everyday life. […]
