In the document attached we are collecting the homilies given by fr. Paolo Messina, OFM Cap., on the occasion of the Lenten Peregrinations 2024 of the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land. The Peregrinations are the “titular” feasts of the Franciscan shrines, linked to their dedication. The Lenten Peregrinations touch the places in Jerusalem linked to the Passion of Jesus and prepare for the mystery of Christ in Holy Week. With this publication, we believe we are providing […]
We met Fr. Alessandro Coniglio, ofm, recently appointed a Discrete of the Custody, to talk about the last academic year and the new one that will soon be opening at the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (SBF), of which he is the Secretary and an Adjunct Professor. Fr. Alessandro, can you talk to us about the academic year that has just come to an end at the SBF? How can you take stock of it? The academic year that has ended was […]
The Custody of the Holy Land is celebrating for four of its sons who have become priests (you can read their stories here). On 29 June, the traditional date of ordinations for the Franciscans, in St Saviour’s church, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, laid his hands on Lorenzo Pagani and Mark Vertido Palafox. Two other friars, the twins George and Johnny Jallouf, will receive the priestly ordination on 6 July in Aleppo (Syria), their home town. Friars […]
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 […]
