Despite the war, it is Christmas in Bethlehem. The place where the light of hope has never gone out is in the limelight of the whole world : in the Basilica of the Nativity, where Our Lord was born and continues to be born in the heart of every Christian. The celebrations of 24 December took place in a climate that was not only rainy, from the meteorological point of view, but also cold and austere, after the decision to […]
The Ayyar Festival of the Magnificat Institute, an annual appointment organized to promote the school of music of the Custody of the Holy Land, is currently under way in Jerusalem. Within the complex of St Saviour, there is a conservatoire that has over two hundred students of every age and level and, above all, of every nationality, religion and ethnic group. It is thus a highly significant experiment of integration which aims to encourage co-existence and dialogue through the language […]
On 22 April, the Custos of the Holy Land, fra Francesco Patton, went to Isfiya, on Mount Carmel, invited by the youngsters of the “Marian Movement in the Holy Land, an association which started in the Maronite Church. Here, he met the young people and celebrated Mass in the church dedicated to St Charbel Makhluf, a Lebanese monk and one of the best known saints in the Maronite Church. The date is significant: on the 22nd of each month, the […]
