The celebration of the memory of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows in Jerusalem marks the start of Holy Week. Mass was celebrated on Friday 22 March in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, on Calvary at the altar of Our Lady of Sorrows, which separates the Chapel which is the property of the Greek Orthodox from the Latin Chapel of the Crucifixion. The Mass on Calvary As tradition has it, it was the Vicar of the Custody, Fra Ibrahim […]
Some ancient columns and two capitals from the Holy Sepulcher, decommissioned in the major restoration of the 1970s-1980s, return to the Old City of Jerusalem after resting for more than 50 years inside the Franciscan Gethsemane complex. The artifacts will be placed in a special room of the Terra Sancta Museum, dedicated to the Holy Sepulcher. The museum is located within the Franciscan complex of the Flagellation. The project is managed by the association "pro Terra Sancta." SARA CIBIN Project […]
On 17 June, the “Moses’ Tent” house of retreat was officially opened in the Mount Nebo Convent. The house was inaugurated by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton, who cut the ribbon together with the Italian Ambassador in Jordan, Luciano Pezzotti, in the presence of other members of the Embassy, don Giovanni Falorni of the Apostolic Nunciature, the Vicar of the Custody Fra Ibrahim Faltas, the guardian of the convent Fra Bernard Thilagarajah and the friars of […]
