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 […]
On Saturday 2 July, St Saviour’s Convent is in a state of excitement to welcome the Chapter of the friars of the Custody.The capitular hall is ready, the administrative office is being set up and a reverential silence falls over the corridors and courtyards. However, in the afternoon, the place begins to be filled with voices and laughter: a small miracle that features about eight people both adults and youngsters. To mark the start of the Chapter, a concert was […]
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 […]
