In the afternoon of Friday 19 April, the Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, fra Massimo Fusarelli, presided over the Mass in the Basilica of the Agony at Gethsemane and inaugurated the exhibition on the centenary of its dedication. From restoration to a symbol of the 20th century In his greetings at the start of the celebration, the Custos of the Holy Land, fra Francesco Patton, recalled how the initial idea of the Custos of the time, Ferdinando […]
In Syria, Israel and Palestine, the Terra Sancta Organ Festival presented twenty-one concerts in Damascus, Latakia, Aleppo, Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Haifa, Jerusalem and Bethlehem between 28th October and 19th November 2022. This was possible thanks to the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land, organizer of the event, who have had roots for many centuries in these places. In Syria the concerts took place in the churches of St Paul and of St Anthony in Damascus, in the […]
The convents of the Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land in Lebanon are not extraneous to the wave of violence that has affected in particular the South of the country. The convents in Beirut, Harissa and Tripoli are not affected directly for the time being, while the convent in Tyre is in an area affected by the bombings and the need to help people fleeing from the South. North and South Fra Najib Ibrahim is the Guardian of […]
The Franciscan Fr. Larry Dunham, OFM, guardian, and commissary of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington, D.C., invested a new member into its 103-year-old lay order, the Knights of Mount St. Sepulchre. Chris Yeazl, who grew up outside of Baltimore, Maryland, had recently completed a six-month “novitiate” program, a requirement for entrance into the order. In over 100 years of continuous service, the mission of the Knights of Mount Saint Sepulchre has never wavered: “to guide the […]
