The fifth Lenten season of the liturgical peregrinations of the Custody of the Holy Land took place on Wednesday 20th March at the Shrine of the Condemnation: here, the trial where Jesus was accused in the hours following his arrest in Gethsemane is remembered. The episode is narrated, along with others, in Chapter 19 of the Gospel according to John, which relates the different stages of the trial that led to the condemnation of Christ, by the governor Pontius Pilate. […]
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 […]
The tenth Franciscan March in Jordan has ended: the place of arrival was the Shrine of Mount Nebo where, on 16 June one hundred and thirty young people were welcomed by the community of Nebo: Fra Bernard Thilagarajah, guardian of the convent, Fra Ammar Shahin and Fra Ibrahim Pio Haddad. The next day, 17 June, the Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton and the Vicar Fra Ibrahim Faltas also went to Mount Nebo to greet the youngsters and […]
