On 23 September at the Franciscan convent in the village of Al-Mujaydel, near Nazareth, a joyous community of the faithful from Nazareth and Galilee warmly welcomed the Custos of the Holy Land, fr. Francesco Patton, on the feast-day dedicated to the Archangels and at the same time to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the foundation of the sanctuary. This is where a Franciscan sanctuary dedicated to the archangel Gabriel stands. It was built in 1903, following the donation of the […]
The 45th Biblical-Theological Refresher Course (CABT) came to an end in Jerusalem on Friday22 April, after four intense days. The Course, supported by the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (SBF), started on Tuesday 19 April in the Immaculate Auditorium of St Saviour’s Covent and lasted four days, with lectures in the morning and guided visits in the afternoon. It came to an end on Friday with an excursion to the Negev desert. The CABT was inaugurated in the 1970s on the initiative […]
Bethlehem was the centre of the visit by the Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, fra Massimo Fusarelli and the Vicar, fra Ignacio Ceja Jiménez, on the morning of 19 April. They were accompanied by the Custos of the Holy Land, fra Francesco Patton, the Vicar fra Ibrahim, the Visitor General fra Alojzy Warot, and the Assistant Visitor, fra Marcello Ghirlando, as well as the friars who are responsible for the various charitable works. The Children’s Home The […]
