On 19th March, the solemnity of St Joseph, the Church of Nazareth celebrated the feast-day of its patron saint and the patron saint of the Universal Church. The Angelus of St Joseph At noon, the Franciscan friars solemnly celebrated St Joseph in the church consecrated to him, next to the Basilica of the Annunciation. Fra Wojciech Bołoz, guardian and Rector of the Basilica of the Annunciation, led an icon of St Joseph in procession. This was followed by the prayer […]
There was a time last century when the spread of the Gospel started to be delivered through the cinema. Starting from after the war, several missionary groups decided to invest in the seventh art to promote their activities and reach more and more people. Keeping up with modernity and with the constant progress of technology is a challenge that the Church started to set itself several decades ago, especially concerning the state of the art in the means of communication: […]
Concluding the Triduum that the Franciscan community celebrated from 9 to 11 June, with the first vespers at St Saviour’s on 12 June and presided over by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton, we have entered the real solemnity of St Anthony of Padua, patron saint and protector of the Custody. The choice of Anthony as protector is linked to the special intercession that was asked of the saint in the face of the threat of the […]
