A hymn to the light of God which defeats the darkness of evil. This is the message that comes from Mount Tabor, the place where, according to tradition, Jesus was transfigured before the disciples Peter, James and John. Here, on 16 April, the Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land from all the convents of Galilee, met for the fraternal visit of the General Minister of the Order of Friars Minor, fra Massimo Fusarelli, to the Custody of the […]
On 10th November, in the presence of a large audience in the St Francis room in St Saviour’s Convent in Jerusalem, Professor Michele Bacci gave a lecture on the graffiti and paintings on the columns of the Basilica in Bethlehem: the occasion of the meeting was the recent publication of the book “Pinturas y grafitos. Basílica de la Natividad en Belén” by Father Imre Vince (Emérico Vicente) Juhász, a Hungarian Franciscan who, in the 1950s, devoted himself to a meticulous […]
The image of Manuel Ruiz and his companion martyrs- better known as the “Martyrs of Damascus” - which will be used at the ceremony of canonization , on 20 October next, has been published. The image has been commissioned by the General Postulation of the Order of the Friars Minor and was created by the illustrator Andrea Pucci. A note by the postulation accompanies the image, describing it and explaining the iconographic choices. United around the Eucharist The holy martyrs […]
The Custody of the Holy Land hosted the two-yearly planning meeting of the International Council of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) of the Order of the Friars Minor from 3rd to 10th June 2019. The JPIC Office has always dealt with everything concerning Justice, Peace, and the Integrity of the Creation, recognized as founding values of Franciscan spirituality. These values are also to be found in the fight against climate change, the protection of Human Rights and special […]
