It is only just dawn when the Franciscan friars reach Bethany, the village of the friends of Jesus, Martha, Lazarus and Mary. The fourth peregrination of Lent, which this year falls on 14 March, takes place here. As tradition has it, a first Mass was celebrated at 6.30 a.m. in “Lazarus’s Tomb”, presided over by fra Alberto J. Pari, Secretary of the Custody of the Holy Land. Immediately afterwards, at 7.30, the Mass of the peregrination was celebrated in the […]
Two thousand years later, Jesus returns, on a cinema screen, to the shores of the Sea of Galilee, where he lived and was active during his earthly existence. On Thursday 26 May, in the evocative archaeological area of Capharnaum, the Custody of the Holy Land hosted the screening of the film, “The Gospel according to Matthew,” a refined work by the famous Italian intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini. The event was organized by the Italian Institute of Culture in Haifa (IIC) […]
The parish church of St Anthony in Jaffa (Tel Aviv) celebrated its patron saint, St Anthony, on 8 June, the Saturday closest to the actual feast-day. This allowed great participation by all the groups that make up this variegated community: the majority are Filipinos, but there are also Africans, Indians, Latin Americans, Poles and members of the Arabic-and Hebrew-speaking communities. They are above all immigrant workers who, together with their families, meet on Saturdays to celebrate the Day of the […]
