The Basilica of the Agony, or “of the Nations”, which this year celebrates the Centenary of its foundation in 1924, hosted the second peregrination of Lent, on Wednesday 6th March, in a climate of profound reflection and prayer. Gradually entering the mystery of Easter, the friars, accompanied by a group of faithful, remembered perhaps the darkest moment in the public life of Jesus: the agony and the prayer in the orchard of the Mount of Olives. The Basilica of Gethsemane This event, which […]
After the great success in Lebanon, the opera “St. Francis and the Sultan” arrived in Italy with five performances in as many cities from 20 to 25 May. The performances were held respectively in the Cathedrals of Monopoli, Bari, Brindisi, in the Basilica of S. Maria degli Angeli in Assisi and in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli in Rome. The opera’s libretto was written by the well-known professor Bartolomeo Pirone – who was present in Rome – […]
On 1st June, at St Saviour’s church in Jerusalem, the Custos of the Holy Land Fra Francesco Patton presided over the Holy Mass during which the Ministries of Acolyte and Reader were conferred on twenty-six friars from different parts of the world. “These ministries,” the Custos said in his homily (you can find the full text here) addressing the friars, “are linked to a vocational path (the one you are following as friars minor) and to a call to service […]
