“Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany” (John 12,1). The Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land made their traditional pilgrimage to Bethany on Holy Monday, six days before Easter. The perfumed oils and Good Friday The Custos of the Holy Land, fra Francesco Patton, presided over the Solemn Mass which included the blessing of the perfumed oils which will be used on Good Friday, during the traditional funeral procession in the parishes of Jerusalem and to […]
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 – […]
Sunday 28 July was the last day of the so-called “canonical month”, the month of retreat for the 18 friars who are approaching the solemn profession in view of the day when they will be admitted once and for all into the Order of Friars Minor. For the last week of the month, they were at the Convent of the Capuchin Friars of Jerusalem, engaged in the spiritual exercises recommended by the Custos of the Holy Land, fra Francesco Patton, […]
