The Lenten peregrinations by the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land came to an end with the singing of the “Hosanna” in Bethphage, on Saturday 23 March. It is the day before Palm Sunday, the day when, from Bethphage, the procession that commemorates the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem starts. While Mass was being celebrated in the Franciscan shrine, outside the Indian Catholic community celebrated its Palm Sunday one day early (since almost all the Indians work […]
The seventh SOL festival (Semaine de l’Orgue au Liban – Lebanese Pipe Organ Week), coproduced by Notre Dame University School of Music and the Terra Sancta organ Festival, organized by the Custody of the Holy Land, was held in Lebanon from 26 April to 1 May. The SOL Festival is the only one in Lebanon dedicated to organ music and the only festival tat over the years has expanded nationwide: this year there were concerts in Beirut, Zouk Mosbeh, Ajaltoun […]
The Blessed Martyrs of Damascus will be canonized on 20 October 2024: Manuel Ruiz López and his seven companions, of the order of the Friars Minor, and Francesco, Mooti and Raffaele Massabki, lay Maronite faithful, as established by the Ordinary Public Consistory, convened this morning in Rome, for the Canonization of some Blessed, and presided over by Pope Francis. “I am a Christian and I will die as a Christian” The martyrdom took place during the persecutions against the Christians […]
