The celebration of the memory of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows in Jerusalem marks the start of Holy Week. Mass was celebrated on Friday 22 March in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, on Calvary at the altar of Our Lady of Sorrows, which separates the Chapel which is the property of the Greek Orthodox from the Latin Chapel of the Crucifixion. The Mass on Calvary As tradition has it, it was the Vicar of the Custody, Fra Ibrahim […]
The 45th Biblical-Theological Refresher Course (CABT) came to an end in Jerusalem on Friday22 April, after four intense days. The Course, supported by the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (SBF), started on Tuesday 19 April in the Immaculate Auditorium of St Saviour’s Covent and lasted four days, with lectures in the morning and guided visits in the afternoon. It came to an end on Friday with an excursion to the Negev desert. The CABT was inaugurated in the 1970s on the initiative […]
The solemnity of the apostle Peter was celebrated on 29 June in Jaffa (Tel Aviv) in the shrine dedicated to him. In the afternoon, a concert was given by the Magnificat Institute, the music school of the Custody of the Holy Land. This was followed by a Solemn Mass, presided over by the Custos, fra Francesco Patton. On the house of “Simon the tanner” The church of Jaffa stands on the site commemorating the house of “Simon, tanner of hides,” […]
