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 […]
From 1948 to the 1970s, the Custody of the Holy Land was involved in the production of films, initially for an audience of friends close to the Holy Land, but which were then also used in catechism activities and in the promotion of the Holy Land. The majority of the films were made by semi-professioanal directors, and we could define them “amateur works of a high standard.” They can be considered a milestone in the film category called “useful cinema.” […]
On 17 June, the “Moses’ Tent” house of retreat was officially opened in the Mount Nebo Convent. The house was inaugurated by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton, who cut the ribbon together with the Italian Ambassador in Jordan, Luciano Pezzotti, in the presence of other members of the Embassy, don Giovanni Falorni of the Apostolic Nunciature, the Vicar of the Custody Fra Ibrahim Faltas, the guardian of the convent Fra Bernard Thilagarajah and the friars of […]
