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 […]
On October 5th, professors, students and collaborators of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum of Jerusalem and the Studium Theologicum Jerosolimitanum gathered at St. Savior's Church, headquarters of the Custody of the Holy Land in Jerusalem, for the Solemn Celebration on the occasion of the opening of the Academic Year 2021-2022. The Holy Mass was presided by Br Frèdèric Manns, distinguished professor who still collaborates at the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum. In his homily, Br Manns underlined the importance of studying the Bible, the […]
Concluding the Triduum that the Franciscan community celebrated from 9 to 11 June, with the first vespers at St Saviour’s on 12 June and presided over by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton, we have entered the real solemnity of St Anthony of Padua, patron saint and protector of the Custody. The choice of Anthony as protector is linked to the special intercession that was asked of the saint in the face of the threat of the […]
