On Saturday, May 30, in an atmosphere of recollection and faith, marked by the truce in the conflicts but still devoid of the presence of international pilgrims, the Franciscan community and local faithful experienced an intense day, combining the memory of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary with the traditional conclusion of the Marian month. In the morning, the Fr. of the convent of San Salvatore, together with the religious of the neighboring convents, went on pilgrimage to the sanctuary […]
On the occasion of the centenary of the night commemorating the conversion to Catholicism of the Servant of God Sister Maria della Trinità, a conference was held on Saturday, February 14, accompanied by an exhibition designed to recount in a simple yet incisive way the figure of the Poor Clare who lived in Jerusalem. A journey of crisis and conversion Sister Maria della Trinità, born Luisa Jaques, was born into a Protestant family in South Africa at the beginning of […]
“A simple gesture, but rich in hope.” These are the words with which the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Ielpo, commented on the laying of the first stone of the future Polish chapel in the Shepherds’ Field in Bethlehem, there where the angels announced the birth of Jesus. The new place of prayer dedicated to St. Joseph enriches the complex of the chapels of the nations with that of one of the countries most deeply rooted in the […]
Dear brothers and sisters,May the Lord grant you His peace! As Holy Week approaches, our hearts and our gaze turn once more to the Holy Land, the land where the Son of God gave His life “to the very end” and from which the Church was born.Even today, from these Holy Places, we continue to draw from the source of Easter the meaning and hope of our service.Yet we cannot hide that the time we are living through is difficult. […]
