About ten kilometers from Nazareth, in the Holy Land, there is Cana, also called Kafr Kanna, which in Arabic means village of Cana. This location is mentioned in the Bible to be the place of the first miracle of Jesus, who turned water into wine on the occasion of a wedding feast. The Shrine of Jesus' First Miracle is located here, under the custody of the Franciscans, who have been present in Cana for three centuries. Br HAITHAN YALDA HANO, […]
Freshly arrived from Jerusalem, Rome, Trieste, Warsaw, Madrid, Berlin, and Milan, the 30 members of the Scientific Committee of the Terra Sanca Museum confidently returned to the Parisian convent of the Franciscans, which has become familiar to them. Welcomed by Br. Stéphane—in charge of cultural properties at the Custody—and Béatrix Saule, honorary director general at the Château de Versailles, the members found themselves happily taking up conversations which had been left in abeyance since the last reunion. Soon, however, the […]
Forming new generations, promoting knowledge and research are some of the activities promoted by the Custody of the Holy Land in the field of education. The testimonies of Br. Ibrahim , Vicar, and Br. Rosario, Dean of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, will help us to understand the commitment that the Custody of the Holy Land faces and how, also thanks to the Good Friday Collection, it can support the living stones that live in this land. Br IBRAHIM FALTAS, ofm, […]
