The celebrations for Pentecost, the solemnity which crowns the Easter period and together with it represents one of the most important moments in the liturgical year, took place on 27 and 28 May in the Custody of the Holy Land. Pentecost is celebrated 49 days after Easter, when the Holy Spirit descends on the Cenacle, on to the Apostles and the Virgin Mary and the Church is born as a community animated by the “Paraclete”, i.e. the Comforter: this allows […]
The Magnificat Institute of Music of Jerusalem, in spite of all the difficulties, officially ended the academic year in Friday 17th July with a concert that wsa live streamed on the school’s Facebook page. Despite all the difficulties due to the measures that the State of Israel has implemented to fight the global pandemic, the Institute, founded in Jerusalem in 1995 and linked to the "Arrigo Pedrollo" Conservatory in Vicenza (Italy), has continued to prove itself a centre of excellence […]
The words of the Virgin Mary to the Angel, “Secundum verbum tuum” (according to your word) are those chosen by fra Bruno Varriano, the new Auxiliary Bishop of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, as his episcopal motto and as the programme of his service. They are the same words that emerged in his soul when he said “Yes” to the appointment as bishop. This is how he describes that moment: “After nine years at the school of Nazareth I could […]
