As every year, on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord, the Christian community of the Holy Land gathered on the banks of the Jordan River to commemorate the Gospel event in which Jesus received baptism from Saint John the Baptist. This celebration, deeply rooted in the history of the Church, concluded the liturgical season of Christmas and offered the faithful and pilgrims present a moment of reflection on the meaning of their own Christian baptism […]
From June 2 to 9, a training and refresher course for spiritual guides of pilgrims takes place in the Holy Land. The initiative is promoted by the conference of Italian-speaking commissioners, in collaboration with the Commissariats Liaison Office (Clio) and the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (SBF). The course includes 22 friars and collaborators from various Italian commissariats, as well as representatives from Krakow and Slovenia. Activities are primarily held at the convent of San Salvatore in Jerusalem, with excursions to the […]
As every year, on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord, the Christian community of the Holy Land gathered on the banks of the Jordan River to commemorate the Gospel event in which Jesus received baptism from Saint John the Baptist. This celebration, deeply rooted in the history of the Church, concluded the liturgical season of Christmas and offered the faithful and pilgrims present a moment of reflection on the meaning of their own Christian baptism […]
The sacred mount of La Verna, where Saint Francis received the seal of the stigmata, was the setting for a day of celebration for the great family of the Friars Minor. In this place imbued with prayer and memory, eight friars made their temporary profession of the evangelical counsels, after completing the year of novitiate and officially entering the Order. They made their vows: Br. Tochukwu Peterjames Ejimadu, Br. Leo Chukwunazom Ogoh, Br. Hagop Arabatlian, Br. Walid Yuhanna Daher and […]
