On Monday 18 April the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land, accompanied by a large group of pilgrims and local Christians, made the traditional peregrination from Jerusalem to Emmaus, in line with the Gospel of the day which relates the episode of the two disciples going to the village of the same name in the company of the Risen Jesus. The gathering took place at the Franciscan shrine of Al-Qubeibeh, a small town which is indicated by some archaeological […]
The book “Itineraadloca sancta. Travel books in the Franciscan Libraries of Jerusalem, Catalogue of the editions of the 15th-18th centuries,” by Alessandro Tedesco, published in 2017 by Edizioni Terra Santa, was presented in Jerusalem on 14th January. The event, hosted by the Christian Information Center, is part of the international project of “Books, bridges of peace” created in 2011 by the Centro di RicercaEuropeo Libri Editoria e Biblioteche [European Research Centre on Books, Publishing and Libraries] (CRELEB) of the Università […]
On the morning of Friday 24th March, the Via Crucis of the Catholic schools of the city of Jerusalem took place, involving 8 schools and more than 500 pupils. The Via Crucis of the young people and children, organized by the Custody of the Holy Land, has taken on a particular meaning this year, because it comes in a context of violence and religious fanaticism which has characterized the life of the Christian communities in recent months. The youngsters and […]
