“The Royal banner forward goes / the mystic Cross refulgent glows.” It is with this ancient liturgical hymn (theVexílla Regis, 6th century) that the procession with which the precious relic of holy wood was carried from Calvary to the chapel of the Apparition of St Mary Magdalene, was concluded, at the end of the solemnity of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, on 14 September. The holy mass was presided by Fr. Ibrahim Faltas, at his first official ceremony as Vicar […]
A native of the Old City of Jerusalem, JamilFriej, 27 years old, is the first student to have completed his studied at the Magnificat Institute. Having obtained a diploma in piano and solfege, Jamil was employed by the administration of the Magnificat Project and Marketing Coordinator and is in charge of relations with the PPAN (Palestinian Performing Art Network). After finishing the exams of harmony and composition, he began to teach children at the school the first courses of solfege, […]
Four Franciscan friars were ordained priests on 29 June, the solemnity of St Peter and St Paul, in St Saviour’s church in Jerusalem. The Mass was presided by the Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins, His Beatitude Pierbattista Pizzaballa. In addition to the Custos of the Holy Land, fr. Sebastian Unsner, representing the Province of St Francis in Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius, where three of the new priests come from, was also present. The new priests The four new priests […]
