Forty days after Easter, the solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord was celebrated in Jerusalem between the afternoon of Wednesday, May 13, and the morning of Thursday, May 14, in the sanctuary of the Imbomon, on the Mount of Olives, the place that Christian tradition preserves as the memory of Jesus' ascent into heaven. Also this year, in a Holy Land still marked by war and the almost total absence of pilgrims, the celebrations took place in an atmosphere […]
The Terra Sancta Museum - Art and History is not the only artistic work of the Custos of the Holy Land, the Magnificat music conservatory and its choir, as well as individual friars, belong to it, exploring the link between art and mission.We met one of them, Fr. Balu. At the beginning of November, in the convent of Saint Saviour in Jerusalem, we discovered the exhibition of Fr. Balu. Originally from India and a theology student, he unites brushes and […]
A day of profound grace and celebration for the Custody of the Holy Land. Within the setting of the church of St. Saviour in Jerusalem, ten friars were ordained deacons, marking the beginning of a new chapter in their spiritual journey. The mass was presided over by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and concelebrated by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Ielpo, together with the friars of the Custody. The beginning of a new […]
About 40 people attended the event, including Franciscans, secular priests, and religious from other orders. On the morning of January 23, numerous priests and religious who spiritually accompany pilgrims on their journeys to the Holy Land and other places gathered at the Basilica of San Francisco el Grande in Madrid. In the Santa Isabel de Hungríahall of the OFS, and after a few welcoming words from Fr. Pedro González, Commissary of the Holy Land, Fr. Ulise Zarza, Custodial Vicar, took […]
