With the solemn mass celebrated in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, the Custodial Chapter came to an end on Friday 15 July. The friars of the Custody of the Holy Land have spent the last ten days establishing the guidelines of the life of the Custody for the next three years. The occasion was that of the feast day of the Dedication of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, when the union between the Lord, who is the real […]
Every year, KolHaMusica, the national radio station of the State of Israel which all the experts and aficionados of classical music in the country listen to, organizes a competition to find the young talents who will be the future big names on the musical scene. Directed by the legendary Professor Alexander Tamir of the Academy of Jerusalem, students from the most important and best known conservatoires in Israel take part in the competition, called “Looking to the future”. Held with […]
On 12th June, solemn vespers, presided by the Custos of the Holy Land, fr. Francesco Patton, marked the start of the celebrations in honour of St Anthony of Padua, the patron saint and protector of the Custody, linked to the Franciscans of the Holy Land by a special bond for over 100 years. It was in 1917 that the triduum in honour of the great Portuguese saint was proclaimed, to ask for his intervention against the threat of the expulsion […]
