On December 26, the Church commemorates St. Stephen, the first martyr of the Christian faith. The liturgical celebration of St. Stephen has always been placed on December 26, immediately after Christmas, because in the days following the manifestation of the Son of God, the Church commemorates the Comites Christi, those who were closest to him in his earthly life and who first bore witness to Christ through martyrdom. On this day, the Custody of the Holy Land is allowed to […]
On the solemnity of St. Joseph the Worker, May 1, the Custody of the Holy Land joined the celebrations for the inauguration of the new roof of Dar al Majus, the office of Pro Terra Santa in Bethlehem. The new roof, made of glass handmade in Hebron, was designed by architect Vincenzo Zuppardo, who has long worked with the Holy Land in service of the preservation and enhancement of holy sites and beyond. In addition to the various employees and […]
On the shores of the Sea of Galilee, the setting of numerous Gospel events, the memory of the miracles of Jesus continues to speak to pilgrims of every age. Among these places full of meaning is Tabgha, where tradition places the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes and the so called Primacy of Peter, the entrustment to the Apostle of the task of guiding the Church. It is precisely here that today the Custos of the Holy […]
The first Congress of commissaries of the Holy Land of Asia was held from 7 to 12 February in Jakarta and Bali (Indonesia) on the topic of “Formation and mission in communion.” The Custos’ delegate for the Commissaries of the Holy Land, Fra Silvio De la Fuente was present . Fra Robertus Wowor, commissary of the Holy Land since 2008 for Indonesia, who hosted the meeting, emphasized that for him “the greatest challenge is to make known the Holy Land […]
