The solemn entrance of the Custos of the Holy Land, fr. Francesco Patton in Bethlehem and the first vespers of the first Sunday of Advent in St Catherine’s church, mark the start of the time until Christmas in the land of Jesus. The celebrations started on the morning f 26th November, where fr. Patton met the representatives of the Latin parish and the deputy parish priest fr. Louis Khoury in the diwan of St Saviour’s convent in Jerusalem, exchanging the […]
One week after the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas, the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land came together for two moments of prayer dedicated in particular to peace. The Via Crucis Every Friday, for centuries, the Franciscans have performed the Pious Exercise of the Via Crucis on the Via Dolorosa, going through the Old City of Jerusalem, from the sanctuary of the Flagellation to the Holy Sepulchre. It is a tradition that continued, with the […]
