From the very first centuries of Christianity, the tomb of the Virgin Mary has been recognized by tradition and devotion as the place where the Mother of Jesus was taken into heaven. In the fifth century, the bishop of Jerusalem Juvenal located this tomb at the foot of Mount Olive, in the Kidron Valley. It is in this same place,every 15 August, that the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land celebrate the solemnity of the Assumption to Heaven […]
Touching and letting yourself be touched by the mercy of Jesus, letting yourself be questioned on the word of God, by stories and events… this was the experience of the Franciscan March in the Holy Land, in its thirteenth edition. From 20 to 27 August, many young people who came from different parts of the Holy Land (Bethlehem, Ramallah, Nazareth, Haifa, the Upper Galilee) accompanied by a group of friars and sisters, experienced the adventure of this year’s Franciscan March, entitled […]
