On a solemnity that strongly recalls the Resurrection, the living story, wounded hope, and renewed promise, the feast of Saints Simeon and Cleophas in Emmaus took on a particular significance this year. The homily of Fr. Francesco Ielpo, Custos of the Holy Land, resonated as an urgent invitation not to remain prisoners of pain, disappointment, or the night. The village and the tradition El-Qubeibeh, whose Arabic name means “small dome,” is located about 11 kilometers northwest of Jerusalem, in the […]
An evening of music that became a symbol of dialogue and hope. On Friday, September 26, within the Franciscan Festival 2025, the San Colombano Museum in Bologna hosted the concert “Notes of Peace” by the Chamber Orchestra of the Magnificat Institute of Jerusalem.A highly anticipated event in the program, capable of filling the hall and deeply moving the audience: young Christian, Muslim, and Jewish musicians shared the stage, demonstrating that coexistence is possible even in a context marked daily by […]
On Sunday, October 5, in the convent of Saint Saviour in Jerusalem, five friars made their solemn profession in the Order of Friars Minor, promising to live forever in obedience, without anything of their own, and in chastity, according to the Rule of Saint Francis of Assisi. The celebration was presided over by the custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Ielpo, in the presence of numerous confreres, family members, friends, and faithful. During the homily, Fr. Ielpo shared with […]
The sacred mount of La Verna, where Saint Francis received the seal of the stigmata, was the setting for a day of celebration for the great family of the Friars Minor. In this place imbued with prayer and memory, eight friars made their temporary profession of the evangelical counsels, after completing the year of novitiate and officially entering the Order. They made their vows: Br. Tochukwu Peterjames Ejimadu, Br. Leo Chukwunazom Ogoh, Br. Hagop Arabatlian, Br. Walid Yuhanna Daher and […]
