After a year of restrictions due to the pandemic of Covid-19 which had prevented them reaching the shrine of Emmaus Al-Qubeibeh, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land returned in pilgrimage to celebrate the solemnity of Saints Cleopas and Simeon. On 26 December, in the Basilica of the Manifestation of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the disciples of Emmaus, the Custos of the Holy Land Fr. Francesco Patton presided Holy Mass. In addition to the inter-obedential Franciscan […]
On 2nd November the Franciscan community of Jerusalem took part in the Commemoration of the all the Faithful Departed, which for years has been attended by the many faithful of the parish of St Saviour, joined by religious, pilgrims and faithful present in the Holy City to remember their loved ones on this special day of prayer and spiritual communion with the deceased. As tradition has it, in Jerusalem there are two distinct parts in the course of the morning: […]
