The visit of the Minister General, Fra Massimo Fusarelli in the Holy Land continues. After the trip to Galilee and Mass onMount Tabor , the morning of Wednesday 17 April was dedicated to two communities in Jerusalem, with a visit to the Holy Sepulchre and to the Flagellation. The community Mass at the Holy Sepulchre In the early morning, the Minister General – invited by the community – presided over the community Mass in front of the Holy Sepulchre, which […]
In Bethany/al-Eizariya, activities in the archaeological area are in full swing around the Franciscan shrine and the tomb of Lazarus. Kindling a passion In the middle of June, the pro Terra Sancta association started a course of “experimental archaeology” which has involved about fifteen local teenagers aged between 12 and 17. It is a challenge, but also a wager to “bring them closer to their history from when they are very young,” said Carla Benelli, an art historian and coordinator […]
Sixteen Franciscan friars made their solemn (perpetual) profession in Jerusalem, in the hands of the Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton. They come from ten different countries and three of them – Alejandro Pinzón Vinchery, Maikel Anjelo and Mervyn Gladstone Gomez – belong to the Custody of the Holy Land, while the others belong to other Provinces of the Order of Friars Minor and are in the Holy Land for their studies. Joy and sorrow Fra Flavio was […]
The Italian-language Commissaries of the Holy Land met in Jerusalem for a period of learning, meeting and sharing. About twenty friars followed the course of “Jerusalem, holy city” from 1st to 9th June. A course for falling in love The course for Commissaries was organized by the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (SBF). The programme combined theoretical and practical aspects, with lessons in the classroom and excursions to Jerusalem and its surroundings. “The basic idea is to make the Commissaries fall in […]
