Fifty days after Easter, on the day of Pentecost, Jerusalem remembers the effusion of the Holy Spirit that Jesus gave to his disciples gathered in the Cenacle. The Custos of the Holy Land, fra Francesco Patton, presided over the celebrations of the vigil in St Saviour’s church and those of the day at the Cenacle. St Saviour and the Cenacle St Saviour’s church and the Cenacle have a special bond. The Cenacle, on Mount Zion, is and was the first […]
“Be yourselves, for everyone, signs of hope”: these were the words (you can read the full text HERE) that Pope Francis addressed to the members of the Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions (C.E.L.R.A.) who are holding their annual meeting in the Vatican. The Pope greeted them on the morning of 28 August in the Paul VI Audience Hall. Flame of hope The Pope expressed his closeness to those present and the Churches in the whole Region. […]
On 27 October, the Custody of the Holy Land held a Thanksgiving Mass in Jerusalem for the canonization of the Martyrs of Damascus, which took place on 20 October in Rome. The celebration was held in the Franciscan church of St Saviour and was presided over by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton. The concelebrants included Monsignor Adolfo Tito Yllana, apostolic delegate in Jerusalem and in Palestine, and the Maronite Archbishop Moussa Hage, who had presided over […]
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 […]