The fourth pilgrimage, which took place during the fifth week of Lent, was focused on contemplating the Lord’s condemnation in the very place that commemorates it: the Sanctuary of the Condemnation, located in the complex of the Monastery of the Flagellation in Jerusalem. The Sanctuary was rebuilt in 1904 by Fr. Wendelin Hinterkeuser on the ruins of a medieval church, which was discovered years earlier and whose name is unknown. The new church was named after the large slab floor […]
The Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land has been reactive to the difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in the Holy Land, providing food aid. It is Fr. Peter Vasko, a Franciscan friar and President of the American Foundation which supports part of the social projects of the Custody who says this. “We have donated $10,000 to the parish of Bethlehem and $10,000 to the parish of Jerusalem for food supplies,” the priest explains. “We started by getting in contact […]
