On Sunday 18 January, celebrations were held in Cana of Galilee, today’s village of Kafr Kanna, for Jesus’ first miracle during the Wedding at Cana. The Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Ielpo, visited the local parish, accompanied by the Custodial Treasurer, Fr. Agustin Pelayo Fregoso, and the Deputy Head of Mission of the Apostolic Nunciature in Israel, Msgr. Nicola di Ponzio. The first miracle As written in the Gospel, Jesus took part in a wedding feast in Cana […]
With a solemn Eucharistic celebration in the Church of St. Saviour, the academic community of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum and the Studium Theologicum Hierosolymitanum inaugurated the new academic year 2025-2026.The liturgy was presided over by Br. Francesco Ielpo, custos of the Holy Land, who in his homily offered a profound reflection on the Word of the day, inviting students and professors to live study as a journey of search and fraternity. Two schools for a single mission The Studium Biblicum […]
At the Shepherds’ Field, in Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem, the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception is today a living and fully operational reality. On 14 January, after a long and complex journey lasting more than five years, the so called "Spanish chapel" is officially inaugurated with a Eucharistic celebration, marking a moment of great spiritual, artistic and ecclesial value for the Spanish mission in the Holy Land and its support of the Custody. A project born long ago The idea […]
On January 10, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in the Porziuncola will become the focal point of the solemn celebrations for the 8th Centenary of the Transitus of Saint Francis of Assisi (1226–2026). Representatives of the Franciscan Families will be present:Friar Massimo Fusarelli, OFM, Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor;Friar Carlos Alberto Trovarelli, OFM Conv, Minister General of the Conventual Friars Minor;Friar Roberto Genuin, OFM Cap, Minister General of the Capuchin […]
