The entrance of the Cross through the door of the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth marks the start of the Jubilee in the Holy Land. On Sunday 29 December, the feast-day of the Holy Family, following the indications of the Bull of Indiction of the Jubilee “Spes non confundit”, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, like all the bishops in the world, opened the Holy Year for the diocese of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which in addition to Israel and the Palestinian […]
In the rooms of the SBF Archaeological Museum in Jerusalem, part of the Terra Sancta Museum of Jerusalem, work has resumed for new displays. From the second half of June, until 6 July, architects, restorers and curators were busy in the first mission since the outbreak of the war last October. Renewal continues thanks to the contributions of many benefactors and the support of Pro Terra Sancta. New pieces have been added in some rooms, including the mosaics of the Byzantine […]
On 2 November, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land prayed in Jerusalem for the faithful departed and visited the three Latin Catholic cemeteries – that of the friars and the two parish cemeteries (one of which is no longer used) – and blessed the graves. Death and eternal life On this day, in addition to the Mass at the convent, the friars attend the solemn Mass in Arabic in St Saviour’s church, the Latin parish of […]
On Saturday 12 November, at the St. Francis Hall of the Washington Land Commissariat, in the presence of the Father Custos, Fr. Francesco Patton, 160 people gathered for the resumption, after a three-year interruption, of the annual Mass with benefactors and the ritual fundraising dinner. “What a delight it is to be joined by so many friars, friends, colleagues and family members for this celebration tonight,” Paul Schott Stevens said. “It is good to see the tradition renewed tonight after […]
