The two solemn celebrations that are held on Holy Wednesday in Jerusalem introduced the Paschal Triduum through a day of reflection on the mystery of the Passion of Jesus. The two liturgical moments took place first at Gethsemane and then in the Chapel of the Apparition in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. The Singing of the passion in the Basilica of the Agony In the early morning of 27 March, the song Vexilla Regis started the Eucharistic celebration presided over by Fra […]
The exhibition “Royal treasures. Masterpieces from the Terra Sancta Museum” was inaugurated at the Museum of the Centro Gaiás of the City of Culture of Santiago on Thursday, 21 March The exhibition The exhibition – open from 22 March to 4 August, with entrance free of charge - is made up of a total of 108 pieces from Jerusalem, Lisbon and different museums in Galicia. These include the Museum of the Holy Land of Santiago de Compostela, which lent to […]
He was one of the oldest of those who found death in St Paul’s convent in Damascus due to the violent attack against the Christians, in the night between 9 and 10 July 1860. Fra Carmelo Bolta Bañuls was 58 years old: the parish priest for the Latins, he taught Arabic to the young missionaries and was in the convent when the Druze persecutors broke in. Together with Fra Manuel Ruiz López and the nine other martyrs, he will be […]
There is a special bond between Pontevico, a village in the province of Brescia (Italy) and the Magnificat of Jerusalem: although very distant from one another, they met on a special day, 22nd October when, at the ceremony of inauguration of the Civic Hall named after Giuseppe Ippoliti and Teresa Zani (the couple who saved Edith Fischhof and her sister Trude from the Nazi-Fascist fury in 1943), two musicians from the Magnificat School of Music, Willian Odeid and Faheem Khoury, […]
