Holy Wednesday at the Custody of the Holy Land starts following the morning traditions: the morning opened with a Solemn Mass at Gethsemane and the reading of the Passio Christ according to Luke. As pre-Council tradition has it, on the days before Easter, the Gospels of the Passion are sung during the solemn masses. In Jerusalem, this tradition is alive in the places that preserve the memory of what happened more than two thousand years ago. Celebrated by the Custodial […]
Acceptance, hospitality and prayer: this is what pilgrims find in the hostels run by Franciscan friars. Located very close to the Holy Places, they represent an excellent accommodation for many visitors. Br IBRAHIM FALTAS, ofm Director Casa Nova - Jerusalem "Casanova, the house for pilgrims. Casa nova is the favorite place of all pilgrims who come to visit the Holy Land, the Holy Places. We have Casae Novae in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Tiberias, on Mount Tabor, in Ein Karem: all […]
