On 5 March, with the celebration of Ash Wednesday, the time of Lent, a period of forty days of prayer, fasting and penitence which prepares Christians for Easter, has begun. In Jerusalem too, the start of Lent was marked by community celebrations in the different convents. Lent, a time of grace and conversion At 6.30 in the morning at the Holy Sepulchre, the Franciscan friars celebrated Mass, presided over by the guardian of the convent, Fra Stéphane Milovitch and concelebrated […]
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 […]
The cause of canonization of Sister Mary of the Trinity (in the world, Louisa Jaques), a Poor Clare from St Clare’s monastery, has opened in Jerusalem. The announcement was made on 29 November 2024, the feast-day of all the saints of the Franciscan family. On this date, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem published the “Letter to the whole Diocese” and the Edict, signed by himself, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. These documents officially communicate the opening of the cause to all the […]
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, […]
