The fourth pilgrimage, which took place during the fifth week of Lent, was focused on contemplating the Lord’s condemnation in the very place that commemorates it: the Sanctuary of the Condemnation, located in the complex of the Monastery of the Flagellation in Jerusalem. The Sanctuary was rebuilt in 1904 by Fr. Wendelin Hinterkeuser on the ruins of a medieval church, which was discovered years earlier and whose name is unknown. The new church was named after the large slab floor […]
JOSEPH SAYEH Bethlehem "My house is very small, there is no space... what can I say?" The stones and the people, the oil and the house...and the gratitude for the mission of the Franciscan Friars. In the middle of the last century, the Custody of the Holy Land offered "bread and oil" in its parishes as a daily help. Today, due to the different needs of the population, providing housing or shelter for a dignified life has become a way […]
