On 19th March, as according to tradition in the Holy Land, the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth welcomed pilgrims and local Christians for the celebrations of the feast-day of St Joseph. "Gathered today in the house of Mary, we want to fix our gaze on he who was chosen as the Custodian of the Mystery of the Son of God and his Mother," were the opening words of the Holy Mass by the Custodial Vicar Fr. Dobromir Jasztal. "His […]
“I was in the rooms of our convent, above the church of Beirut when I heard a very loud noise, like a plane. I went upstairs, I looked outside and the great wave caused by the explosion arrived.” These are the words used by Fr. Roger Saad, a Lebanese friar of the Custody of the Holy Land, who has been in service in Beirut for four years as bursar of the convent, to describe the catastrophe that yesterday befell the […]
