With the Chrism Mass and in Coena Domini – combined in a single celebration - at the Holy Sepulchre, the Easter Triduum opened in Jerusalem. The celebration was presided over by the Latin Patriarch, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. This is the Mass with which the establishment of the Eucharist and of the Ministerial Priesthood is remembered: about 250 priests concelebrated and renewed the vows of the day of their ordination. The rite of the “washing of the feet” was held during […]
Experiencing how beautiful it is to frame your life from the Gospel and always feel that you are accompanied by Jesus: these were the words that guided the 150 young people who gathered in Nazareth from 16 to 18 August for the annual meeting entitled "I live with you". A meeting that this year, due to the ongoing conflict and instability, replaced the Franciscan March. The Son of God chooses to live with us “I would say that the fact […]
On the afternoon of Wednesday, April 30, at the monastery of the Poor Clares in Jerusalem, the diocesan phase of the beatification cause of the Servant of God Sister Maria of the Trinity (Louisa Jaques) was officially opened. For the occasion, the Franciscan community of Jerusalem, together with the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton, gathered in prayer at the Poor Clares’ convent. Her life Louisa-Elisa Jaques was born in 1901 in South Africa. She was a woman […]
At the end of the initiative supported by the Commissary of the Holy Land of Tuscany and Florence City Council entitled “Florence and Jerusalem”, a meeting was held to take stock of the excavations under way at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre on 29th April at the Marino Marini Museum in Florence. The event aimed to reread the history of the archaeological excavations at the Holy Sepulchre, giving a voice to those in charge of the works today and yesterday, […]
