This year again, on the morning of Good Friday, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land went down the streets of Jerusalem following in the footsteps of the Lord, in the traditional Via Crucis along the Via Dolorosa. The moment of prayer was led by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton. The procession started from the school opposite the Shrine of the Flagellation and followed the stations of the Passion of Jesus Christ from […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fr. Paul Zahner, the new Commissar of the Holy Land for Switzerland and the principality of Liechtenstein, and fr. Louis Bischof, secretary and bursar of the Commissariat, belonging to the Swiss Custody, arrived in Jerusalem from Switzerland the week before Advent. Fr. Paul Zahner, formerly guardian of the community, theologian and expert in Franciscan spirituality, succeeds in the position of Commissar his predecessor Gottfried Egger, who held this role for 20 years: this is the occasion for fr. Paul to […]
