Holy Monday in the Holy Land, celebrated in Bethany, has for centuries been one of the most heartfelt moments of Holy Week. Here, six days before Easter, the Christian liturgy relives the gesture with which Mary of Bethany poured precious nard oil on the feet of Jesus, drying them with her hair, filling the whole house with the fragrance of the sacred ointment (cf. Jn 12,1,3). This episode, of gratuitous, silent and profound love, is at the center of the […]
On the occasion of the centenary of the night commemorating the conversion to Catholicism of the Servant of God Sister Maria della Trinità, a conference was held on Saturday, February 14, accompanied by an exhibition designed to recount in a simple yet incisive way the figure of the Poor Clare who lived in Jerusalem. A journey of crisis and conversion Sister Maria della Trinità, born Luisa Jaques, was born into a Protestant family in South Africa at the beginning of […]
In these days, while the war between Israel and Iran was bringing tension and concern throughout the region, the convents of the Custody of the Holy Land also experienced an unusual and intense time. The measures issued by the authorities prevented many workers from reaching their workplaces. For our communities this meant suddenly finding themselves without the precious help of the people who daily collaborate with the friars in the houses, in the schools and in the structures that welcome […]
About 40 people attended the event, including Franciscans, secular priests, and religious from other orders. On the morning of January 23, numerous priests and religious who spiritually accompany pilgrims on their journeys to the Holy Land and other places gathered at the Basilica of San Francisco el Grande in Madrid. In the Santa Isabel de Hungríahall of the OFS, and after a few welcoming words from Fr. Pedro González, Commissary of the Holy Land, Fr. Ulise Zarza, Custodial Vicar, took […]
