Every Saturday, at 8.30 p.m., the night in Nazareth is lit up by hundreds of candles, when from the square in front of the upper Basilica a crowd of pilgrims and faithful set off, reciting the mysteries of the rosary, towards the grotto of the Annunciation. It is the procession “aux flambeaux” (live here) which embodies one of the culminating moments in the life of the Shrine, which holds the memory of that dialogue between the Archangel Gabriel and Mary, which […]
An excursion to Turkey to learn the history of the faith in that country from the archaeological, historical and cultural points of view. This was the journey undertaken by 26 students from the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum from 19 June to 2 July, accompanied by fr. Yunus Demirci. These activities are the pride of the Studium, which has always been committed to ensuring that its students have a concrete and complete experience of the Biblical places. Istanbul and Cappadocia The first […]
On 22 April, the Custos of the Holy Land, fra Francesco Patton, went to Isfiya, on Mount Carmel, invited by the youngsters of the “Marian Movement in the Holy Land, an association which started in the Maronite Church. Here, he met the young people and celebrated Mass in the church dedicated to St Charbel Makhluf, a Lebanese monk and one of the best known saints in the Maronite Church. The date is significant: on the 22nd of each month, the […]
In the unprecedented condition of having celebrated the rites of the Holy Week behind closed doors, very many faithful from all over the world have sought comfort in the liturgies streamed over the Internet from the Holy Land. The Custody of the Holy Land described Lent and the Holy Week from the places where everything actually happened over the website custodia.org and the pages of the social networks. On Facebook, the posts in the past month reached over two million […]
