On the fourth Sunday of Easter, called “of the Good Shepherd”, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land go to Jericho, to celebrate in the church dedicated to the "Good Shepherd". According to the gospel story, Jesus restored the sight of the blind Bartimaeus and converted Zacchaeus, the tax-collector, accomplishing his ministry of God Shepherd for them. This year, the traditional peregrination was enriched by the celebration of the centenary of the dedication of the church and […]
On Wednesday 8 November, in the Room of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in St Saviour’s Convent in Jerusalem, Franciscans and Dominicans shared the annual appointment of the Dies Academicus. Every year, this meeting opens the academic year of the Ecole Biblique and of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (SBF), the most important Catholic academic institutions in the Holy Land and it is hosted in turn in one of the two locations. The welcome by the Dean fr. Pierri In the […]
In the Zillertal, one of the most beautiful valleys in the Tyrol, you can admire the Granatkapelle or the “Garnet Chapel”, designed by the architect Mario Botta, in honour of the Blessed Engelbert Kolland, an Austrian martyr who came from this valley. “Abuna Malak” – or “Father Angel”, as he was called in Damascus – together with Fra Manuel Ruiz Lopez, Fra Carmelo Bolta Bañuls and the eight other martyrs, will be canonized on 20 October in St Peter’s Square, […]
"This year, due to the pandemic caused by the Corona virus, it was not possible to take up the Good Friday Collection dedicated to supporting Christians living here in the Land of Jesus. This is why Pope Francis has accepted the request to move this gesture of sharing that concerns the whole Church to 13th September. Why September 13th, you may ask? Because it is the Sunday closest to the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, which we […]
