The solemn consecration of the Croatian Chapel took place on Saturday 1 March, at the Franciscan site of the Shepherds’ Field in Bethlehem. This chapel is one of the ten built near the church of the Shepherds’ Field, of the Custody of the Holy Land, and assigned to different countries to offer pilgrims an adequate space for prayer and the celebration of the Eucharist. The Croatian Chapel is the first to have been completed. The ceremony of the Eucharist was […]
The Florence mayor's visit to Israel and Palestine, Feb. 15-19, was supposed to last four days. But Dario Nardella, who came to the Holy Land at the invitation of the Custos, was forced to return to his city ahead of time because of a terrible workplace accident in which four people lost their lives. In this spirit of listening and deep friendship, in the sign of Giorgio La Pira, the Mayor of Florence visited some of the Custody's missions, such […]
On the morning of 26 December, the Christmas atmosphere livens up and warms up the Infirmary of St Saviour’s Convent in Jerusalem. Here, where the elderly and ill friars find comfort, assistance and care, the Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton, celebrated Mass in honour of St Stephen, the first martyr. On this occasion, the Custos exchanged greetings with the elderly confreres and brought a message of hope and closeness to them. The liturgy was celebrated simply and […]
The Christian Media Center has increased the number of languages in which it produces its weekly news. The news from the multimedia centre of the Custody of the Holy Land, founded in Jerusalem in 2008, has recently reached a new public in Asia, thanks to the translations into Chinese and Indonesian. Through the web, the Land of Jesus, with all its spirituality and beauty, can reach even the countries that are the furthest away. “We already published contents on our […]
