The Franciscan shrine of Màgdala, on the western shore of Lake Tiberias, welcomed the Franciscan community of the Custody of the Holy Land for the second time in honour of the feast-day of St Mary Magdalene, the first to meet the Risen in front of the empty tomb, thus becoming the first witness of the victory of Jesus over death. The liturgical memory of the “Apostle to the Apostles” falls on 22 July, the day that Pope Francis - with a […]
The new liturgical calendar of the Custody of the Holy Land (click HERE to download it) has been published this year again for the Franciscan fraternities and for anyone who wants to follow the liturgical life of the Custody and follow the Franciscans in their peregrinations, which mark the memory and the devotion on the places touched by Our Lord Jesus Christ in his earthly life. The calendar follows the liturgical cycle (B) and starts with the first Sunday of Advent which […]
The eleven “Martyrs of Damascus” are saints. The names of eight Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land and of three Maronite laymen ,the Massabki brothers, have been added to the list of saints. Their feast-day is confirmed on 10 July, the day on which they were killed “out of hatred for the faith” in Damascus in 1860. Canonization The canonization ceremony was held on 20 October in St Peter’s Square in Rome. Three other saints, all portrayed in […]
More than one million cases of Covid-19 have now been recorded in Argentina and since August there are increasing numbers of cases recorded in the provinces far from the capital of Buenos Aires. Since the start of the lockdown in March, the number of people infected has continued to rise and the restrictions on movement to fight the pandemic have never officially been loosened. It is Fr. Luis Angel Anguita, superior of the confraternity of the convent of Buenos Aires […]
