The annual feast-day of the shrine was celebrated on 13 October in Capernaum (Kfar Nahum), where the presence, the preaching and the miracles performed by Jesus are remembered. It was here that he spent a great part of his public life. He “came to live in Capernaum,” the evangelist Matthew wrote, suggesting that this had become his city of adoption, to the extent that it was called “the city of Jesus.”. Simplicity and solemnity This year, the peregrination took place […]
Students, teachers and staff of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum of Jerusalem (SBF) and of the Studium Theologicum Jerosolimitanum took part in the solemn celebration of the opening of the academic year 2023-2023 on Thursday 5 October in St Saviour’s church in Jerusalem. The Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, founded on 7 January 1924 at the sanctuary of the Flagellation, is celebrating its centenary during this academic year. For religious, consecrated and laypeople from all over the world, the Studium is a unique place where […]
The new mosaics by the Italian artist Antonio Vaccaluzzo dedicated to the prophet Elijah were inaugurated on Mount Nebo on 9 November. This artistic creation is in one of the two secondary chapels, adjacent to the Franciscan shrine, by the architect Osama Hamdan. Dedicated to the prophet Elijah, the chapel on the left now houses these mosaics which tell the story, through evocative images, of some of the most significant moments in the life of the prophet. The inauguration ceremony […]
Every year, more than ten million tourists visit the Basilica of the Sacré Coeur in Paris, the second most visited place in France after the Cathedral of Notre Dame. As the Sacré Coeur closes the celebrations for the jubilee of one hundred years since its consecration, an exhibition for the general public is hosted for the first time on its railings. Twenty-nine photographs are on display, taken by Thomas Coex, who was head of the photography department of the press […]
