The friars of the Custody of the Holy Land, in the red vestments which recall the blood shed by Jesus, went up to Calvary. As on every 14 September, they celebrated the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in the place where Jesus was crucified. The new Golgotha A relic of the Cross was carried in procession to the Latin chapel on Calvary. It remained on the altar, under the mosaic of Christ being nailed on to the […]
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 […]
On 2 November, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land prayed in Jerusalem for the faithful departed and visited the three Latin Catholic cemeteries – that of the friars and the two parish cemeteries (one of which is no longer used) – and blessed the graves. Death and eternal life On this day, in addition to the Mass at the convent, the friars attend the solemn Mass in Arabic in St Saviour’s church, the Latin parish of […]
Br MARCELO CICHINELLI, ofm HL Commissioners Coordination Office "The first definition of Commissioners is this: they are bridges, they are ambassadors between the Holy Land and the local churches, the churches throughout the world, and as bridges they connect Christians from all over the world to the Custody of the Holy Land." A service to the Custody of the Holy Land that has very ancient origins. The Commissioners were instituted in 1421 by Pope Martin V, while in more recent […]
