In the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, in front of the altar of Mary Magdalene, right where the Gospel according to John describes the meeting of the woman who first met the risen Lord, the Church of Jerusalem celebrated the feast dedicated to the Saint of Magdala. The celebration, presided over by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Ielpo, together with the Discretorium, the friars of the Custody, and the numerous faithful present for the commemoration of the […]
On the evening of Thursday, May 7, the inauguration of the exhibition "I, Brother Francis: 800 years of a great adventure" was held in Jerusalem. The exhibition, set up at the Curia of the Monastery of St. Saviour in Jerusalem, is part of the initiatives carried out in the context of the Franciscan Jubilee, which celebrates 800 years since the death of St. Francis of Assisi. The original exhibition was organized in the context of the forty-sixth Meeting for Friendship […]
For the Franciscan family and in particular for the Custody of the Holy Land, Saturday, September 5 and Sunday, September 6 were days of great symbolic value. On the first day, in the evocative setting of the Sanctuary of La Verna, four novices made their first Religious Profession, thus taking a fundamental step in their journey within the Order of Friars Minor. The following day, instead, the joy continued with the rite of clothing of the new novices inside the […]
This year too, the Custody of the Holy Land wished to pay tribute to the Italian Republic with a solemn Eucharistic celebration in Jerusalem, on the occasion of the Italian national holiday which falls on June 2. According to a well-established tradition, the Holy Mass is celebrated on the Sunday closest to the date on which Italy commemorates the institutional referendum of 1946 which marked the birth of the Republic. This year, however, the coincidence with other liturgical celebrations on […]
