The solemnity of the Nativity of St John the Baptist began at the shrine of St. John in the Desert with the First Vespers on 23 June, celebrated every year in the places of the saint’s life, a few kilometres from Jerusalem. The third of the shrines of Ain Karem, after that of the Visitation and of the birth of St John the Baptist, in the hermitage of St. John in the Desert commemorates the place of the Baptist’s childhood […]
From the confusion of the Tower of Babel to the fusion of stories, cultures and languages. This was the experience of 55 youngsters aged between 13 and 22, who took part in the third “Knüpfwerk” from 27 July to 5 August. It is an interreligious and musical summer camp promoted by the Magnificat Institute of Jerusalem, the music school of the Custody of the Holy Land, the “Upper Room” association of the diocese of Vienna and the German organization “Faiths […]
The friars of the Custody of the Holy Land, together with friends and faithful, gathered around the family of Shibly Abu Sada for the last farewell to one of the long-term collaborators of the Custody. Shibli was “a gift from the Lord and a special person,”, the Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton, said who on 15 October, presided over his funeral in St James’ church in Beit Hanina (Jerusalem). The Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins, Cardinal […]
On Thursday, February 20, the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington, D.C., hosted a concert featuring two choirs: the Indian Springs School Concert Choir, from Indian Springs, Alabama; and the Camerata from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). The selections ranged from the sacred, such as AdoroTe Devote, and the secular, including the Irish classic, “Danny Boy.”The choirs performed individual selections and concluded the evening with a joint performance including pieces by Bach and Handel, from The Messiah. […]
