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 […]
Diving into a swimming pool can help develop the physique but also the mind. This is the challenge that the Custody of the Holy Land is launching with the new “Capital of the Resurrection” cultural and sports centre, inaugurated on Monday 3 July in Jerusalem. A number of authorities were present, including the Apostolic Delegate in Jerusalem and Palestine, the Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins, the Custos of the Holy Land and representatives of the agencies that funded the […]
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 […]
The first Commissariat of the Holy Land in India was inaugurated on Saturday 25th January at St. Anthon’s Friary in Bangalore, in the presence of Mons. Peter Machado, Archbishop of Bangalore, the Provincial Minister of the “St Thomas Apostle” Franciscan Province, Fr. Praveen D' Souza and Fr. Francis Xavier, the first commissioner of the Holy Land. A delegation from the Custody was also present for this important occasion, made up of the head of the office of coordination of the […]
