On Friday 31 May, the day that closes the Marian month, the Franciscan community of the Custody of the Holy Land celebrated the feast of the Visitation, in the shrine dedicated to it in Ein Karem , The Gospel according to Luke (1:39-56) gives a delicate and intimate picture of the meeting between the Virgin Mary and her cousin: Elizabeth, who in her old age was desperate about the possibility of every having children, greeted Mary who had Jesus in her […]
Seven brown habits make their way, through the Jaffa Gate, to the new entrance of the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum, in the Holy City. They are Franciscan friars from the Custody of the Holy Land, who have been invited for a guided tour of the Museum, which was inaugurated after its renewal in early June. Gestures that speak The friars were welcomed by the Director and Curator of the Tower of David Museum, Eilat Lieber, together with the heads […]
On Thursday 10 October, Fra Flavio Antonio Curto Gutiérrez made his solemn (perpetual) profession in the Order of the Friars Minor in Jerusalem, in the hands of the Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton. With this, Fra Flavio takes on once and for all the commitment to follow in the steps of the Lord, following the example of St Francis, living in obedience, without anything of his own and in chastity. “All things work for good” The celebration […]
The 2020 Massolini Calendar, dedicated to Cyprus, was presented in the Aula Magna of the Diocesan Cultural Pole of Brescia, on 20th December. Father Jerzy Kraj, Delegate of the Custody of the Holy Land for Cyprus was present. The table of speakers was made up of Don Flavio Dalla Vecchia, lecturer in Hebrew Language and Literature at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart; Father Aldino Cazzago, lecturer in the History of Orthodox Theology at the Catholic University of the […]
