The Lord said to Simon Peter: "I have prayed that your own faith may not fail; and once you have turned back, you must strengthen your brothers.” It was with these words from the Gospel according to Luke (Luke 22,32) that the feast-day of the Chair of St Peter opened in Tiberias. On Saturday 18th February; the celebration was presided by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton, in the presence of a Hebrew-speaking community. The liturgy in […]
The Ayyar Festival of the Magnificat Institute, an annual appointment organized to promote the school of music of the Custody of the Holy Land, is currently under way in Jerusalem. Within the complex of St Saviour, there is a conservatoire that has over two hundred students of every age and level and, above all, of every nationality, religion and ethnic group. It is thus a highly significant experiment of integration which aims to encourage co-existence and dialogue through the language […]
The shrine of Bethphage, restored in its present-day form in 1954, stands on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives. The crossroads of the three roads that lead to Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethany, it is here that the meeting of Jesus with Martha and Mary before resuscitating Lazarus and the entrance by Jesus into Jerusalem, amid the joy of the disciples and the crowd singing hosannas, are commemorated. Fr. Silvio De La Fuente, Discreet of the Holy Land for […]
Br. Sergio Galdi D'Aragona ofm, Secretary for the 2021 General Chapter During the General Definitory meeting last March 20, 2019, Br. Sergio Galdi D’Aragona, OFM of the Custody of the Holy Land and the General Commissary of the Holy Land in Italy was elected as Secretary for the 2021 General Chapter. Born in Salerno on 30 October 1965. He has a PhD on Political Science, a Political-International course, and had his Masters in European Citizenship and Public Administration at […]
