On the shores of the Sea of Galilee, in Tabgha, a small church built of dark stone is in the care of the Franciscans: tradition has it that the events of what is known as the “Primacy of Peter” took place here and are remembered by the community on 17 May, as every year, at the end of the Easter time. Fr. Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, presided over the Eucharistic celebration together with Fr. Miguel Ramírez Arévalo, […]
On 14th June, a group of Muslim women visited the seat of the Custody of the Holy Land in Jerusalem. It was a “first time” in an activity which for years has opened the doors of St Saviour’s Convent to groups and visitors of all religious confessions. The women, all from East Jerusalem, belong to the association called “Sehtak bel denia” (Your health is the most important thing) which deals with personal well-being both from the physical point of view […]
In the afternoon of 7 October, the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land gathered in St Saviour’s church in Jerusalem to pray the Rosary together and ask God for the gift of peace in the Holy Land and in the world, through the intercession of the Virgin Mary. Other initiatives were held in the various communities. The Rosary at St Saviour’s The prayer at St Saviour’s was presided over by the Custos, Fra Francesco Patton. For the occasion, an […]
Over 250 friends and benefactors of the Holy Land Franciscans and the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington, D.C., came together at the Monastery on Saturday, November 9, for the annual Mass and Gala. Franciscan Father Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, presided at the Mass in the Monastery church, and shared his reflections on the friars’ mission during the evening program. Father Custos set his remarks in the context of the 800th anniversary celebration of the […]
