The solemn entrance of the Custos of the Holy Land, fr. Francesco Patton in Bethlehem and the first vespers of the first Sunday of Advent in St Catherine’s church, mark the start of the time until Christmas in the land of Jesus. The celebrations started on the morning f 26th November, where fr. Patton met the representatives of the Latin parish and the deputy parish priest fr. Louis Khoury in the diwan of St Saviour’s convent in Jerusalem, exchanging the […]
On October 5th, professors, students and collaborators of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum of Jerusalem and the Studium Theologicum Jerosolimitanum gathered at St. Savior's Church, headquarters of the Custody of the Holy Land in Jerusalem, for the Solemn Celebration on the occasion of the opening of the Academic Year 2021-2022. The Holy Mass was presided by Br Frèdèric Manns, distinguished professor who still collaborates at the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum. In his homily, Br Manns underlined the importance of studying the Bible, the […]
On the promontory of Jaffa, the sanctuary of St Peter acts as a watershed between Tel Aviv and the coastal cities of the south: Ashdod, Ashkelon and Zikim, coming up to the Gaza Strip. A community of seven Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land lives here, and two others are detached to the convent of St Anthony, a few hundred yards away, the seat of the Latin parish. The life of the parish According to the New Testament, […]
