The visit of the Minister General, Fra Massimo Fusarelli in the Holy Land continues. After the trip to Galilee and Mass onMount Tabor , the morning of Wednesday 17 April was dedicated to two communities in Jerusalem, with a visit to the Holy Sepulchre and to the Flagellation. The community Mass at the Holy Sepulchre In the early morning, the Minister General – invited by the community – presided over the community Mass in front of the Holy Sepulchre, which […]
After many months of inspections, investigations and tests, 75 works of art belonging to the Terra Sancta Museum have set off on their journey to Europa. Their destination: Lisbon, and one of the most famous museums in Portugal, the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum which from November 2023 until 15th February 2024 will host this exhibition of masterpieces of the Custody of the Holy Land. The works of art, selected after careful and meticulous work by the team of Professor António Filipe Pimentel […]
On 17 September, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land celebrated the feast of the impression of the Stigmata of St Francis, of which this year is the 800th anniversary. The Custodial Vicar, Fra Ibrahim Faltas, celebrated a Solemn Mass at St Saviour’s church in Jerusalem. For the occasion, an altar in honour of St Francis was set up at the foot of the presbyter. At the centre there is the tile in which the episode of […]
As part of the celebrations of the 800th anniversary of the pilgrimage of peace by St Francis of Assisi in the Middle East, the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton with Fr. Marcelo Cichinelli, coordinator of the Commissaries of the Holy Land, visited Colombia, taking part in a number of pastoral and academic events prepared by the Commissariat of the Holy Land in Colombia and the Universidad Franciscana de San Buenaventura. The commemorative events started on 16th September […]
