Holy Wednesday in Jerusalem started early in the morning with the solemn mass at the Shrine of the Agony at Gethsemane, standing on the slopes of the Mount of Olives. The friars of the Custody, who had arrived in procession from St Saviour’s convent, first of all gathered for mass in the church of Nations, next to the garden of Gethsemane and then, again in a procession, they went to the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre for the traditional veneration […]
De 23 a 26 de abril de 2019, no Convento de S. Salvador, em Jerusalém, acontece o Curso de Atualização Bíblico-Teológica (CABT), organizado pelo Studium Biblicum Franciscanum. "Profetismo e Apocalíptica" é o tema escolhido para ser aprofundado para os cerca de cento e trinta participantes. O curso, idealizado pelo falecido Padre Frei Bellarmino Bagatti, era destinado inicialmente à formação permanente de religiosos/as, mas alargou-se a ponto de alcançar Professores de Religião e leigos peritos em Bíblia, sobretudo desde que o […]
As it is known, a terrible earthquake hit Turkey and Syria in the early hours of Tuesday 6 February, sowing destruction and death. In Syria, it is the north-western regions in particular that have been hit, where we are also present: the communities of the Valley of the Orontes, Aleppo and Lattakia. Thanks to God, the friars are all well, but there is enormous damage both in the villages of Knaye and Yakoubie, and in Aleppo and Lattakia. Our brothers […]
