Syrian Emergency For 800 years ago, since St. Francis of Assisi traveled to the Holy Land with a message of peace, the Franciscan friars have cared for the people and sacred shrines associated with the life of Christ. The Holy Land friars need your help. Syria has been devastated by a conflict that has displaced half [...]
Culture and Dialogue at the Ratisbonne Monastery-Studium Theologicum Salesianum in Jerusalem, to celebrate the beginning of the new academic year. 'Libera nos Domine'. Among the notes of the song 'Per crucem', the Dies Academicus 2016 began at the Ratisbonne Monastery-Studium Theologicum Salesianum, in Jerusalem. On Saturday, October 8, the Faculty of Theology celebrated the beginning of [...]
A day of prayer, singing and dancing with Christian children and Muslims from Aleppo. “Love and joy have the final say, not death,” recalled the Franciscan parish priest, Fr. Ibrahim Alsabagh. “We have come together to say 'no' to violence, weapons and terror and 'yes' to charity, peace and joy.” said Fr. Ibrahim, the [...]
On the second Saturday of October, the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land commemorated the public life of the Savior in Capernaum, the city of Jesus. Capernaum ... the city of Jesus. That is how it is referred to in the Gospel of Matthew. On the second Saturday of October, on the shores of [...]