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Good Friday Collection: Message from the Commissary of the Holy Land, Fr. David Grenier, OFM

2024-03-26T16:40:31-04:00March 26th, 2024|Categories: News|

“Since its origins, the Church has continuously and passionately cultivated solidarity with the Church of Jerusalem… Pope Francis has also often emphasized the importance of this ecclesial gesture.” – Letter of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, 2024 Dear Friends, The Holy Land friars and I wish you and your families a very blessed Holy Week. [...]

Good Friday Collection: Letter from the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

2024-03-25T09:36:17-04:00March 25th, 2024|Categories: News|

                                                                                                                            Ash Wednesday, 2024      Dicasterium a die 5 Iunii 2022                                                                       Prot. N. 1/2024 Dear brother in the episcopate, “And now our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem.” How we wish the words of Psalm 122 were a description of what is happening in our days! Instead, many pilgrims remain far from the city of [...]

The Franciscan Monastery at the NY Encounter 2024

2024-03-20T10:59:45-04:00March 20th, 2024|Categories: News|

Fr. David Grenier, OFM, Commissary of the Holy Land in America, took part in the New York Encounter, held from February 16 to 18. On this occasion, he spoke about the ongoing conflict and its impact on the life of the Franciscans of the Holy Land and their support of the local Christian community. We discussed [...]

The fourth peregrination to Bethany

2024-03-14T14:57:49-04:00March 14th, 2024|Categories: News|

Every year, the Franciscans of the Holy Land make a weekly Lenten pilgrimage to the shrines commemorating the Passion of Jesus.  Today, the pilgrimage took place at the Shrine of Friendship, in Bethany.  The road from Jerusalem to Jericho goes down behind the Mount of Olives, leading to the Arab village of al-Azarìya, which is believed [...]