Terra Santa News 04/10/2024

2024-10-03 11:23:29
Immigrants experience that God is their companion on life's journey ‘God walks with his people’. This is the theme for the 2024 World Day of the Migrant and Refugee. In Jerusalem, Holy Mass presided over by Mgr Rafic Nahra. The 30th anniversary of the Filipino Community of San Lorenzo Ruiz: joy, hope and testimony! The community of the first Filipino martyr has turned 30. Joy and celebration in the Ratisbonne monastery. A loving refuge for children without an identity The message of love and mercy embodied by St Vincent de Paul lives on through the service of the Sisters of Charity of Bethlehem. The Custos of the Holy Land tells his story: eight years of joys and trials Presented in Bologna the new book-interview by Roberto Cetera, journalist of the Osservatore Romano, and Fra Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land. St Francis of Assisi: pilgrims and strangers of fraternity and peace! The Feast of St Francis in Jerusalem. In times of war and conflict, live the spirituality of trust and fraternity to the full. On 3 September, in the Church of St Saviour in Jerusalem, teachers, students and auxiliary staff participated in the opening Mass of the new academic year. Br Rosario Pierri, Dean of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, presided at the Eucharist. Join us on 7 October 2024 in a day of fasting, penance and prayer for the Holy Land, asking the merciful Father and God of all consolation’ for our desire for peace and reconciliation

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