Custody of the Holy Land

The Custody of the Holy Land, its history, its mission, its current reality. The videos that tell the valuable activities of the Franciscans in the Holy Land.

The seeds of hope: Syrian twins explain their acceptance of a joint vocation

18 April 2018

The life of two brothers, students within the Custody of the Holy Land, reflects hope and a search for holiness, as called for in Gaudete et Exsultate, the recent Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis.

Horizons open up, indicating a path. And there are paths which intersect with links that are even stronger than ties of blood. George and Johnny, twins from Aleppo, in Syria, are student friars with the Custody of the Holy Land. They share not only physical similarities, but a common committment to fulfill the will of God, and this despite the challenges in their native land. Friar JOHNNY JALLOUF, ofm Custody of the Holy Land “What is the meaning of my life? Aware of many things: the trauma of war; the wounded, the loss family members ... in the face of all this, I ask myself that [...]