Terra Santa News from the Custody of the Holy Land

‘MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU’: FATHER PIZZABALLA APPOINTED ARCHBISHOP
Ordination of Mons. Pizzaballa, for twelve years Custos of the Holy Land. On June 24, he was appointed ‘Titular Archbishop of Verbe and Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem’ by Pope Francis.

EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS CELEBRATED IN FRONT OF THE CALVARY
The Franciscan community, pilgrims and local Christians celebrated the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, in front of the Calvary.

“WATCH AND PRAY”: THE DISCIPLES’ EXPERIENCE AT GETHSEMANE
The ‘Memory of Gethsemane’s Mystery’ turns 3. This Prayer offers the religious, the pilgrims and the local Christians a time for prayer and vigil before the Eucharistic Christ.

RETURN TO SCHOOL: CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS IN ISRAEL
33,000 students in Israel returned to Christian schools, between old and new challenges.

THE FIRST WINE FESTIVAL OF THE CREMISAN WINERY
The cellar of the Salesians, open since 1885, welcomed hundreds of guests on Saturday, September 10th: wines, cheese and music, immersed in a fairy-tale landscape.