Custos visits Jerusalem kehilla


On June 25, 2015, Reverend Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Franciscan Custos of the Holy Land, celebrated the evening mass at the Jerusalem kehilla.

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For Father Pizzaballa this was a return to a well-known locale as he had founded the Franciscan house of Saints Simeon and Anne in 2000 and welcomed the Jerusalem kehilla there. He served as superior of the house and responsible for the Jerusalem kehilla until he was appointed Custos in 2004.

Many faithful gathered to greet him, including some of the many children who frequent the Jerusalem kehilla, most of them the children of migrant workers and asylum seekers.

Welcomed by the responsible for the Jerusalem kehilla, Father Rafic, the Custos celebrated the mass in Hebrew and was assisted by Deacon Alberto Pari OFM, who will be ordained to the priesthood on June 29.

At the end of the mass, Father Custos revealed that he never forgets the many years he served the kehilla and prays for all its members.

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