In November, the streets of Kyoto, the former imperial capital of Japan, are covered with maple leaves. SHOSEI / AFLO / PHOTONONSTOP French Clément Sans recently became a Zen monk, ordered under the name of Tozan (“the mountain of the peach tree”). Each month, he sends us a letter that shares with us his reflections … Read more
It has already become a tradition that many families and friends agree to spend Christmas Eve at the Bethany Sanctuarywhere a beautiful large nativity scene located next to the image of the Virgin of Bethany welcomes all pilgrims. advertising Indeed, when crossing the footbridge of the Bethany Sanctuary visitors are delighted with murals dedicated to … Read more
In 1224, on a rocky outcrop near where the Sanctuary of La Verna stands today, in the Arezzo area, Saint Francis of Assisi received the stigmata, the five wounds of the crucified Jesus. On the occasion of the eighth centenary of that event, the community of the Friars Minor of the Sanctuary and the Study … Read more