1st Sunday of Advent (commentary).
Commentary on this Sunday’s readings, by Br. Elio Passeto, NDS. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO.
Commentary on this Sunday’s readings, by Br. Elio Passeto, NDS. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO.
Brothers and Sisters of Sion celebrated this last Saturday the Mass of Christ the King in the Church of Ecce Homo (Old City of Jerusalem). The celebration was presided by Bishop Michael Fitzgerald (White Fathers). Sisters, brothers, novices and friends of Sion, as well as members of other religious congregations, laypeople and the Consul of Read More
Commentary on this Sunday’s readings, by Sr. Anne-Catherine Avril, NDS. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO.
The International Novitiate of Sisters of Sion has released a new report on their activities during the month of October and beginning of November. CLICK HERE to check the document.
Commentary on this Sunday’s readings, by Br. Elio Passeto, NDS. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO.
The classic Fiddler on the Roof is an adaptation of a Broadway musical of the same name, created in 1964 by the American composer Jerry Bock. The play, which takes place in Tsarist Russia in 1905, is based on the play Tevye and his Daughters by Sholem Aleichem. The story revolves around Tevye, the father Read More
par Sr. Anne-Catherine AVRIL, NDS. Starting with the second book of Maccabees, we are in the second century BCE. This is the time of the domination of the Greek Empire and the invader would spread his culture in all his conquests, forcing the Jews to abandon their legislation, including the Sabbath, circumcision and the dietary Read More
Traditional Judaism firmly believes that death is not the end of human existence. However, because Judaism is primarily focused on life here and now rather than on the afterlife, Judaism does not have much dogma about the afterlife, and leaves a great deal of room for personal opinion. It is possible for an Orthodox Jew Read More
The Five Scrolls or The Five Megillot (מגילות in Hebrew) are parts of the Ketuvim (“Writings”), the third major section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). The Five Scrolls are the Song of Songs, the Book of Ruth, the Book of Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and the Book of Esther. These five relatively short biblical books are grouped together Read More