The Canção Nova Community in the Nazareth
In one of his visits to the Holy Land, Monsignor Jonas received a proposal from the former Maronite Bishop, Paul Saiah, to settle in the area of the old Maronite Church in the city of Nazareth, in order to develop a media evangelization work. Also to send a priest to help the local people along with the Church. Nazareth should therefore have a more pastoral character.
On March 12, 2013, the Canção Nova Community joyfully began its activities in Nazareth
That same year, Fra. Bruno Varriano, a Franciscan priest and Guardian of the Basilica of the Annunciation, and the Discretorium of the Custody of the Holy Land, proposed a partnership with the Sanctuary to broadcast the liturgical prayers and ceremonies that take place weekly in the Basilica of the Annunciation.
The proposal was accepted and these works began with the program “Na Escola de Nazaré”. With the development and expansion of this mission, the office was relocated to the one of the buildings in the compound of the Basilica, and later on the work was incorporated to the Christian Media Center, and in mid 2014 – 2015 the regional office of the CMC was created.
Institution of two Front Missions: Nazareth and Jerusalem
On 15 August 2019, the General Council of the Canção Nova Community expanded the potential of the Holy Land Mission, transforming it into two Mission Fronts, that is, establishing Nazareth as a new Mission Front, so that Jerusalem and Nazareth continue to operate in a spirit of communion, but independently.
