The Holy Land Commissariat has inaugurated a new Gospel memorial, this time at the Yardenit Baptismal Site, in Galilee. This is the site where many Christian pilgrims visit to renew their baptismal vows in the Jordan river, even though the true baptismal site of Jesus lies much further down the Jordan valley, close to the Dead Sea.

Since it is a military zone, pilgrims cannot have access to it, except on certain rare occasions. The Commissary has funded a ceramic plaque containing the Gospel text of the Baptism of Jesus according to Saint Mark. The plaque has been placed in a prominent place, overlooking the place where pilgrims go down to bathe into the Jordan river.

There are many more plaques in various languages. The Maltese version is prominently marked as having been funded by the generosity of pilgrims by the Holy Land Commissariat of the Franciscans in Malta.