News Page 22
19 July 2019
by Giacomo Pizzi
“Hospitable Bethany”: a 360 degree formation for local enterpreneurship activities
From 24 to 27 June, a Digital Marketing course was held in Nisf Jubeil, a village in the heart of Samaria, as part of the “Hospitable Bethany” project: sustainable tourism in support of the local community funded by the Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development (project AD10958) implemented by the Association pro Terra Sancta together […]
16 July 2019
by Giacomo Pizzi
Educating through music: the experience of young Palestinians in Bethlehem
Last week, after two years of lessons, a group of 20 Palestinian students and professionals finished the Music Therapy course “You will find me in the sound”. The project was promoted by Association pro Terra Sancta in collaboration with Bethlehem University, the Italian association “Musica Prima”, the center “Service of Psychology of Learning and Education […]
09 July 2019
by Giacomo Pizzi
The Center for Oriental Studies in Cairo, where dialogue is life.
The sun beats down strong on these hot summer days. Moisture sticks to the skin, and the smog that one breathes in the streets of the poor neighborhood of Muski covers with its veil an overpopulated and chaotic city. It is precisely here that we meet fra Vincenzo Mistrih, director of the Franciscan Center for […]
02 July 2019
by Giacomo Pizzi
In Bethlehem, where the mosaic becomes a school
As part of the current project, “New mosaicists for Bethlehem”, financed by the Province of Trento and carried out by the Association ATS Pro Terra Sancta, a series of cultural meetings and sightseeing tours in the Al-Tarajmeh and Al-Heirizat quarters of the Old Town have been offered to the residents of Bethlehem, in particular to […]
25 June 2019
by Giacomo Pizzi
Keep to know: Eleonora’s experience in Cyprus
“In Italy I never had the chance to work at a job related to my degree, ATS has allowed me for the first time to work in my field of study”. Eleonora, 25 years old and a graduate in archaeology and art history, is working as an intern for Association pro Terra Sancta in Jerusalem […]
21 June 2019
by Giacomo Pizzi
Jerusalem. Leonardo da Vinci, the continuous search for truth and the contribution we can make today in the Holy Land
On the occasion of the celebrations for the Italian Republic Day, the Italian Consul in Jerusalem invited the many Italians who live and work in Jerusalem to a ceremony held on Thursday 13 June on the Casanova terrace, one of the best points to admire the Gerosolimitane landscape : “We decided to celebrate in the […]
14 June 2019
by Giacomo Pizzi
Bethany. At the Franciscan monastery, an Iftar of “hospitality, friendship and brotherhood”
The tables occupy the churchyard of Bethany, the city a few miles from Jerusalem where Lazarus, Martha and Mary lived. Everything is ready to begin, for the second consecutive year at the Iftar, the dinner that interrupts the daily fast that Muslims perform during the month of Ramadan, to which, for the occasion, the Franciscans […]
14 June 2019
by Giacomo Pizzi
Bethany, home of friendship
12 June 2019
by Giacomo Pizzi
SpecialItaly Palestine: story of a very important collaboration between Italy and Bethlehem
Specialitaly Palestina is the name of the inclusive development project for the tourism sector in Beit Sahour and Bethlehem. Head of the project is the Municipality of Comacchio which proposes to develop innovative hospitality and catering activities involving 27 public and private entities from five Italian regions (Emilia Romagna, Veneto, Puglia, Basilicata and Sicily) including […]
04 June 2019
by Giacomo Pizzi
“You have done it unto me”: the witness of Fr. Firas Lutfi from Aleppo
Instead of studying and playing, learning art and music, Syrian children have lost all means for normal and dignified growth due to the war. Instead of having fun and playing, they have to shut themselves up in their homes for fear of going out because death or mutilation awaits them both outside and inside the […]
31 May 2019
by Giacomo Pizzi
Together to Ein Karem, the town of the Magnificat
The village of Ein Karem is located a few kilometers from Jerusalem. In this wooded and quiet area according to Christian tradition the Virgin Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth, and according to the story of the evangelist Luke “was kept hidden for five months” meditating on the miracle of late pregnancy granted by […]
28 May 2019
by Giacomo Pizzi
The beautiful Iftar with the women of Bethany
The Arabic term Iftar indicates the moment in which the Muslim faithful start drinking and eating again after having spent the day in complete fast from dawn to sunset. Fasting is a religious practice of Islam that lasts the entire month of Ramadan, the month in which the revelation of the Qur’an to Muhammad is remembered. […]
21 May 2019
by Giacomo Pizzi
Deepening the history of the dialogue between St. Francis and the Sultan, to rediscover it today
On the occasion of the eighth centenary of the meeting between St. Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt Al-Malik Al Kamil which took place in Damietta in 1219, the Custody of the Holy Land together with the Faculty of Biblical and Archaeological Sciences in collaboration with the Pontificals From March to November 2019, […]
14 May 2019
by Giacomo Pizzi
A witness from Idlib, Syria: “bombs have been falling for days, but we shall not leave”
“Bombs have been falling for days a few kilometers from here, we are fine, but the situation gets worse every day. The Valley of the Orontes river is almost deserted, thousands of people are fleeing from the bombing and many come every day to ask us for food and water, they sleep under olive trees […]
03 May 2019
by Giacomo Pizzi
Annual Report 2018
The General Assembly of the Association pro Terra Sancta met in Jerusalem on May 1st to update the members on the strong development of the Association in the past year and to illustrate further proposals for the future. On the agenda: the approval of the Annual Report 2018 and the related presentation of the sources and […]
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