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Since mid-March the Italian-language course for youth in Sabastiya has been underway. Once a week, for approximately three months, the youngsters involved in the project “Sabastiya, the fruits of history” will take part in Italian lessons given by a teacher from ATS pro Terra Sancta. The youngsters will gradually learn the basics of communication in […]

Here is ATS pro Terra Sancta’s latest photo gallery: a series of pictures of Christians in the Holy Land, portraits of their daily life both in their homes in the Old City and in prayer at the Holy Places. Many of the subjects in the photos are beneficiaries of our projects to support the local […]

Elio and Carla, two friends of the Holy Land, chose a lovely way to celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary: they decided to send all of the money they received from friends and relatives to help finance a project that is supporting the living stones of Jerusalem. The project to which they decided to send the […]

It is entitled “He did not seem an image that is silent. The art of reality at the time of Dante” − an informative exhibition prepared for the XXXII Rimini Meeting held in 2011, and now being presented at the “Enrico Manfredini” Cultural Center in Bologna. The curators and organizers of the exhibition have decided […]

The concert is called “The Magic Lamp” and is scheduled on March 24th at 6 pm at the St. Saviour Auditorium in Jerusalem. It is a series of unpublished songs from the Arab tradition of children songs and the main performers will be children from Jerusalem: students from the Magnificat Institute along with students from […]

The project “Jerusalem, Stones of Memory” involves renovations not only of residences belonging to the Custody of the Holy Land, but also churches and monasteries. Monday 12 March saw the start of renovation works on the Franciscan monastery on Mount Zion, near the Holy Cenacle. The works to be carried out by the Bursar’s Office […]

As is the case each year, as Holy Easter approaches the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, in the person of its prefect, is sending a letter to all of the bishops in the world with an appeal to offer prayers and concrete generosity in support of the Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East. We […]

The new paving of Capernaum’s archaeological site, situated on the banks of Lake Tiberias is about to become a reality thanks to the donation of porphyry that was recently received from the province of Trento and the Albian (TN) construction workers syndicate. 2500 meters squared of “red gold” will be laid for the new flooring […]

The site, with enhanced graphics, offers numerous updated materials in four languages ― Italian, English, Spanish, French ― along with a rich selection of images and downloadable photos of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The contents, organized thematically in a simple and intuitive manner, will accompany visitors in their discovery and understanding of the single […]

One of ATS pro Terra Sancta’s priorities in 2012 is to help the most vulnerable elements of the population in Bethlehem. Thanks to the funds collected during Advent 2011, ATS pro Terra Sancta can continue to support the activities of the Franciscan Social Service Office, the project of the Custody of the Holy Land in […]

The title is: “Palestinians: a photographic journey through stories of life and cooperation. The Italian commitment to development in the Palestinian Territories“. It’s the photographic exhibition to be officially opened tonight, March 7th at 6 pm at the Yabous Cultural Centre, in Az Zahara Street, Jerusalem. Among the different stories of life and cooperation projects […]

One of the many activities that the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land have tirelessly and persistently carried out during the course of their eight centuries there has been that of protecting and caring for the edifices that commemorate the places of Christian memory – sanctuaries and Churches – as well as […]

Many friends of ATS pro Terra Sancta have had the opportunity to learn about our activities from a pilgrimage to the Holy Places: before their departure, along the way, or when they returned home with a desire to know more about what is happening in the Holy Land. While we are waiting to open the […]

The words of the Custos of the Holy Land, fra Pierbattista Pizzaballa, have resonated with great force in recent days, thanks to the extensive media coverage given to this important initiative. A large number of Internet sites, including some very popular ones, have taken up the request for aid to the Christians of Syria. We […]

Some time ago ATS pro Terra Sancta launched a new project to support the small Christian community in Jericho, which is centered around the Good Shepherd Parish. For three months, Rosalie – a volunteer working with ATS pro Terra Sancta – has been in Jericho helping out with the needs of the community through the […]