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As of today, the Arabic version of Pro Terra Sancta’s website is available online.  This site has been launched in order to involve and bring together the Holy land’s Christian population, the living stones and beneficiaries of ATS pro Terra Sancta’s and the Guardian of the Holy Land’s projects. The website for ATS pro Terra […]

We remind all music lovers and friends of the Magnificat Institute of Jerusalem, the music school of the Custody of the Holy Land whose activities have been supported for a number of years by ATS pro Terra Sancta, that tomorrow evening 6 October begins the annual series of “Organ Concerts” organized by the Magnificat Institute […]

This evening, Friday 30 September, a concert of sacred music will take place in Milan and will include an extract from the cantata “De Profundis” composed by Father Armando Pierucci, musician, composer and director of the Magnificat Institute of Jerusalem, which is supported by ATS pro Terra Sancta. The event is being organized by the […]

Still today in 2011 Bethlehem has to deal with the problem of illiteracy. Sister Femia, director of the Terra Santa Girls School “Sisters of St. Joseph” has communicated to ATS pro Terra Sancta her preoccupation in dealing with a number of students whose parents, being illiterate, are unable to aid them with their homework. At […]

On September 21st took place the inaugural ceremony of the Way of the Cross, donated to the Custody of the Holy Land by various painters, coordinated by the artist Giovanni Cremonese in collaboration with the Commissariat of the Holy Land in Treviso, Italy. The group, made up of Knights of the Holy Sepulchre on pilgrimage […]

Anna, a volunteer in Bethlehem for ATS pro Terra Sancta, recounts for us her birthday party, which she decided to celebrate together with the elderly women of the Antonian Charitable Society, a rest home for the elderly where she is offering her services. “The 24th of September 2011 was not only my birthday, but also […]

The work of ATS pro Terra Sancta is carried out by a small nucleus of collaborators and a much larger number of volunteers, who make themselves available to assist ATS pro Terra Sancta in various manners, both locally and above all at a distance. One example is our translators, who offer their valuable assistance from […]

A gift of fourteen works of art has been offered to the Custody of the Holy Land by various Italian artists, with the collaboration of the Commissariat of the Holy Land in the Veneto region. They will be unveiled on September 21st in Jerusalem during the pilgrimage of groups from Treviso-Martellago to the Holy Land. […]

Each Tuesday in October beginning the 6th, the annual series of “Organ Concerts”  organized by the Magnificat will be presented in St. Saviour’s Church in Jerusalem. The Magnificat is the musical institute of the Custody of the Holy Land that is supported by ATS pro Terra Sancta through its project “Magnificat: music in the Holy […]

A big success for the Italian national preview of the exhibition “Mosaics of the Holy Land – a bridge of tesserae across the Mediterranean”, which was inaugurated on Saturday in Mazara del Vallo as part of the fourth edition of the “Sponde” Conference. Presenting the exhibition, before an audience of several hundred people, was the […]

After the considerable success they enjoyed in the Holy Land, the two exclusive exhibitions carried out with the support of ATS pro Terra Sancta, “Mosaics of the Holy Land” and “Sebastia, the fruits of history and the memory of John the Baptist” are now in Italy and will be available to dioceses, pilgrims and friends […]

This morning marked the start of the course on good posture entitled “Promoting healthy behaviors: the correct posture to be adopted in school” at the Terra Santa Girls School “Sister of St. Joseph” in Bethlehem. The project is supported by ATS pro Terra Sancta and has been promoted as part of the project “Supporting emergency […]

After the success enjoyed by the exhibition of ancient Palestinian mosaics in Hebron during the month of July, the exhibit will be temporarily transferred to Italy and put on display in Sicily, at the Church of Saint Veneranda in Mazara del Vallo (Trapani). The exhibition, put together with a contribution from the European Union, and […]

Last week saw the reopening of Catholic schools in the Holy Land, an important element in the overall scholastic system in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Ten schools in total are operated by the Franciscans, welcoming each day 6,000 students, both Christians and Muslims – approximately four percent of the overall school population of Israel […]

Thirty mothers of students at the Terra Santa Girls School, Sisters of St. Joseph of Bethlehem yesterday received certificates of participation for the computer course entitled Information technology, parents and children: building a dialogue. The series of lessons was supported by ATS pro Terra Sancta as part of the project “Supporting emergency education in the […]