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“Remembering the Good Friday Collection means recalling a commitment that dates back to Apostolic times. St Paul testifies to it in his Letter to the Christians of Galatia: ‘they would have us remember the poor, which very thing I was eager to do’ (2:10). And he reasserted this to the brethren of Corinth (1 Co […]

On 14th of April at Birzeit University and then on the 15th in Sebastia itself, the Sebastia Conference will be held; an event which we hope will advance the current projects in Sebastia and attract the attention and interest of scholars, especially Palestinians, and other experts in the field. The conference has been organized by […]

Visit www.custodia.org to see the new official website of the Custody of the Holy Land.  The Franciscans of the Holy Land have launched this remodeled version of their site, allowing friends and followers of the Holy Land to keep in touch in the simplest of ways.  Scrolling through images and enjoying the posted videos, followers […]

Restore, renovate and preserve the housing of the Old City of Jerusalem, thereby guaranteeing to the Christians who live there healthy and safe living environments: “Jerusalem, Stones of Memory” is a wide-ranging project launched by the Custody of the Holy Land and supported by ATS pro Terra Sancta to preserve the presence of those who […]

The following paragraphs contain tales of families and elderly members of Bethlehem’s community.  The Franciscan Social Service Office are committed to providing care for these people on a daily basis helped by the support of ATS pro Terra Sancta and their two projects dedicated to the birthplace of Jesus Christ: “Bethlehem and the children of […]

How your contributions are being spent: an interview with Ettore Soranzo, an engineer with the Custody of the Holy Land An ambitious and long-term project for the complete renovation of an additional 400 housing units located within the Old City of Jerusalem: Jerusalem, Stones of Memory, an initiative launched by the Custody of the Holy […]

A place, situated in the heart of the Old City of Jerusalem, where Christians, Jews and Muslims meet one another in the name of music: this is the Magnificat Institute, the music school of the Custody of the Holy Land, where children of various nationalities and ethnic groups learn and practice music together. The school […]

Friday 25 February, at 10.00 in Pius X hall at the Catholic University of Milan, marks the beginning of the conference entitled “Sebastia, the fruits of history and the memory of John the Baptist”. The aim of the conference, whose participants will include the President of the Catholic University, Professor Lorenzo Ornaghi, and the Custos […]

An exhibition to help make better known in Italy the archaeological site of Sebastia in the Palestinian Territories, to tell the story of the conservation and development activities undertaken in the village by ATS pro Terra Sancta (the NGO of the Custody of the Holy Land), and to highlight the contribution to the project provided […]

Evidence of dialogue in a Cairo besieged by the army and demonstrators. A library run by Franciscan friars where professors from the Islamic religious universities send their students to research their theses on such saints as Saint Frances and Saint Bonaventure. Here to tell about the things that are happening at the Mouski Convent, in […]

“Jugend musiziert” (young people make music) – a benefit concert for the Magnificat Institute, the school of music of the Custody of the Holy Land, took place on Sunday, 23 January at the Musikschule Grünwald. Markus Lentz, organiser of the concert, describes in an interview how he came up with the idea, and the importance […]

We have reproduced below the letter written by Father Armando, director of the Custody of the Holy Land’s music school in Jerusalem, the Magnificat, to supporters and friends of the Grünwald music school. The words of Father Armando were read aloud on the occasion of the concert this past 23 January. Dear Friends, Dear Director, […]

A project developed jointly by ATS pro Terra Sancta, AVSI, the Custody of the Holy Land and Ephpheta Paul VI, all very much committed to and involved in education and social works, with the aim of promoting and supporting education in the schools of the Holy Land: Supporting emergency education in the Palestinian Autonomous Territories […]

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The restoration of Palestinian artistic and cultural heritage, the training of the population and the development of the local economy: the splendid village of Sebastia, located to the north of Nablus in the Palestinian Autonomous Territories, will soon be at the center of an exhibition of videos and photographs to be exhibited in Milan by ATS pro […]