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Building upon the success of its website for the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Custody of the Holy Land is now offering to all pilgrims and devotees the possibility to learn more about the “City of Jesus” through a new website dedicated to the Sanctuary of Capernaum, with enhanced graphics and updated materials in four languages: Italian, English, […]

Below is a transcript of our interview with Father Ibrahim, parish priest of the Church of the Good Shepherd and director of the Terra Santa School in Jericho, in which he talks about the situation in the small Palestinian town where he is working. – How long have you been in Jericho? And where were […]

The Italian course at the village of Sabastiya is making good progress. The students, aged from 12 to 42, diligently attend the lessons held every Friday, taught by a member of the ATS pro Terra Sancta project. Some are university students, some work in the mosaic centre, while others run the guesthouse. Here are a […]

MOM, Magnificat Open Music: The second season of the music festival organized by the Magnificat Institute–the music school of the Holy Land Custody, supported by ATS pro Terra Sancta–will take place every Tuesday in May at St. Saviour’s Monastery in Jerusalem (May 1st, 8th and 15th in the Auditorium of the Immaculate; May 22nd and […]

On Thursday, April 19th thevillage of Sabastiya received a special guest: the archbishop of Krakow, S.E. Stanisław Dziwisz, who in fact went personally to visit the Palestinian town, accompanied by Father Jerzy Kraj ofm and by Carla Benelli, an ATS pro Terra Sancta collaborator. After having visited the historic center of Sabastiya, its Crusaders’ chapels […]

This year’s Holy Week has been particularly challenging for the Christians of Egypt. Especially in Cairo, the actual situation of ongoing post-revolution political instability and insecurity is pushing people to lesser self-confidence, worsening an already serious social and poverty situation. The friars of the cloister of the Musky district, one of the most ancient among […]

In March 2012 we resumed work on studying and cataloguing the finds at the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum Archaeological Museum. This sparked the idea of starting up a short news bulletin, edited by the volunteers working at the museum, in order to provide periodic updates on our progress and demonstrate the potential of the institution to […]

Capernaum, April 9th, 2012 The workers of the Custodial Technical Office, including several Italians among the staff, spent a day together on Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee). Having set out from Jerusalem in the morning, they reached Capernaum, Jesus’ city, just in time to cook lunch. Thanks to the hospitality of Father Jerome, the Guardian […]

Also ATS pro Terra Sancta presents two initiatives on “Rete del Dono” (Network of Gift), the first Italian portal on Network Fundraising, which offers to spread the culture of donation by the activation of social networks on the web. The device is simple: among a series of suggested initiatives, everyone can choose those he wishes […]

Study, cataloguing and digitizing of some of the oldest and most interesting books in the libraries of the Custody of the Holy Land in Jerusalem is currently being carried out. The libraries in St. Saviour’s Monastery and the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, between them, hold approximately 150 editions of the “Itineraria ad Loca Sancta”, presenting pilgrims’ […]

In an extremely delicate social context, where disabled children are frequently kept at the margins of society, a number of measures are being carried out to help meet the needs of these children. The priests of the Parish of the Holy Family, along with the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and the Sisters of Charity, […]

“Saint-Sépulcre : la magie du tombeau de Jésus” (The magic of the tomb of Christ) says the headline of the France Info webpage, one of the main French public broadcasters. During a broadcast on Easter Monday, the passionate voice of Marie-Armelle Beaulieu talks to the microphone of France Info about the magic and depth of […]

We reproduce below part of an article (in Italian) that appeared in “Avvenire” giving a first-hand account of the difficult situation in Syria. “We have lived in Syria for more than seven years and love this country and its people. We are angry and feel impotent at seeing the type of news that is circulating […]

This year in honour of Easter, the Franciscan Social Service Office (FSSO) will be distributing goods to the neediest of Bethlehem’s families, focusing on the elderly and widows with children.  The conditions of extreme deprivation and poverty that are faced by these people remain ever serious. Not only does the FSSO offer social and economic […]

A stones throw from the Holy Cenacle on Mount Zion, the reconstruction for the Saint Francis ad Coenaculum monastery continues in earnest.  This location holds a significant importance for the Franciscans of the Holy Land considering it’s proximity to the site of the Last Supper and the spot where the Franciscan’s established their first monastery some eight […]