A new center of mosaics was inaugurated in Bethlehem to preserve the beauty of the Old City and to promote new job opportunities for local youth. The center is born within the project “New Mosaicists for Bethlehem” and is promoted by ATS pro Terra Sancta thanks to the support of the Friends Association P. Kaswalder, […]

“During their journey from Africa, many people suffered severe violence, sometimes they saw their loved ones dye in front of their eyes. Therefore they live with traumas that prevent them from living and working peacefully, even after several years”. Speaking is Rachel Gerber, coordinator of the Jerusalem African Community Center, which welcomes African refugees that […]

Jameela and Reem are two 15-year-old cousins ​​who have been attending the Saint Joseph School for Girls, not far from the historic center of Bethlehem. Jameela and Reem are just two of the 238 girls in this institution who are helped with the fee, thanks to the support of ATS pro Terra Sancta through the sponsorship funds. […]

Whoever enters the Convent of the Flagellation today will notice a new name on some doors: SBF Archaelogical Collections. This will be the name of the new section of the Terra Sancta Museum which, with its name, is linked to the long tradition of the Franciscan archaeologists of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum which preserve the […]

The presentation of Virtual Reality glasses to Lazarus’ tomb is the first step of the “Accesible Palestine” initiative, an innovative form of social tourism promoted by ATS pro Terra Sancta and Mosaic Center, together with the Municipality of Betania. The 3D glasses guarantee the virtual visit of sites for pilgrims and tourists with physical disabilities to […]

“Ciao, come stai?” – “Hello, how are you?” In Bethany, the city of Lazarus, as well as in Sabastiya and Jerusalem, ATS pro Terra Sancta held free language copurses as support to the Christians of the Holy Land or to those who work in the projects of the NGO at the service of the Custody […]

A project to support the forgotten children of Aleppo With the project “a name and a future” we would like to introduce you to is aimed at taking care of the abandoned children and those born to women who were raped and abused in the last eight years. These children are part of a society […]

On the occasion of Easter, we asked some of the collaborators and volunteers of ATS pro Terra Sancta that live and work in the Holy City to tell us something about it. From Jerusalem, the testimony of those who spend every day to support the hope of the Holy Land. Thas same hope we are […]

Mattia is a thirty years physiotherapist. After studying in Milan and in Germany, a Franciscan friend of his urged him to come to the Holy Land in Bethlehem. “After three months at the La Chreche orphanage – Mattia explains – I was struck by the stories and the faces of those children, so I wanted […]

We all gave a sigh of relief, a year and a half ago, when televisions around the world were broadcasting images of the people of Aleppo celebrating the freedom reached after months of fighting in the martyr city. We had hoped, perhaps for a moment, that it would all be over soon. That we could  […]

Daniel, an 18-year-old boy from Bethlehem, has had problems with school in the past: he did not want to study anymore. But when he was told about the new technological course that was about to open in his school, he immediately registered. Daniel is one of the twelve boys attending the new technological course at […]

For years now, ATS pro Terra Sancta has been working with the Mosaic Center in Samaria to support the local population through restoration, enhancement, reception and development projects. Projects and activities that would not find support if there were not the strength of women who contribute their lives to make their communities live. Maha Hawari […]

“The situation is really extremely critical. Only today at least 40 shells rained down on Damascus… Starting from tomorrow we will be forced to stay in our homes, it is really too risky to move around Bab Touma these days”. The message form Ayham, of the Association pro Terra Sancta in Syria to his colleague […]

“I never left my home”. Roza is 73 and still lives alone in an old house in the Old City of Jerusalem. “For over a hundred years my family has always lived here and these walls for me are everything”. But there were many water infiltrations and often Rosa had to use buckets to collect […]

Basel * wakes up every night with the fear of being hit by a missile. His father was mutilated three years ago and now has prosthetics instead of his hand and legs. “He is blind – says little Basel – because he also lost his eyes during the war. He is always angry and sometimes […]

To reproduce using what is already there. Tiles found in storage, earthenware pots and hollow bricks are just some of the elements that are being used by the restorers of the team Restauratori Senza Frontiere Italia (“Restorers Without Borders”), who have come to Jerusalem to repair the mortar in the stone walls of the archaeological […]

“Teacher slowly slowly !” Says Ahmad, while with a white coat and a syringe in his hand he intervenes on an old vine trunk. With him, Ayman is drawing the relief and Bashar is weighing a solvent on a scale. They are just some of the workers who work on the restoration of an ancient […]

“Everyone has walked in his life and the journey is part of Faith“. Pietro Labate has been working as an environmental guide in central Italy for thirty years. Recently he was in the Holy Land to draw new routes between Jericho, Bethany and Jerusalem for the new project of the Association pro Terra Sancta: Welcoming […]

In 2016, Christmas in Aleppo was marked by the liberation of a city that has suffered much during the endless Syrian conflict. The hope brought by the liberation of the city, grew timidly in 2017: some activities have resumed and some destroyed apartments have been rebuilt, thanks to your valuable support through the Association pro […]

At Christmas the nativity scene is set up and reproduced in the cribs, all over the world. The Grotto of the Baby Jesus represents the heart of this sacred and popular representation. In our days there are still people living in Bethlehem, that every year rush towards the manger as it happened more than 2.000 […]