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 […]

At a time when the situation in Syria remains extremely delicate, the international community has responded, generously and promptly, to the appeal of the Father Custos of the Holy Land, fra Pierbattista Pizzaballa. Many donations have already arrived and others are on their way, by means of ATS pro Terra Sancta, to the Franciscan friars […]

“Together at school, against poverty” is the name of the project supported by the San Zeno Foundation of Verona through a co-financing agreement for two years of activities. The project, promoted by ATS pro Terra Sancta and the Terra Sancta College of Bethlehem, seeks to provide an answer to the growing problem of poverty encountered […]

Every day more and more tourists and visitors are staying at the picturesque Sabastiya guest house. And many of them, impressed by their welcome and by the riches of the historical-archaeological site, wish to recommend a visit to this interesting and splendid village to those who are planning a trip to the region. As a […]

For the second year in a row ATS pro Terra Sancta, in cooperation with the University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, is adding to its staff four young people who are performing their Civilian Service Abroad. The youths, who come from all parts of Italy, will be involved in projects of the Custody of the Holy […]

Article 25.1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms the right to housing to be a fundamental human right, and hence that to be deprived of this is an injustice. Nonetheless, there are groups who are not permitted to own a home on account of political discrimination arising in regards to religion. The wars […]

A new concert will be held at the Magnificat Institute in Jerusalem on a very important occasion. The Verona Association “Scholae Cantorum” has organized a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its foundation, led by Bishop Emeritus Flavio R. Carraro, OFM Capp. The pilgrimage to the Holy Land […]

There have been numerous initiatives to support the Holy Land, coming from all different types of situations – families, parishes, companies – that have gradually grown and taken form, becoming concrete forms of solidarity to assist the residents in the Holy Land and the projects supported by the Custody of the Holy Land. For a […]

To mark the month in which the U.S. commemorates African American history, on 12 February there will be a concert in Jerusalem given by the Yasmeen Choir of the Magnificat Institute accompanied by the soprano Nicole Taylor. It will represent an encounter between two different musical traditions, classical and spiritual, and will place the great […]

The news of this extraordinary invention has spread like wildfire on the Internet: bringing together Holy Scripture and technology, iBreviary puts the traditional prayer of the Breviary and all of the texts of the Liturgy on Windows Phone 7! The creator of this software – the only one of its kind – is Father Paolo […]

Fragments from the past, from a rich and fascinating history. Items pieced together with great patience, from daily moments of the past. Sabastiya these days is witnessing an intensive operation of archaeological restoration. The great number of fragments extracted during past excavations are pieced together to bring back their original items: vases, amphorae, plates, objects […]

On Saturday 4 February the 3rd International Congress of the Commissaries of the Holy Land concluded with the reading of the Vade Mecum – the final document establishing guidelines for the future – and with a solemn Mass presided by the Minister General of the Franciscan Order, José Rodríguez Carballo. The Congress lasted for a […]

In times of economic crisis, like the one that the world is currently experiencing, it becomes important to identify new strategies and build opportunities that turn a period of economic distress into a constructive opportunity. With this purpose was created “Risparmio Virtuoso” (virtuous saving), the original project of the company Garbini Consulting, aimed at creating […]

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 […]

A few intense days immersed in the beauty of the Holy Land, from Jerusalem to Jericho to Samaria, but not alone. The brief trip planned by two Italian entrepreneurs had as its principal objective visiting the places where the Custody of the Holy Land is present and learning about the projects it supports through its […]

They have arrived from all corners of the world to live together for a week of encounters, updates, decisions, common prayer and visits to a number of places, here in the Holy Land. They are the more than eighty Commissaries of the Holy Land, gathered together during these days in Jerusalem for their 3rd International […]

From Monday 30 January to Saturday 4 February the 3rd International Congress of the Commissaries of the Holy Land will take place in Jerusalem. The Commissaries, who are the representatives of the Custody of the Holy Land in the various Franciscan Provinces throughout the world, are invaluable figures working constantly in support of the Custody […]

The new project in the area “Memory and Culture” is called Books, Bridges of Peace. It is a project that aims to enhance the cultural heritage represented by the Franciscan libraries in Jerusalem (the library in St. Saviour’s monastery and that of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum) and of the other centers of the Custody of […]