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 […]

Managing relationships with parents and contemporaries, coping with the discovery of her own sexuality and the formation of her own personality with awareness: these are important stages that each teenage girl must pass through during the course of her adolescence. In the Holy Land there is yet another challenge to further complicate this period of […]

Those who passionately follow archaeological discoveries in the Middle East will certainly be pleased to learn of the recent publication of a book that in some respects is unique. It is a publication in memoriam of Fr. Michele Piccirillo, an archaeologist who was exceptional for his commitment to undertake projects of excavation, preservation and valorization […]

The fourth annual meeting between the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and the associations of volunteers who are supporting projects in the Holy Land will be held on Saturday 22 October at the Antonianum Auditorium in Rome. The day, the fourth of its kind, will this year focus on associations of volunteers […]

Summer has come to an end and in the Holy Land too the school year begins anew. On this occasion as well ATS pro Terra Sancta wishes to remain close to the children of Bethlehem and their families, who want to be able to offer a good education to their sons and daughters. Through its […]

Rome 19th – 21st September 2011; Jerusalem 7th – 21st November 2011. The Training Course for Pilgrimages Animators is for religious and priests who have taken the Baccalaureate in Theology and have already visited the main Sites of the Holy Land as pilgrims. The course aims to prepare the candidate for the spiritual accompaniment of pilgrims through […]

For centuries the Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land have been responsible for protecting the Christian heritage in the Holy Land. “Telling the Story of the Holy Land” is a project that arose from an initiative of the Custody of the Holy Land and ATS pro Terra Sancta, with the aim of promoting […]

Come and see for yourself. This is the only way to learn about the reality of Bethlehem. Through its project “Bethlehem is also for the elderly”, ATS pro Terra Sancta is trying to make sure that the elderly are not forgotten, in particular those who reside in the Antonian Charitable Society, a rest home that […]