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 […]

More than ten thousand people attended the session with Father Custos on Wednesday 24 August, on the occasion of the presentation of the exhibition on Capernaum – “Through the eyes of the Apostles – A presence that overwhelms life” at the Rimini Meeting. The exhibition displays the historical fact of Jesus through the archaeological and […]

The intervention of the Custos at the Rimini Meeting on the occasion of the presentation of the exhibition on Jesus’ life at Capernaum – “Through the eyes of the Apostles – A presence that overwhelms life”. The exhibition “Through the eyes of the Apostles – A presence that overwhelms life” was officially presented by the […]

The exhibition on Jesus’ life at Capernaum was inaugurated yesterday 21 August on the occasion of the 32nd edition of the noted Rimini Meeting with the title “And existence becomes an immense certainty”. Many visitors came on the opening day to see the exhibition. Among them was the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano. The exhibition “Through […]

We have asked Fabrizio and Francesca, two volunteers for ATS pro Terra Sancta, to tell us of their experiences in Bethlehem. They have dedicated their day to helping the children of Bethlehem, in the morning at the nursery school managed by the Societá Antoniana of Bethlehem and in the afternoon at the Hogar Niño Dios, […]

More than 500 young people from the Holy Land have left to attend the World Youth Day being held in Madrid. They come from all of the dioceses of Jordan, Israel and Palestine. They are the youth of the Land of Jesus, a land that today is experiencing a very difficult situation. Despite the problems, […]

Scholarships for needy students, aid to families and support for women in difficulty: ATS pro Terra Sancta is launching the project “Cyprus“, whose aim is to support, through the generosity of small private donors, the valuable services of the Custody of the Holy Land to the multiethnic community of the island. In Cyprus, there is […]

The inauguration of the exhibition on Jesus’ life at Capernaum, “Through the eyes of the Apostles – A presence which overwhelms life” will take place at the upcoming Rimini Meeting. The exhibition represents one of the principal events of the 2011 edition of the noted festival to be held in Rimini from 21 to 27 […]

Three Bethlehem social workers are going on a 10-day study tour in Italy to improve their working skills and to get to see at close hand a different reality. They will depart on 19 July as part of the project “Travel for retraining and educational exchange in Italy” promoted by ATS pro Terra Sancta in […]

The two-day workshop organized by AVSI and ATS pro Terra Sancta, as part of the project “Supporting emergency education in the Palestinian Autonomous Territories” financed by Italian Development Cooperation, has concluded with an enthusiastic response from the participants. The workshop, which opened with an address given by Father Custos Pierbattista Pizzaballa, involved teachers and institutions […]