“Virtuous savings”: a project to support the music Institute Magnificat of the Custody of the Holy Land, the school in the very heart of Jerusalem Old City, where music and cohabitation are taught. The initiative, promoted by Garbini Consulting, will be introduced on November 12th at 11.30 a.m. at the Ambrosianeum in Delle Ore Street […]

In view of Christmas 2010, choose a solidarity gift to support the Holy Land by making a special gift to your beloved: “Cribs from the world” is a box with 10 Christmas cards, with envelopes, with the reproductions of pieces from a private collection of cribs from all over the world. The cards show images […]

Internet stations with attendants to help communicate with family people living abroad. And then tables for recreational activities, a dining room, a TV set and bathrooms equipped for the needs of the elderly. « Elderly day club » – this is the name of the structure now in the process of being renovated by Palestinian workmen within […]

“To give a contribution to the Palestinian society to face the delicate issue of disability helping those who wish to be more prepared for this type of work in a context as difficult as the Territories” – this is the objective of the first training course organised by Sami Basha, professor at the University of […]

“A book born from an act of love for an extraordinary man” – these are the words used by Father Giovanni Claudio Bottini to present the book in memory of the recently passed away Franciscan archaeologist “Michele Piccirillo, francescano archeologo, tra scienza e provvidenza” (Michele Piccirillo, Franciscan archaelogist, between science and providence), presented during the […]

Christmas is approaching. Have you already decided what gifts to make? Christmas has always made us more prone to give something, to express the affection for the people that are with us all year long with an act of giving. This year you can do more, if you want. You can make your Christmas and […]

Here are some stories from Bethlehem. The daily commitment in care and prevention activities by the  Franciscan Social Service Office of the Custody of the Holy Land supported by ATS pro Terra Sancta through the project for the elderly “Bethlehem and the elderly”, is fundamental in the Palestinian system, completely lacking in public and social […]

3160 is the number of students involved in the project launched by ATS pro Terra Sancta and AVSI in the Holy Land, financed by the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The initiative, aimed at school emergency relief in the Palestinian Territories in 5 schools in the Holy Land, will involve also 300 teachers and social […]

ATS pro Terra Sancta and the Custody of the Holy Land launch the campaign to collect Christmas funds to help the people most in need in Jesus’ birth town: the elderly and the children. To help the children in Jesus’ birth town and to protect the historical memory of Bethlehem by accompanying and taking care […]

The Hebrew version of the website of ATS pro Terra Sancta is now available online at www.proterrasancta.org. ATS pro Terra Sancta would like to inform of its activities and projects not only the Christians of Hebrew language, but also Hebrew people and institutions to spread information about the work of the Custody of the Holy […]

This is the conclusive week for the Synod for the Middle East, which is also attended by the Custos of the Holy Land and Chairman of ATS pro Terra Sancta, the official NGO of the Custody of the Holy Land, Pierbattista Pizzaballa. “The Synod cannot bring about immediate concrete operative results. The Synod can give […]

This is the conclusive week for the Synod for the Middle East, which is also attended by the Custos of the Holy Land and Chairman of ATS pro Terra Sancta, the official NGO of the Custody of the Holy Land, Pierbattista Pizzaballa. “The Synod cannot bring about immediate concrete operative results. The Synod can give […]

Over-population, a housing shortage and the exodus of Christian families: these are the problems at the root of the project “Jerusalem, stones of the memory”, the highly successful initiative launched by ATS pro Terra Sancta and the Custody of the Holy Land to renovate some 500 homes rented out on free loan to poor Christian […]

Bring the Holy Land with its needs and its charm closer to the Christian Community, but also to the secular world, communicate this reality and ask for support and help: these the words of the Custodian of the Holy Land Pierbattista Pizzaballa in an exclusive interview concerning fundraising. Corrado Paolucci, an ATS Pro Terra Sancta […]

Franciscan Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, is Custos, or Custodian, of the Holy Places in the Holy Land. His address, this week, to participants at the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops touched on the work the Franciscans do in the region and on his belief that being a minority does not […]

Below are the words of his Holyness Pope Benedict XVI for the opening of the Middle Eastern Region Synod in Rome. “Venerable Brothers,Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,Dear Brothers and Sisters! The Eucharistic celebration, the rendering of thanks to God par excellence, is marked for us today, gathered around the Tomb of St Peter, by an extraordinary […]

Some welcome us shyly, but most part of the children and teenagers of the Holy Land College of Bethlehem, the School run by Franciscan friars, are curious and make themselves available  for pictures, films and questions. Many the impressions one brings back home after a whole morning in schoolrooms and courtyards, with children from the […]

To help the children in Jesus’ birthtown and to protect the historical memory of Bethlehem by accompanying and taking care of the elderly living there: in a few days the Christmas campaign 2010 will be officially launched to support the Christians in need in the Holy Land. You too can think about a different type […]

The Custodian of the Holy Land and Chairman of ATS Pro Terra Sancta Pierbattista Pizzaballa will also attend the conference organized by Communion and Liberation on the occasion of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East. The conference will take place on October 19 at 10:00 in Rome in the […]

Two dates for an exemplary collaboration in the Holy Land, three high-level musical encounters in the Holy Sites of Jerusalem and Bethlehem: the  Institute Magnificat of the Custody of the Holy Land and the Orchestra of the Accademia delle Opere will perform together to celebrate Christmas with the Christian population of the Holy Land. Non […]