by Michael McG | Aug 27, 2024 | Friends of the Holy Land, Organisations
World Water Week has been organised every year since 1991 and is centred on water cooperation, for peace and security in its broadest sense.This year, from August 25 to 29, the theme Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future asks us to recognise...
by Michael McG | Dec 8, 2023 | Friends of the Holy Land, Organisations
There was no Christmas tree or traditional festivities in the place of Jesus Christ’s birth this year in response to the thousands killed in the conflict in the Holy Land.Instead, the focus in the Church of the Nativity and Manger Square in Bethlehem will be on...
by Michael McG | Oct 16, 2023 | Friends of the Holy Land, Organisations
Friends of the Holy Land requests all Christians and people of other faiths to unite in prayer for all who have lost their lives in the terrible events in the Holy Land, for the immediate release of those taken hostage and for all those living in the Holy Land in...
by Michael McG | Apr 4, 2023 | Friends of the Holy Land, Organisations
Pilgrim Margaret Rooney gives a personal report on her recent visit to the Holy Land… High Mass at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, on the actual feast of the Annunciation (March 25), was a thrilling way to spend the last day of the St Barnabas Holy Land...
by Michael McG | Feb 7, 2023 | Friends of the Holy Land, Organisations
Time is running out to snap up tickets for an unforgettable evening of uplifting music to raise your spirits while also raising much-needed funds for those in need in the Holy Land. Ecumenical Christian charity Friends of the Holy Land (FHL) invites you to a rare...
by Michael McG | Jan 20, 2023 | Friends of the Holy Land, Organisations, Catholic Bishop's Conference
A group of Catholic Bishops from across Europe were in Jordan for the annual Holy Land Co-ordination, from January 14 to 19 2023. Holy Land Co-ordination 2023 Final Communique Jesus set out from there and went into the district of Judea [and] across the Jordan. Again...