What your generosity supports
Your donations don't disappear into a general fund. They go to real places — hospitals where babies are born, classrooms where students learn, and homes where the elderly are cared for. Here's exactly where your gift goes.
Bethlehem University
Founded in 1973 by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, Bethlehem University is the first Catholic university in the Holy Land. Over 3,000 students study across more than 30 degree programs — and 75% of them are women. The university is open to students of all faiths, and it's often called an "oasis of peace" in a region that desperately needs one. Your support helps keep this beacon of hope open.
Caritas Baby Hospital
For the 330,000 children under 14 living in the West Bank between Bethlehem and Hebron, Caritas Baby Hospital is the only facility dedicated specifically to their care. Founded in 1952 by Father Ernst Schnydrig — himself a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre — the hospital provides over 44,000 treatments every year. It doesn't matter what faith a family practices or whether they can pay. Every child is treated.
Hogar Niño Dios
Just down the street from the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, the Sisters of the Incarnate Word care for 25 residents — children and young adults with severe physical and mental disabilities, many of whom were abandoned by families unable to provide for them. The Sisters receive no government funding. They rely entirely on the generosity of donors like you for food, housing, medical care, wheelchairs, and specialized education. Hogar Niño Dios is, in every sense, a home built on love.
Our Lady of Sorrows Elder Center
In eastern Jerusalem, the Daughters of Our Lady of Sorrows have been caring for elderly men and women since 1957 — welcoming Palestinian elders of all faiths, along with priests and religious of the Diocese. More than 50 residents call this home. Many have no family to turn to. Your gift provides them with housing, meals, medical care, and the dignity of community in their final years.
HOPE — Holy Land Outreach Promoting Education
HOPE bridges continents by bringing Holy Land teachers to the United States for professional development, cultural exchange, and spiritual renewal. When these teachers return home, they carry new skills and fresh energy back to their classrooms — strengthening the schools that your donations help keep open.
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Gaza Summer Camp
For the small Christian community in Gaza, normalcy is rare. Each summer, the Order helps fund a camp where children can play, learn, and experience faith formation in a safe environment. It's a few weeks of joy in an extraordinarily difficult place — and for these kids, it can mean everything.
Support Gaza Summer Camp →Where your donations go
"I encourage you to persevere in your generous support of the Christian communities in the Holy Land, whose presence is vital for the good of the entire Church and for peace in the region."
— Pope Francis, Address to the Order, 2018
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