{"id":47278,"date":"2025-04-15T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/?p=47278"},"modified":"2025-04-16T11:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:31:30","slug":"solidarity-holy-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/actualidad\/solidaridad-tierra-santa\/","title":{"rendered":"A time of solidarity for the Holy Land Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

These are hard times for Christians in the Holy Land. Poverty, migration and wars exert more and more pressure. But there is a time of solidarity and hope ahead of the Holy Land collection. \"Prayer, which has an infinite value, the pilgrimages<\/a>and now, the Pontifical collection<\/a> The Good Friday celebrations at the Holy Places are very important for the Christian communities in the Holy Land\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luis Quintana (Burgos, 1974), a Franciscan of the Order of Friars Minor (ofm), president of the commissioners (as ambassadors) of Spain and Portugal, and representative in Spain of the Custodian of the Holy Land<\/a>Francesco Patton. The theme of this year's Day, which includes the collection and other items: prayer, motivation, poster, triptych, etc., is: 'Holy Land, open door to hope'.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The heart, captivated in the Holy Places<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In a one-on-one conversation in the parish of Cristo de la Paz, in the Madrid district of Carabanchel, run by the Franciscans, Friar Luis Quintana, from Burgos, spoke frankly about the important Collection that we are now detailing, its destination and the Jubilee. We talked about the important Collection that we are now detailing, its destination, and the Jubilee. But before that, we asked him about his first relationship with Holy Land<\/a>and for the context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fray Luis Quintana points out the place of the beginning of the Via Crucis, flagellation of the Lord (Jesusal\u00e9n).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\"In September 2000, I went to the Holy Land for the first time, and my heart was captured by the Holy Places, by the Holy Land. For that reason, when I made my solemn vows in 2006, I asked to go there for a long experience. It was from February to July 2007\", reveals Fray Luis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The Christians who are there are. having a very hard time<\/a>. They are now less than 1.5 percent. In Bethany there is no Christian family, although there are two religious communities (the Franciscans and a women's congregation). Martha, Mary and Lazarus were three people in Bethany. In Emmaus there is a Christian family,\" he says.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good Friday Collection: housing, jobs, education and health care<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is always helpful to know what the proceeds of the collection will be used for. Eighty percent of what the Custody of the Holy Land receives goes to social work and 20 percent to the maintenance of the sanctuaries. And 20 percent goes to the maintenance of the sanctuaries. And what is social work there? There are four concepts, explains Friar Luis Quintana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"First, housing. The Custody owns many houses. They, the families, pay the rent, electricity, gas and water. We have the property and the works, the maintenance.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The second objective is work. There are about two thousand direct employees in the Custody, many schools, almost 40,000 students, hospitals, health centers. Providing jobs is very important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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