About us

Patrons

The Most Rev Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster
The Most Rev Patrick Kelly, Archbishop of Liverpool


National President

Dr Michael Whelan

Established in 2009, the Friends of the Holy Land assists the Christian Community in the Holy Land in many ways, working in close co-operation with the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

The objectives of the Friends are threefold:
- to raise awareness of the difficulties experienced by the Christian Community in the Holy Land
- to encourage and to provide for prayers to be offered for their intentions
- to create financial support to aid their well-being.

Financial support is provided to Parishes and Schools and families within the Christian Community to enable them to live a fruitful and rewarding life in their homeland. This is carried out through:
- Funding for Parish activities
- Assistance to schools
- Financing small self-help projects in the community
- Providing humanitarian aid to the needy

This is all achieved with the backing and blessing of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.
We are non-political.

A lively class at the Patriarchate Girls School in Madaba.

Courtyard of St Catherine's Church, Bethlehem