The Custody has two chief means of promoting information about the Holy Places: The Franciscan Printing Press located in Jerusalem and our numerous religious branches called "Commissaries of the Holy Land" scattered throughout the world. The Franciscan Printing Press is a publishing arm of the Franciscan Custody which publishes a good amount of scholarly work in close collaboration with the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum. The press also publishes a wide variety of materials, including greeting cards, post cards, maps, etc. as well as popular books (including guide-books to the shrines), periodicals, and scholarly works coming out of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum.

The most widely-known work of the Press is the periodical "The Holy Land," first published 70 years ago and now printed in English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Arabic. It offers an interesting combination of spirituality, archeology, biblical studies, history, and the activities of the shrines, presented in a way that appeals to a broad spectrum of readers. One of the most famous and classical guide books of the Holy Land in English, Guide to the Holy Land, was written by our own Fr.Eugene Hoade, O.F.M.

A second effective means of spreading information as well as building interest in the Shrines of the Holy Land is the network of our Commissariats. Numbering 82 and found in 44 different countries, their work is to actively make known the ideals and needs of the Custody as well as preaching the word about the Holy Land. In this way, they are able to foster a worldwide interest in the Holy Shrines which serve as the roots of our Christian faith and which will hopefully provide an incentive to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.