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The SItuation

Our Purpose

The Challenge
Today, less than 1.5% of the Holy Land is Christian. Due to severe political and economic hardships, hundreds of Christians move away from the Holy Land each year.

Rising to the Challenge
Using every available resource to help the poor and unemployed Christians in the Holy Land meet their needs, FFHL provides life-changing necessities so that Christians can remind rooted in the home of our Lord.

The Hope
Peace in the Holy Land, where Christians can live with Jews and Muslims, Israelis and Palestinians, and prosper in their faith, socially and economically.

Our Vision

FFHL strives to create a world where the Christian minority in the Holy Land can flourish spiritually, socially and economically, and be a vital part of the region’s diverse cultural fabric.

We envision a Holy Land where Christians can practice their faith freely, where Catholic Christians live in peace with other Christians, with Jews and Muslims, with Israelis and Palestinians, and where the holy sites are preserved for generations to come.

Our Mission

FFHL provides financial resources for:

    • educational, social and housing programs to support Christians in the Holy Land,
    • critical support for people in the Holy Land affected by crisis and conflict,
    • the maintenance of Christian Shrines for the spiritual formation for pilgrims,
    • and the life and work of the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land.

FFHL raises awareness to the challenges of Christians and the Christian presence in the Holy Land through education and communication in the United States.

Our Values

Integrity

We act truthfully in everything we do.

Stewardship

Acknowledging that all we have is gift, we act with responsibility as caretakers and not possessors of the resources we have at our disposal.

Transparency

There are no secrets in what we do, we act with openness in everything we do.

Accountability

With ever grateful hearts we are responsible to the generous donors who support our efforts.

Service

Not for ourselves, but for the glory of God, and in response to the needs of Christians in the Holy Land.

Governance

The FFHL Board of Trustees includes a group of committed Catholics from across the United States who vow to help the Christians living and working in the land where Jesus Christ lived, died and rose from the dead. Notably, Fr. John Puodziunas O.F.M., serves as President of the FFHL Board of Trustees, along side Rev. Fr. Francesco Ielpo, O.F.M., Custos of the Holy Land and Chairman of the FFHL Board of Trustees, and Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Special Advisor to FFHL.