קוסטודיה דה טרה סנטה

We are a group of Christian men who have been called by God from every corner of the world for a special mission: to watch over His house!

We belong to a religious Order in the Catholic Church, the Order of Friars Minor, the Franciscans.

Drawn by love of the poor and crucified Christ, our founder, Saint Francis of Assisi, went to the Middle East at the beginning of the 13th century, in order to “touch” the places which, up to our day, offer an irreplaceable testimony to God’s revelation and to God’s love for the human person.

During his pilgrimage, and despite the Crusades, Saint Francis encountered and dialogued with the sultan Melek al-Kamel, who was governing the Holy Land at the time.