Communities


Jerusalem Community

The community of Hebrew speaking Catholics in Jerusalem congregated for decades in “Isaiah House”, a center that was administered by the Dominican Fathers while situated in a house of the Lazarist Fathers, on Agron Street. Many priests, religious (men and women) and lay people from this community contributed to the development of our Kehillot (communities), their liturgy, music and theological thought. Therefore, the Jerusalem community became the center of activity for the Hebrew-speaking Catholics in Israel...

Haifa Community

In Haifa that is built on the slopes of Mount Carmel, the place of Elijah the prophet, there is a Hebrew-speaking and a Russian-speaking Catholic community...

Beersheba Community

This is the only Catholic community in Beer Sheba, the capital of the South, and no other recognized Christian community exists in that city...

Jaffa - Tel Aviv Community

The community in Tel Aviv-Jaffa is the oldest one among our communities...

Russian speaking Communities

Priests are working with the Russian-speaking Latin Catholics who have immigrated to Israel in the past decades...

Tiberias Community

The Tiberias community is the only Catholic parish around the Sea of Galilee. The Parish church is dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle, and is situated inside the Casa Nova that belongs to the Custody of the Holy Land. The church is ancient: It was originally built by the Crusaders around 1100 C.E. and it is located on the western shore of the lake, along the promenade of Tiberias...

Migrant Community

Since the end of the 1990s, Israel has been importing large numbers of migrant workers. The Filipino community being the largest among the migrant communities, a Filipino Chaplaincy was established already in the 1990s; then an Indian Chaplaincy was established in 2010. The work of the Latin Patriarchate with the Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Israel started to be more structured and organized in 2011. It was in the wake of a visit to Jerusalem by Archbishop (subsequently Cardinal) Antonio Maria Vegliò, President of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant People. In April 2011, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem formally established a Coordination for the Pastoral among Migrants (CPAM) to direct the Church’s efforts in serving, organizing and catechizing the extensive population of Roman Catholic migrants in Israel, particularly those who are not taken care of by other Church bodies or religious orders and congregations...

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