Each year on Good Friday, Catholics around the world are invited to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, which provides essential aid to Christians and preserves the sacred places in the Holy Land. Christians there depend greatly on this worldwide collection, which helps maintain holy sites, support parishes and schools, offer humanitarian assistance, and sustain Christian families facing economic hardship.
The Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land—charged for centuries with caring for these places and the “living stones” who call the region home—use the collection to fund social, educational, pastoral, and charitable outreach throughout the area.
This support is especially urgent as many communities continue recovering from conflict, economic instability, and the long absence of pilgrims. The collection is a concrete sign of solidarity with the Church in the land where Jesus lived, died, and rose.
The diocese invites all the faithful to participate generously in the collection this Good Friday, April 3, 2026.