Holy Family Church
كنيسة العائلة المقدسة
LocationRamallah
CountryPalestine
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

The Holy Family Church[1] (Arabic: كنيسة العائلة المقدسة) It is a Catholic Church located in Ramallah,[2][3] in the West Bank, in the State of Palestine.[4]

Latin rites Catholics settled in Ramallah after the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Rosary Sisters opened a school for girls and a boarding school for boys in the decade of 1860–1870. Forty children become the Latin rite and soon a cure, Pierre Cotta, celebrate Mass in a house in the neighborhood of Hatha. He asks later the Latin Patriarch, Archbishop Valerga building a church, but permission by the civil authorities only reaches forty years later. There are 150 Catholics in 1870, and 242 in 1902.

The construction of the present church began in 1913 with the permission of the Ottoman authorities who then ruled the place. A rectory, a convent for the nuns of the Holy Rosary and a school (high school now mixed) are also included.

View of the entrance of the church

By 1981, the number of Catholics of Latin rite in Ramallah had risen to 1,100 parishioners.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Church of the Holy Family in Ramallah marks Palm Sunday". Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  2. ↑ "Christians in Ramallah". www.cmc-terrasanta.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  3. ↑ Wādī, Fārūq (2007-01-01). Homes of the Heart: A Ramallah Chronicle. Interlink Books. ISBN 9781566566629.
  4. ↑ "Patriarch's Pastoral Visit in Ramallah". Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. 2014-02-26. Archived from the original on 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2016-05-17.

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