Due to the COVID pandemic, the Vatican announced April 2 that the pope approved a proposal to hold the collection in churches worldwide Sept. 13. The Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, an administratively autonomous province of the Franciscan order, uses the collection to carry out its mission of preserving most of the shrines connected with the life of Jesus as well as for providing pastoral care to the region’s Catholics, running schools, operating charitable institutions and training future priests and religious. The collection, taken up at the request of the pope, is administered by the Franciscan Custody and the Congregation for Eastern Churches, which uses it for the formation of candidates for the priesthood, the support of the clergy, educational activities, cultural formation and subsidies. At the request of Pope Francis, Good Friday collection for the Holy Land will be taken up the weekend of September 13th. If you wish to make a donation put it in a white envelope and mark it Holy Land.