“Two projects for St. Anne’s House”.

Dear friends:

As you well know, especially those of you who accompany us in this apostolate through Facebook for several years, your prayers for us have been always the most important type of help, it has been thanks to the Holy Family and your prayers that after these 17 years in Sepphoris, thanks to God little by little, the monastery has improved, along with the simplicity that we always hope to be able to preserve. In this opportunity we want to make an extra special request to those who can collaborate with anything, economically speaking, because every contribution is of great value to us.

That is why to benefit this holy place, that thanks to God has become more known as a place of pilgrimage, we have made two projects that we hope will be of great benefit those same pilgrims who visit us every day.

You may already know that our simple lifestyle does not allow us to achieve the completion of the projects without help, (the main one -we repeat-, are your pious prayers.)

Account to help: paypal.me/casadesantaana

First project: IMAGE OF SANTA ANA

Definitive placement of the beautiful image of St. Anne given by the parish, dedicated to our beloved saint in Arizona, which through Fr. Sergio Fita, pastor at that time, made the generous collection for the beautiful image made of marble from Carrara, Italy. Two meters high and a beauty that really touches the heart; and not only that, but they even took care of the transfer to here: eternal thanks! The drawback so far has been the difficulty to find a company for the definitive placement of the image; due to both the difficult terrain of the monastery and the cost of the placement itself. By the grace of God, a Christian man from Nazareth offered to do the installation without asking for more than what was necessary for the materials (the base of the image) and to pay for the necessary machinery (an incredible difference compared to the first company we consulted with). Once the confirmation is given, in only two weeks our beloved Saint Anne with the Blessed Virgin child will be in its definitive place, for the devout veneration of all those who come to visit the place, sanctified by the Holy Family even the grandparents!

The cost of this project is NIS 14,930 (4,078.52 dollars at present).

Second project: ROOF FOR PILGRIMS

As those who have come to visit us know, the monastery is extremely simple in its external appearance: the imposing ruin of the basilica with its small chapel for about 15 people, the olive trees garden and the garden of the Virgin and the two rooms and dining room of the monks, nothing more. That is why when the sun rises (which here is very strong and with high temperatures), unfortunately we cannot offer the pilgrims any shade other than that of some small tree, which we have been trying to solve for years but it has been impossible. That is why we are also asking for your help to finance this second project, which consists of a large wooden roof of 6 x 6 meters, very firm due to the strength of the wind at midday here, especially in summer, and as a shelter for those who come to pray, which would be located next to the so-called mirador, which is the lower part of the wall of the monastery that looks towards the fields below the monastery, a really nice view.

The cost of this project is NIS 36,410 (9,941.68 dollars at present).

Being such a large amount, we will obviously start with the placement of the image and then move on to the roof for the pilgrims, looking for our part to continue to collect what is needed until we have everything. If we manage to get everything we will let you know immediately so that you do not continue to donate, we do not want to abuse your generosity, as soon as the monetary goal has been reached we will notify all of you.

Thank you very much to all of you, dear friends, we remind you that your prayers are the most valuable contribution for us, because thanks to them this simple monastery little by little has become a place of pilgrimage and apostolate that only God knows how many people it has been able to help a little, We say this in the light of the messages that reach us internally thanking us on more than one occasion for some word, some homily, some phrase of a saint that someone, only by the grace of God, has read at an important moment and
Which God has used to touch a heart or simply to instruct in regards to our faith.

We are grateful to all of you and with our blessing, in Christ and Mary:

Monks of the Monastery of the Holy Family,
Sepphoris, Holy Land.