The Holy Child Program
provides an intense therapeutic day treatment program and alternative education for children in the Bethlehem region in the Holy Land who suffer from untreated complex mental health issues and exposure to intergenerational trauma. It is a service of the Bethlehem Holy Child Program corporation.
Our mission is to instill hope through healing.
The Holy Child Program serves as a sanctuary of safety for the families of the region. The program facilitates the acquisition and development of new skills, recovery and rehabilitation from trauma, builds resiliency and instills hope for the future through a community of caring committed professionals.
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Our Lady, Queen of Palestine
See our most recent newsletter celebrating the feast of Our Lady, Queen of Palestine on October 25. The Holy See approved this feast in 1933 inviting the faithful everywhere to join in prayer to the [...]
We believe that each child is part of a larger ecological system, the family, and in order to treat the child, we must collaborate with the entire family network. As a part of the program, parents participate in the healing process by attending family counseling, participating in parenting groups and practicing home activities related to fostering healthy family dynamics. As the child makes progress in school, the entire family makes progress at home. In essence, to serve the child is to serve the family; in serving the family, we serve the local and larger community as each family lives what they have learned, increasing the cumulative societal gain.