By Greg Friedman, OFM Since the middle of March, life for the friars and student priests living at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington, D.C., has undergone two major shifts, as measures to contain the pandemic have drastically changed life around the world, as well as in this Franciscan friary. Keeping safeFirst, [...]
Since the beginning of April, the city of Washington, D.C. (known also as the District of Columbia) has been under rigid shut-down by the order of the city’s Mayor, Muriel Bowser. The Mayor’s order specifies that residents may only leave their residences to “engage in essential activities, including obtaining medical care that cannot be provided [...]
Over 250 friends and benefactors of the Holy Land Franciscans and the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington, D.C., came together at the Monastery on Saturday, November 9, for the annual Mass and Gala. Franciscan Father Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, presided at the Mass in the Monastery church, and shared [...]
In the occasion of the 800th anniversary since the visit of St. Francis of Assisi to the Holy Land, and his meeting with the Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil, and of 50 years since the declaration of San Francisco (CA) and Assisi as Sister Cities, the Custody of the Holy Land, the Archdioceses of San Francisco and [...]
On Saturday, October 5, as part of a three-day observance of the Feast of St. Francis, the friars of the Holy Land in Washington, D.C., blessed animals brought to the grounds of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land. Franciscan Father Jim Gardiner led the blessing, and the friars greeted the people who brought a [...]