Garden Guild Open Gardening

Join us during open gardening hours Wednesdays throughout the summer from 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. 1400 Quincy St. NE, Washington, DC 20017 (behind the monastery and gift shop). No experience necessary to help us in the herb and vegetable gardens. All produce is donated to the friars, local convents and local churches and non-profits helping feed those [...]

Feast of Our Lady of the Angels of the Portiuncula (Vigil)

On the grounds of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America you can visit a replica of the chapel of St. Mary of the Angels in Assisi, known as the Portiuncula (“little portion”). St. Francis obtained from the pope the privilege of a plenary indulgence, known as the Pardon of Assisi (or Portiuncula Indulgence). It is extended to all [...]