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Event Cancellations due to Coronavirus

The Monastery Gift Shop, tours and all public events are cancelled through May 15. In response to the DC Government’s request to close all non-essential businesses, the Monastery is closing the church through May 15.  The upper and lower gardens will remain open every day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the Portiuncula Chapel is [...]

Public Mass and Confession Cancellation due to Coronavirus

In response to the DC Government’s request to close all non-essential businesses, the Monastery is closing the church effective March 26 through April 30th.  The upper and lower gardens will remain open every day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  The Portiuncula Chapel is also open for private prayer only.

Stations of the Cross – Cancelled

Join us at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America on April 10th for this devotion that offers witness to Jesus’ Passion and Death. At each of the fourteen stations we prayerfully memorialize and visualize the journey of Christ to the Cross. To be held outdoors, weather permitting. Visit the calendar of events to see [...]

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion – Cancelled

Commemorate the Lord’s Passion with the Franciscan Monastery at 3:30 pm on Good Friday as part of the Triduum leading up to Easter. Visit the calendar of events to see all the happenings at the Monastery.

Livestream Burial Service

Join us on Good Friday, via livestream this year, in union with our brothers and sisters in the Holy Land and around the world, and walk with us in prayer as we reenact the Burial of Jesus. Please visit this web page on Good Friday (April 10) at 7 p.m. EST to view the burial service live from the Franciscan [...]