Warm your heart and see the Holy Family through the eyes of those from many other cultures as you view over 150 Nativities from countries all over the world. This special collection that speaks to the universality of our faith is on loan to the Monastery from Roger and Marguerite Sullivan. Nativities will be on display [...]
Fr. Greg Friedman, OFM, will lead a half-day retreat at the Franciscan Monastery in preparation for the celebration of Christmas. Using the pilgrimage model, you will visit the Holy Land shrines at the Monastery connected with the personalities of the Nativity narratives. We will proclaim the Scriptures and reflect on their meaning. The day will include an opportunity [...]
4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Join members of the Franciscan Monastery Garden Guild for an open house in the Rosary Portico. Enjoy the luminaria and remember loved ones in prayer. Mass follows at 5:30 p.m.
Please note that the Franciscan Monastery will close after the January 1st 10:00 a.m. Mass, resuming normal hours on Tuesday, January 2nd. Visit the calendar of events to see all the happenings at the Monastery.
The National Symphony Orchestra will perform at the Monastery as part of the NSO In Your Neighborhood concert series. NSO members Marissa Regni, violin; Rachel Young, cello; Paul Cigan, clarinet; and Lisa Emenheiser, piano perform an evening chamber music. Free and open to the public. The concert begins at 7:00 p.m. followed by a reception at [...]
Adoring Christ, truly present in the Blessed Sacrament, at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America is an experience that will set your heart on fire. Surrounded by the beauty of the main church and replicas of the most revered Christian shrines in the Holy Land, you will be transported to the time when [...]
In the city of Bethlehem on the Solemnity of the Epiphany, a Solemn Mass and Evening Prayer is celebrated, commemorating the Magi who came from afar to worship Jesus, bringing gold and frankincense and myrrh. Three friars representing the Magi and bring gifts to the grotto where Jesus was born. From the grotto, a festively dressed [...]
All are welcome to an ecumenical prayer service on the eve of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The them for the Week of Prayer this year is “Your right hand, O Lord; glorious in power”. Most Reverend Joseph Bambera, Bishop of Scranton (PA) and chairman of the US Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and [...]
As a high school student in the 1950s, Brother Simon decided to make his mom a special Valentine, with lace, beads and an inscribed poem. She loved it so much, he made it an annual tradition that continued even after he joined the Holy Land Friars and came to live at the Franciscan Monastery of the [...]
A special Marian Tour will be offered at the Monastery at 1pm on February 2nd, the feast of the Presentation of Our Lord. The tour focuses on the seven joys of the Blessed Mother, visiting the replicas in the Church and the Gardens associated with these joys. The seven joys of the Blessed Mother are the [...]