Special Event

See the beautiful light of the luminaria, illuminating the Rosary Portico from Christmas Eve until the new year. Visit the calendar of events to see all the happenings at the Monastery.

December 24 at 1:o0 p.m. Join the friars for a blessing of the luminaria, then help light the candles, illuminating the Rosary Portico for Seven Nights of Lights. You can dedicate a luminaria through December 14. Visit fmgg.org for more details. Visit the calendar of events to see all the happenings at the Monastery.

Please note: The church and Monastery are closed after the 12:00 p.m. Mass reopening for normal business hours Dec. 26th. Visit the calendar of events to see all the happenings at the Monastery.

Please note: The church and Monastery are closed after the 9:00 a.m. Mass reopening for normal business hours Jan. 2nd. Visit the calendar of events to see all the happenings at the Monastery.

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 [...]

Please plan to join us on Thursday, January 17th, at 7:30 PM here at the Franciscan Monastery for Evening Prayer inaugurating the 2019 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Fr. Don Rooney, pastor of St. Bernadette Catholic Church, Springfield, VA, and ecumenical officer for the Diocese of Arlington, VA, will preside; the Rev. Dr. Cheryl J. Sanders, senior pastor [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Join us at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America on March 15th for this Lenten 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.  

These special programs are offered during Lent to students who take the daily tour of the church and Catacombs and pray the Stations of the Cross, weather permitting, at the outdoor stations in our garden.  Following the Pilgrimage, each student is presented a certificate of participation with a blessing. Students may make the pilgrimage with family or a [...]