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 [...]
Please help bring the light of Christ into the lives of the children in Bethlehem. The Knights of Mount St. Sepulchre will take up a special collection after all Masses Dec. 9-10 and online at myfranciscanknights.org. Your contribution will be used by the friars in the Holy Land to purchase gifts from shopkeepers in Bethlehem - providing jobs while [...]
The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in partnership with the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists presents the 2017-2018 Music at the Monastery concert season. Russell Weismann is the music and liturgy director at St. Jane Frances de Chantal Church in Bethesda, MD. He holds music degrees from Duquesne and Yale [...]
A special Marian Tour will be offered at the Monastery at 1:00 p.m. on December 12th, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. 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 [...]
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 [...]
December 24 at 1:30 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 13. Visit fmgg.org for more details.
5:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m., & December 25th 12:00 a.m. Procession to the Nativity grotto in the Lower Church following the midnight mass.
8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. & noon
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.
Masses will be held at 6:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m., and 10:00 a.m. Please note that the Franciscan Monastery will close after the 10:00 a.m. Mass. Visit the calendar of events to see all the happenings at the Monastery.