Join the Franciscans Monastery Gardening Guild's (FMGG) third annual Tomato Sauce Canning Thursday, August 16 through Saturday August 18. There will be two shifts per day running from from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. which include: cutting and processing San Marzano/paste tomatoes from FMGG's vegetable farm well as cooking tomato sauce and canning. All proceeds are donated [...]
Enjoy the beautiful gardens at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land while learning about its plants, architecture, history and shrines. Free tours are held every Saturday, 11 a.m. and noon, with guides from the Franciscan Monastery Garden Guild. Meet at the visitor center, 1400 Quincy St. NE, Washington, DC 20017; myfranciscan.org and fmgg.org; 202-526-6800. Call [...]
We celebrate Mass every day at the Franciscan Monastery, but on Tuesdays we hold special Masses at 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., as part of an ongoing novena honoring St. Anthony of Padua and asking for his intercession. St. Anthony is the patron saint and special protector of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land. He was [...]
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 [...]
A special Marian Tour will be offered at the Monastery at 1pm on August 22nd, the feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 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 [...]
Enjoy the beautiful gardens at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land while learning about its plants, architecture, history and shrines. Free tours are held every Saturday, 11 a.m. and noon, with guides from the Franciscan Monastery Garden Guild. Meet at the visitor center, 1400 Quincy St. NE, Washington, DC 20017; myfranciscan.org and fmgg.org; 202-526-6800. Call [...]
We celebrate Mass every day at the Franciscan Monastery, but on Tuesdays we hold special Masses at 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., as part of an ongoing novena honoring St. Anthony of Padua and asking for his intercession. St. Anthony is the patron saint and special protector of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land. He was [...]
Enjoy the beautiful gardens at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land while learning about its plants, architecture, history and shrines. Free tours are held every Saturday, 11 a.m. and noon, with guides from the Franciscan Monastery Garden Guild. Meet at the visitor center, 1400 Quincy St. NE, Washington, DC 20017; myfranciscan.org and fmgg.org; 202-526-6800. Call [...]
We celebrate Mass every day at the Franciscan Monastery, but on Tuesdays we hold special Masses at 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., as part of an ongoing novena honoring St. Anthony of Padua and asking for his intercession. St. Anthony is the patron saint and special protector of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land. He was [...]
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 [...]