Join us for Simbang Gabi, nine consecutive days of pre-dawn masses in preparation for Christmas, Sunday December 16th through Monday December 24th at 6:00 AM each morning. All are welcome. Learn more about the Simbang Gabi Christmas tradition here. Visit the calendar of events to see all the happenings at the Monastery.

Please note: The Monastery will be closed to visitors with the exception of Mass attendance.

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 [...]