Joint Concert Performance Indian Springs Concert Choir and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Camerata Led by Director of Choral Music Andrew Dibble, Indian Springs Concert Choir sing an extraordinary range of music, including major Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th-century works; Broadway tunes; spirituals; arrangements of well-known pop hits; and traditional folk songs performed in up to 15 [...]
Burning of Palm Branches (to make ashes) will be held after the 12 noon mass.
Start your Lent by observing Ash Wednesday with the Franciscan Monastery. The imposition of blessed ashes will be during the 6:00 AM and 7:00 AM masses. Ash Wednesday is a day of fast and abstinence.
Let the sacredness and beauty of the Monastery bring you a deeper experience of the suffering of Christ and Christians around the world through a special tour at 1:00 p.m. each Friday in Lent. Please remember that groups of six or more should schedule your group in advance. Reservations can be made online or by calling 202-526-6800. Visit [...]
Join us at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America on February 28th for this 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. To be held indoors. Visit the calendar of events to see all the [...]
Let the sacredness and beauty of the Monastery bring you a deeper experience of the suffering of Christ and Christians around the world through a special tour at 1:00 p.m. each Friday in Lent. Please remember that groups of six or more should schedule your group in advance. Reservations can be made online or by calling 202-526-6800. Visit [...]
Join us at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America on March 6th for this 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. To be held indoors. Visit the calendar of events to see all the [...]
Music at the Monastery presents Brass of Peace, a scholarship program for gifted area high school students in the DMV, now in its’ 43rd season. Performance is Sunday, March 8, at 4:00 pm at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, 14th and Quincy Streets, NE, Washington, DC. All are welcome. The concert is free (free will offerings accepted) and open [...]
The Monastery Gift Shop, tours and all public events are cancelled through May 15. In response to the DC Government’s request to close all non-essential businesses, the Monastery is closing the church through May 15. The upper and lower gardens will remain open every day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the Portiuncula Chapel is [...]
Let the sacredness and beauty of the Monastery bring you a deeper experience of the suffering of Christ and Christians around the world through a special tour at 1:00 p.m. each Friday in Lent. Please remember that groups of six or more should schedule your group in advance. Reservations can be made online or by calling 202-526-6800. Visit [...]