The friars are happy to welcome you back for the Twelfth Annual Mass & Benefit Dinner. This event supports the Franciscan mission here and in the Holy Land. Learn more about sponsorship and underwriter opportunities. Purchase your tickets here and join us at the event. Mass will be at 5:00pm in the church, followed by reception and dinner at [...]
As a high school student in the 1950s, Brother Simon decided to make his mom a special Valentine, with lace, beads and an inscribed poem. She loved it so much, he made it an annual tradition that continued even after he joined the Holy Land Friars and came to live at the Franciscan Monastery of the [...]
Been holding onto your blessed palm branches from last year's Palm Sunday? Bring them to the Franciscan Monastery for the annual burning of palm branches on February 19th, immediately after the 11 a.m. Mass. The ashes of the Blessed Palms will be used for Ash Wednesday, February 22nd.
This Month's Artists: Paul Griffin and Sophia Anastasi Griffin Paul Griffin serves the D.C. area as both teacher and organist. He began his career in the small rural towns of northern Maine. While living on his parents’ farm outside of Houlton, he developed an interest in organ playing. In his high school years, Paul drove the [...]
The friars look forward to welcoming you to the Thirteenth Annual Mass & Benefit Dinner. This event supports the Franciscan mission in the Holy Land. Learn more about sponsorship and underwriter opportunities. Purchase your tickets here and join us at the event. Mass will be at 5:00pm in the church, followed by reception and dinner at St. Francis [...]
This Month's Artist: Carol Feather Martin, a native of North Carolina, graduated from Oberlin Conservatory with a BM in piano performance and MM degree in Organ Performance and Piano Chamber Music and Accompanying Performance from Catholic University. Carol is Director of Music and Arts and Organist at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Arlington, Virginia where she works [...]
Featuring Indian Springs School Concert Choir and Chamber Choir with special guest American University Chamber Singers Hailed by one reviewer as a “symbol of excellence,” the Indian Springs School Concert Choir and smaller Chamber Choir delight audiences of all ages and diverse backgrounds in cities from San Antonio, Chicago, and New York City to Lucerne, Madrid, and Edinburgh. [...]
Sunday, March 10, at 4pm, Music at the Monastery resumes with a concert by David Beatty, Freelance Organist, from Annapolis, MD. Admission is free. Don't miss it!
Free Concert - Music at the Monastery - Sunday, April 14th Nathan Ringkamp will perform. Ringkamp is the immediate past music director and organist at the National Shrine of Saint Alphonsus Liguori in Baltimore, MD, and is currently an Assisting Organist at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. A native of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, [...]
Join us for our much-awaited annual Plant & Herb Sale! Discover a wide variety of plants, herbs, vegetables, annuals, perennials, azaleas, camellias, and locally sourced honey, all cultivated right here at the monastery. Enjoy complimentary on-site parking, though please note that pets are not permitted within the sales area. Explore our beautiful gardens and learn about [...]
