We are pleased to announce that the "Nativities of the World" Exhibition will once again be hosted at the Franciscan Monastery! From Sunday, November 30 to Sunday, January 11, the treasured Sullivan Collection will be on display in our Visitor Centre, enriching our journey through the Advent and Christmas seasons. This exhibition features nativity displays from [...]
Join us as we bring in the holidays with favorites of the Advent & Christmas seasons Sunday, 14 December at 4:00 PM This Month's Artist is Adam Scott Graham Performing arrangements by Paul Fey (b. 1998), Noel Rawsthorne (1929-2019), Dale Wood (1934-2003), Eric Thiman (1900-1975), and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Join us for light refreshments after [...]
The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington, DC is pleased to host once more the Seven Nights of Lights (Luminaria), a beloved tradition now in its 26th year. For more than two decades, parishioners, pilgrims, and benefactors have marked Christmas Eve by honoring loved ones with a candle lit along the Rosary Portico. Join [...]
On Friday, February 6, 2026, at 3 p.m., in gratitude for Fr. Ken Phillips life and witness, the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land and the St. Luke Institute - where Fr. Ken served for more than 40 years - will host a Memorial Mass in our Blessed Sacrament Chapel. The Mass will be livestreamed here: [...]
Join us Sunday, February 8 at 4 p.m. for our free Music at the Monastery concert, featuring Grant Holcomb, organist. Reserve your spot here: https://bit.ly/4rpfuO5 This Month's Artist: Grant Holcomb serves as the full-time Director of Traditional Music and Organist at River Road Presbyterian Church in Richmond, VA, where he directs and oversees voice and handbell choirs [...]
As we approach the Lenten season, we invite you to join the events at the Franciscan Monastery. We will begin this coming Sunday, February 15, by burning the palm branches in preparation for Ash Wednesday.
Start your Lent with the Franciscan Monastery. Mass and Ashes 6:00 a.m and 7:00 a.m Special celebration with the imposition of ashes at 12.10 p.m.
Enjoy concerts from some of the region’s best musicians and organists in our monthly concert series . FEATURING: Brass of Peace with Lisa Mitchell Tyler - Organist Under the Direction of Sylvia Alimena The Brass of Peace Scholarship Program , a tuition-free program for talented high school students, is an intensive training program which prepares its [...]
Join us at the Franciscan Monastery on Friday, March 20, and every Friday of Lent, for Holy Mass at 12:10 p.m. in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. This Mass is celebrated in addition to the regularly scheduled 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. Masses.
Join us at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America on March 20, and every Friday of Lent, at 3 p.m. for the Stations of the Cross. At each of the fourteen stations, we prayerfully memorialize and visualize the journey of Christ to the Cross. To be held indoors. Every Friday of Lent at [...]