Events

Join the friars in the upper garden for the annual Blessing of the Animals, Saturday, Oct. 1, 11 a.m., at the Franciscan Monastery, 1400 Quincy St. NE, Washington, DC 20017. Dogs, cats, birds, gerbils, horses, hamsters, fish and other pets are welcome (must be accompanied by a human). This annual blessing is held near the feast […]

The Franciscan Monastery Garden Guild vegetables and soaps showed well in this year’s agricultural fairs. Congratulations to Lou Maroulis, Joe Bozik, Mark Brzozowski, Donna Cestone and all the volunteers who made this possible! 

This is your last chance to tour the gardens until next April! FMGG volunteers will lead free tours of the formal gardens, natural gardens around the grotto and a sneak peak of the back vegetable gardens and honeybee apiaries.  

Enjoy a guided tour of the Franciscan Monastery gardens (formal gardens, natural gardens near the grotto and a peak behind the monastery) before fall really sets in. Free tours, led by Franciscan Monastery Garden Guild volunteers, will be held Saturday, Sept. 10, 17 and 24, 11 am and noon. Meet in front of the Visitor

Harvesting (and weeding) continues through September. Volunteers are welcome to stop by Fr. Francis’ garden behind the Monastery on Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (1400 Quincy St. NE, Washington, DC 20017) We can use your help! You will help us in our commitment to address hunger in our city. Food pickups are planned this

Fr. Larry Dunham, OFM, presided at a traditional “Blessing of the First Fruits” on the Solemnity of the Assumption (Aug. 15, 2016). As soon as we finished, a huge storm rolled through!

Gardening (near the greenhouse) Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. & 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Join us to plant, weed and harvest in the vegetable, herb and rose gardens. We also have a small tractor if you feel called to mow the meadow. Evenings: email Lou at gardenguild@gmail.com for access info. Garden Tours Saturdays,

Unfortunately, our beekeepers have had to cancel the honey harvesting scheduled for Saturday, July 30. We had an unusual spring (quite cold and rainy) and the bees just have not produced enough honey. It looked as if there would be enough frames for the harvesting, but when the beekeepers checked this week, the bees had taken

Join us this month for gardening, making jam preserves, soap and lavender wands – plus honey harvesting!  Vegetable Gardening Wednesdays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. and 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Join us in the gardens. We always have a lot to do. At the start of July, corn, tomatoes and squash were just a

The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, with its beautiful church and gardens, is one of Washington’s hidden gems. Show us why by submitting your photos in the annual Franciscan Monastery Photo Contest. The deadline is June 30, 2016. The monastery is located at 1400 Quincy St. NE, Washington, DC 20017. Learn more at myfranciscan.org or download the