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FRANCISCAN MONASTERY USA INC

Cause Area

  • Faith-Based

Location

1400 QUINCY ST NEWASHINGTON, DC 20017 United States

Website:

http://myfranciscan.org
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Mission Statement

800 years ago, the Roman Catholic Church entrusted the guardianship of the Holy Land of the Christian religion to the Holy Land Friars of the Order of St. Francis, creating what is now known as the Custody of the Holy Land. The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America is run by the Custody’s friars based in America. The purpose of the Holy Land Franciscan Friars is to support the Holy Land, its people and its holy sites. We support schools and missions in the region and help care for children, families, refugees and the elderly. We keep Christianity alive in the land made holy by the birth, ministry, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. The Franciscan Monastery in Washington, D.C. is a national shrine that sustains this 800-year mission of the Franciscan Friars in the Holy Land and serves America’s Holy Land pilgrims through education, fundraising, recruiting vocations, promoting pilgrimages and providing pastoral ministry locally.

Description

The Holy Land Franciscans currently:

  • Support 29 Catholic parishes, 4 homes for orphans and 3 academic institutions
  • Operate 16 schools for more than 10,000 students that are open to all faiths and currently serve Muslims and Jews in addition to the Christians in the Holy Land
  • Provide university scholarships
  • Relocate and provide homes to Christian and refugee families
  • Provide senior care facilities in Bethlehem and Nazareth
  • Create jobs for Christians in the Holy Land
  • Preserve 74 sanctuaries and shrines from the life of Jesus and the prophets
  • Support more than 100 men preparing to be priests or brothers
  • Assist refugee families in Jordan and Lebanon by helping to pay for rent, food, heat, schooling and transportation

Some important facts about the Monastery in Washington DC:

  • It’s a U.S. pilgrimage site for those who cannot travel to the Holy Land and is known for its architectural significance and beauty
  • It’s a historic monastery that is home to a community of Holy Land Franciscans
  • It has 42 acres, century-old gardens and full-sized replicas of shrines from the Holy Land and is visited by more than 50,000 people annually
  • We provide daily Mass, confessions, retreat hermitages, and special liturgies
  • The gardens provide 5-6,000 pounds of produce a year for the city’s poor

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