Franciscan Monastery

05/05/2026

𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆!

We are pleased to welcome Fr. John Puodziunas, OFM, as the new Commissary of the Holy Land. Fr. John entered the Franciscan Order in 1980; ordained in 1987, he has served in many leadership roles, most recently as General Economo in Rome.
Read more on our website ➡ https://myfranciscan.org/fr-puodziunas-is-the-new-commissary/

04/08/2026

Join us at our Plant & Herb Sale on April 18 and 19! Purchase organic products and take a free Garden Tour, courtesy of The Franciscan Monastery Garden Guild.

04/05/2026

04/05/2026

Easter message from Fr. Ramzi Sidawi, ofm.
Happy Easter!

04/04/2026

This service is a solemn reenactment of The Burial of Christ and is very similar to the ceremony reenacted each year on Good Friday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. There are very few places outside of the Holy Land where this ceremony is performed. The friars process through the church with a figure of the Lord after his body has been removed from the cross at the Altar of Calvary. At the conclusion of the procession, the “body” is placed on the anointing stone and, with measured solemnity, is lavishly incensed and anointed. The body is then placed into the Sepulchre itself and, as they leave, the door is dramatically slammed shut — to be reopened on the “third day.”

04/04/2026

Holy Saturday - Reflection from Fr. Jerom Wolbert, ofm

04/03/2026

Good Friday - Reflection from Fr. John Puodziunas, ofm

04/03/2026

🔴 LIVE: PASSION OF THE LORD AT CALVARY – Holy Sepulcher | Holy Week 2026

Join us LIVE for the solemn Office of the Passion of the Lord (Officium Passionis Domini),
celebrated at Calvary in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.

The sacred Good Friday liturgy is presided over by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa,
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem — at the very site where Jesus Christ was crucified,
died, and rose from the dead.

Calvary (Golgotha) and the Holy Tomb are enshrined within the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre,
making this celebration a uniquely powerful act of faith at the heart of the Holy Land.

HOLY WEEK FROM JERUSALEM: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoMiL2pbSSHHv0zXB6RioOoQdh5XRiszR

04/02/2026

🔴 LIVE: Holy Hour in the Basilica of Gethsemane, Jerusalem | HOLY WEEK 2026

Together with the Mother Church of Jerusalem, we gather at Gethsemane — the sacred ground where Jesus Christ spent His final hours before His Passion — to commemorate the salvific events that took place in this holy place on the eve of Our Lord's suffering and death.

📍 Basilica of the Agony (Church of All Nations) — Garden of Gethsemane, Jerusalem
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