The Franciscan Sisters, T.O.R., of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother, announced the first profession of vows of Sisters Emma ...

Franciscan Monastery says member is D.C.’s first known coronavirus death March 21, 2020 John-Sebastian Laird-Hammond, 59, was the District’s first known death of the coronavirus.

Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America, 1400 Quincy St. NE (Metro: Brookland). 202-526-6800. [email protected] . www.myfranciscan.org . $70 a night.

On a Christian pilgrimage with her church group, Kristin Toorop looks up to Calvary and her eyes open wide. She listens as tour guide Gloria Harrington tells the story of where Christ was crucified… ...

BOB ABERNETHY, host: In Washington, D.C., four miles from the Capitol, on a 40-acre hilltop, there is a massive Franciscan monastery with a unique mission. Its official name is the Franciscan ...

For nearly 112 years, Mount St. Sepulchre in the District of Columbia has been home to a Franciscan monastery and its Memorial Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

For 150 years, the Franciscan Monastery Sisters of the Sacred Heart have served the Peekskill community and the surrounding area. In 1970, they had 400 sisters who cared for 1,000 children.

Seventy-six Catholic nuns have tested positive for COVID-19 after an outbreak at a Franciscan convent in northwestern Germany, church authorities said Tuesday. Another 85 nuns received negative ...