Christmas
On Christmas Eve, please join us for carols at 11:30 p.m. followed by Midnight Mass and a solemn procession to the Nativity Grotto after the liturgy.
Mass is celebrated on Christmas Day at 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and Noon. You may visit the Grotto of Bethlehem until 1 p.m.
The Monastery will be closed Wednesday, December 26th, after the 7 a.m. Mass.
New Year's
On New Year's (if a Holyday of Obligation), Masses are 5 p.m. New Year's Eve, and 6 a.m., 7 a.m. The church will close after the 7 a.m. Mass.
Lent, Holy Week and Easter
Join us for the Way of the Cross every Friday of Lent at 3 p.m. in the Monastery Church.
Palm Sunday Masses at 8 a.m., 10 a.m. (Blessing of the Psalms and Procession). An evening mass is celebrated at 5 p.m.
Holy Thursday mass is celebrated at 7 p.m., followed by a procession and the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until midnight.
On Good Friday, please join us for The Way of the Cross in the Gardens at 3 p.m.; the Good Friday Liturgy at 3:30 p.m., and Ceremony of the Burial of Christ at 8 p.m.
An Easter Vigil is held on Holy Saturday at 8 p.m.
On Easter Sunday, please join us for a Sunrise Service in the Gardens at 6 a.m., and for Mass at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., noon, and 5 p.m.
For more detailed information on these and other Holiday and Holy events, please call 202/526-6800.
