800 years ago, the Roman Catholic Church entrusted the guardianship of the Holy Land and other shrines of the Christian religion to the Order of St. Francis. This work has grown to include support of schools and missions in the Holy Land, as well as care for refugees and other needy people throughout the region. Mount St. Sepulchre is dedicated to this trust and to the related task of informing Americans and others of the continued need for this custody and care.

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Right, an aerial view of the monastery and the surrounding Brookland area, ca. 1920s.

Left, Father Schilling and the original pioneer friars raising a cross on the hill where the Church and Monastery will be built, ca. 1897-98.