Welcome to the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America, located in Washington, D.C. The Monastery of Mount St. Sepulchre, designated a National Historic Site in 1991, has been a place of worship and pilgrimage for thousands of visitors since the church's dedication in 1899. We invite you to visit us when you are in the nation's capital.

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Our Lord of the Miracles

Back in the 1970's, Father Francisco Sihuay placed a painting of the Lord of Miracles, Patron of Lima, in the vestibule near the altar of the Blessed Mother. Fr. Francisco had brought the painting with him from his native Perú.

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