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Little Rome: The Catholic Presence in Brookland
Northeast D.C.’s Brookland community is often referred to as "Little Rome” due
to the myriad of Roman Catholic institutions located in the neighborhood.
Washington Walks will offer a pair of two-hour walking tours through the
community with a lunch break in between at local eatery Col. Brooks' Tavern.
Join us for one—or both!
Little Rome in the Neighborhood
10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 10
We’ll start with a stroll through residential Brookland, passing the Augustinian
and Jesuit monastic houses as well as the old Bishop's House. The beautiful
Franciscan Monastery and Garden are next, one of the lesser-known jewels in
Washington’s crown of religious sites. The extraordinary art deco Franciscan
College (now Howard University Divinity School) and Josephat House are next. If
time and energy permit, we will make an extra loop to the hidden-away Varnum
Campus, with its tiny circle of 1920's Catholic institutional buildings.
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Little Rome on Campus
2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 10
The Catholic University of America is the national university of the Catholic
Church in the United States. (It was founded and sponsored by the U.S. bishops
with the approval of the Holy See.) That is possesses the blessing of the Pope
is only one of the features that makes it a unique place. Another is the array
of impressive building scattered throughout the campus, including the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (one of the ten largest churches in the
world), the newly completed Mary Garden, and a row of monastic study houses. The
John Paul II Center, the new Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, and study houses on
the north edge of the campus will also be viewed. As an extra treat, we will see
James Renwick's 1850s gate house created for William Corcoran's Harewood country
estate.
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