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The National Shrine Grotto is closed today due to inclement weather. 


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​The National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, a Catholic national shrine devoted to Our Blessed Mother Mary, is a place of worship, pilgrimage, evangelization and reconciliation.
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This beautiful mountain shrine features one of the oldest American replicas of the Lourdes shrine in France, built about two decades after the apparition of Mary at Lourdes in 1858, and attracts hundreds of thousands of pilgrims each year from all over the world. It offers the occasion for a deepening conversion, a step forward in the journey to God, with Mary as the model for that journey.
​Hours
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily (gates close at 5 p.m.).

Mass
Every day of the week at 12 p.m.  and during Special Times
Spanish Mass on Sundays at 2 p.m. 

Reconciliation and Adoration 
Saturday and Sunday 10:45 a.m.

Shuttle
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Transportation is available from the parking lot to the Miller Family Visitors Center.
Call (301) 447-5318 for reservations.​

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Bulletin Archive
We offer a monthly, informative bulletin for our pilgrims. Click here for our archive of past bulletins in Adobe PDF format, and we encourage you to contact us directly by email at grotto@msmary.edu if the month of the bulletin you are seeking is not listed below.

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The Little-Known Shrine Hiding In Maryland That Is An Absolute Work Of Art​ 
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by Jamie Alvarenga
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National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes
on the campus of Mount St. Mary's University
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16330 Grotto Road
Emmitsburg, MD 21727
Phone: 301-447-5318

Mass: Every Day 12 p.m.
Reconciliation:
Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m.
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