The National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes is open to the public daily from 8:30 am to 5 pm. Visitors are required to wear masks while on the property and to observe 6’ social distancing protocols.

Daily Mass is in St. Mary's Chapel, 12 pm. Weekend Masses are at the Grotto Cave, 12 pm Saturday and Sunday and 2 pm Sunday in Spanish.

*Please note at this time we can accommodate 350 attendees per weekend Mass. Weekday Masses will be held in St. Mary's Chapel, which can accomodate 58 at a time. Please bring hats, water, and umbrellas, and follow ushers' seating directives.  

St. Bernadette's Gift Shoppe is open from 9 am to 4:30 pm for 25 visitors at a time.

The Miller Family Visitor Center and St. Bernadette's Shoppe will be closed on Wednesdays.
  
We look forward to your visit!
​The National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes is a Catholic place of prayer devoted to the Blessed Mother, Mary. This beautiful mountainside shrine features one of the oldest American replicas of the Lourdes Grotto in France, built about two decades after the apparition of Mary at Lourdes in 1858.

Each year, the National Shrine Grotto draws thousands of pilgrims from all over the world. It is a place of worship, pilgrimage, conversion, and reconciliation.

​Hours
Grotto Grounds-8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
St. Bernadette's Shoppe-9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Mass
Every day of the week at 12 p.m.  and during Special Times
If weather permits, Mass on Saturdays and Sundays will be at the Grotto.
Spanish Mass on Sundays at 2 p.m. 

Reconciliation and Adoration @ the St. Mary's Chapel
Saturday and Sunday 10:45 a.m.

Shuttle ( Not Available at this Time due to the Pandemic.)
​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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In  light of the corona-virus and other illnesses, please refer to the following links
from the Health Services Office at Mount St. Mary's University.

https://inside.msmary.edu/health-services/covid-19-info.html

https://inside.msmary.edu/health-services/influenza-prevention-and-policy.html

​https://inside.msmary.edu/health-services/index.html
National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes
on the campus of Mount St. Mary's University
​
16330 Grotto Road
Emmitsburg, MD 21727
Phone: 301-447-5318

Mass: Every Day 12 p.m.
Reconciliation: Saturday and Sunday 10:45 A.M.
Adoration: Saturday and Sunday 10:45 A.M.​
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