Weekday Mass 
Monday- Friday 11 AM (in St. Mary's Glass Chapel)

​Mass on Saturday
12 PM

Mass on ​Sunday
12 PM
2 PM Spanish Mass
​
​Confessions
    Saturday 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Sunday 10:45 AM; 1:15 PM

​First Saturday Devotions - First Saturday of every month  12:30 PM in St. Mary's Chapel
​

---

Upcoming Special Days and Events

​Giving Tuesday

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

The restoration process on the much beloved and cherished landmark statue of Our Blessed Mother is underway and we need your help! 

We encountered a large setback this year when we began the process to regild this beautiful statue and found that the interior structural steel supports were corroded.  This critical repair, requiring significant and costly refurbishment, has already begun and will continue for many more months. 


As #GivingTuesday is November 30, 2021, we humbly ask you to keep the National Shrine Grotto in mind as you make your charitable donations.

When you give to the Grotto on #GivingTuesday, you help with the additional unforeseen repair costs and by donating to this critical restoration of our Blessed Mother's statue.

---

DONATE ON GIVING TUESDAY

---

The Bicentennial of the Death of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

​A Series of livestreamed talks and panels on the spirituality of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was held during October and November - see links below for recorded  past events

Sponsored by the Theology Department at Mount St. Mary's University, Campus Ministry, Mount St. Mary's Seminary, the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, and the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton


The Spirituality of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Fr. Ted Trinko, IVE, Chaplain of the National Shrine Grotto
https://livestream.com/accounts/594954/events/9891873/videos/226704044


The French-Sulpician School of Spirituality
Dr, Hichael Hahn, Dro Owen Phelan, Msgr. McLean Cummings, Fr, Michael Roach
https://livestream.com/…/59…/events/9905829/videos/226874964


St. Elizabeth Ann Seton's Spirituality of Divine Fatherhood
Dr. Paige Hochschild
https://livestream.com/accounts/594954/events/9912861


Spiritual Motherhood
Panel, Chair: Prof./Mother Asterone, SSVM
​​https://livestream.com/msmu/events/9922639

​
Mary, the Mother of God, in the Spirituality of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Sr. Betty Ann McNeil, DC
https://livestream.com/accounts/594954/events/9932552
​
​

---

---

​​Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Holy Mass,  11 a.m. in St. Mary's Glass Chapel

​An Hour of Adoration immediately following mass

We will pray the rosary during adoration and sing Litany of Loretto

We will pray the litany of St. Joseph for Benediction
to mark the close of this year that was dedicated to St. Joseph

Confessions available after mass in confessional outside St. Mary's Chapel



On December 8, we honor Mary, our Mother. The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic feast celebrating Mary's conception without sin. Even though this feast day occurs in the liturgical season of Advent, which prepares for the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Immaculate Conception refers to the conception of Mary in the womb of her mother, St. Anne.

The dogma of the Immaculate Conception asserts that, "from the first moment of her conception, the Blessed Virgin Mary was, by the singular grace and privilege of Almighty God, and in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of Mankind, kept free from all stain of original sin."

---

LIGHT A CANDLE AND ASK FOR THE INTERCESSION OF OUR BLESSED MOTHER

---

Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Sunday, December 12

Adoration, 10:45 a.m.  in St. Mary's Glass Chapel
Confession, 10:45 a.m. outside St. Mary's Glass Chapel
​Mass,  12 p.m. in St. Mary's Chapel
Spanish Mass, 2 p.m. in St. Mary's Chapel

In honor of this feast day:

1. We will have a special rosary procession with the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe immediately following 2 pm mass


2. Fr. Cesar will give a talk about Our Lady of Guadalupe in St. Mary's Chapel at the conclusion of the rosary procession


3. After the Fr. Cesar's talk,  we will process to the Our Lady of Guadalupe mural singing traditional Guadalupe songs 

​Our Lady of Guadalupe had this to say to the traveler Juan Diego:
"Know for certain, least of my sons, that I am the perfect and perpetual Virgin Mary, Mother of the True God through whom everything lives, the Lord of all things near and far, the Master of heaven and earth. Here I will demonstrate, I will exhibit, I will give all my love, my compassion, my help and my protection to the people. I am your merciful mother, the merciful mother of all of you who live united in this land, and of all mankind, of all those who love me, of those who cry to me, of those who seek me, of those who have confidence in me. Here I will hear their weeping, their sorrow, and will remedy and alleviate all their multiple sufferings."

The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrates the appearance of the Blessed Virgin Mary that marks the beginning of the massive conversion to Christ and His Church of the native peoples of Mexico. Our Lady of Guadalupe continues to be a source of consolation and hope, not only to Catholics of Hispanic descent but to all people, especially those undergoing great trials.​

---

ASK FOR THE INTERCESSION OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
 
Domingo, 12 de Diciembre
 
Adoración, 10:45 a.m. en la Capilla de Cristal de Santa María
Confesión, 10:45 a.m. fuera de la Capilla de Cristal de Santa María
Misa en inglés, 12 p.m. en la Capilla de Santa María
Misa en español, 2 p.m. en la Capilla de Santa María
 
En honor de Nuestra Madre Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Emperatriz de las Américas:
 
Tendremos una procesión especial del rosario con la imagen de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe inmediatamente después de la misa de las 2 pm
 
El Padre César dará una charla sobre Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en la Capilla de Santa María al final de la procesión del rosario
 
Después de la charla, todo nos iremos afuera hacia el mural de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe serenando canciones tradicionales de Guadalupe

​Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe le dijo esto al viajero Juan Diego:
"Sepa con certeza, el más pequeño de mis hijos, que yo soy la perfecta y perpetua Virgen María, Madre del Dios Verdadero por quien todo vive, el Señor de todas las cosas cercanas y lejanas, el Maestro del cielo y de la tierra. Aquí demostraré, exhibiré, daré todo mi amor, mi compasión, mi ayuda y mi protección al pueblo. Yo soy vuestra madre misericordiosa, la madre misericordiosa de todos los que vivís unidos en esta tierra, y de toda la humanidad, de todos los que me aman, de los que claman a mí, de los que me buscan, de los que confían en mí. Aquí escucharé su llanto, su dolor, y remediaré y aliviaré todos sus múltiples sufrimientos".
 
La fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe celebra la aparición de la Santísima Virgen María el 12 de diciembre del 1531 que marca el inicio de la conversión intensiva a Cristo y a su Iglesia de los pueblos originarios de México. Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe sigue siendo una fuente de consuelo y esperanza, no sólo para los católicos de ascendencia hispana, sino para todas las personas, especialmente las que pasan por grandes pruebas.
​

---