Upcoming Special Days and Events
First Saturdays Devotion Saturday, August 3 Adoration & Confession 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Mass 12:00 PM First Saturdays Devotions following Mass “Look my daughter, at My Heart, surrounded with thorns with which ungrateful men pierce Me at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude. You, at least, try to console Me, and announce in My Name that I promise to assist at the hour of death, with all graces necessary for salvation, all those who, on the first Saturdays of five consecutive months, confess, receive Holy Communion, recite the Rosary and keep Me company for fifteen minutes meditating on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary with the intention of making reparation to Me.” -Our Lady to Sr. Lucia |
Feast of Blessed Stanley Rother
Sunday, July 28 Adoration & Confession 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Mass 12:00 PM Rosary following Mass 2:00 PM (Spanish) Spanish Rosary following Mass "The shepherd cannot run at the first sign of danger... I still don't want to abandon my flock when wolves are making random attacks." —Blessed Stanley Rother |
Feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus Tuesday, August 6 Mass 11:00 AM Rosary following Mass "At His Transfiguration Christ showed His disciples the splendor of His beauty, to which He will shape and color those who are His: 'He will reform our lowness configured to the body of his glory.'" –Saint Thomas Aquinas |
Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary
Thursday, August 15 Mass 11:00 AM Rosary Procession following Mass "Taken up into Heaven, Mary shows us the way to God, the way to Heaven, the way to Life." –St. John Paul II Solemnity of the Assumption Mass Enrollment Your intentions will be offered at the Masses celebrated during the Octave of the Assumption of Mary. August 15–August 22 |
Queenship of Mary Thursday, August 22 Mass 11:00 AM Rosary following Mass "So Mary is a Queen. And, for our consolation, we ought to remember that she is a most tender and kind Queen, eager to help us in our miseries. So much so that the Church wants us to call her in this prayer a Queen of Mercy. Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy!" –St. Alphonsus Liguori |
Vietnamese Pilgrimage Saturday, August 31 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Grotto Schedule Adoration & Confession 10:45 AM –11:45 AM Mass 12:00 PM First Saturday Devotion and Rosary following Mass Sign up to volunteer and experience this amazing event! Call 301-447-5318 to inquire O Mary, Holy Mother of La Vang, Mother of God and our most loving Mother, pour out your abundant blessings upon your children who earnestly implore you. Give us a heart of compassion and charity to build a culture of love and life. Amen. |
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: Monday–Friday 11:00 AM Saturday 12:00 PM Sunday (English) 12:00 PM Sunday (Español) 2:00 PM ADORATION: Saturday 10:45 AM–11:45 AM Sunday 10:45 AM–11:45 AM CONFESSION: Saturday 10:45 AM–11:45 AM Sunday 10:45 AM–11:45 AM FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTION: After 12:00 PM Mass every First Saturday |