Mass in St. Mary's Chapel
Monday- Friday 11 AM

Mass on Saturday 12 PM
(in outdoor Grotto cave, weather permitting)

Sunday 9 AM (Latin) in St. Mary's Chapel (only offered until May 16, 2021)
Sunday 12 PM (English) in outdoor Grotto cave, weather permitting
Sunday 2 PM (Spanish) in outdoor Grotto cave, weather permitting

​Confessions
                Saturday 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Sunday 8:30 AM; 10:45 AM; 1:15 PM

​First Saturday Devotions - First Saturday of every month  12:30 PM in St. Mary's Chapel
Our Lady of Lourdes Rosary Crusade - Second Saturday of every month 10:30 AM at the Grotto Cave​

---

Upcoming Special Days and Events

• FEAST OF ST. BERNADETTE

Friday, April 16, 2021


Holy Mass 11 AM in St. Mary's Chapel


Saint Bernadette is often depicted in prayer with a rosary or appealing to the Holy Virgin. She was beatified in 1925 and canonized by Pope Piuis XI in December 1933. Saint Bernadette is the patroness of illness, people ridiculed for their piety, poverty, shepherds, shepherdesses, and Lourdes, France.

---

​THE MISSIONARY  IMAGE OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
​will be at the Grotto 

All day Saturday, April 17th and all day Sunday, April 18th 
​in St. Mary's Chapel

Come join us during the Visitation of the Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, an exact replica of the miraculous tilma, commissioned specifically by the Bishops of Mexico for the evangelization of America and the end of abortion.

The Missionary Images of Our Lady of Guadalupe are the only four images in the world commissioned by the Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City to journey as Missionary Images on a Mission in the New Evangelization to bring conversions and a Culture of Life and Civilization of Love, for which St. John Paul II prayed. He also named Our Lady of Guadalupe as the Star of The New Evangelization.

,,,There are many images of Our Lady of Guadalupe, but the Missionary Images are the only ones in the world with this special title, mission and certification. So, these images are rare, special and extraordinary! 

---

​MAY CROWNING


Sunday, May 2, 2021
Following the 12 Noon Mass in the Grotto Cave


​
We honor our Blessed Mother each May in the month dedicated to her, by crowning an image of her here at the National Shrine Grotto. This is a traditional Catholic ritual which has been occurring for centuries as we recognize Our Lady as both Queen of Heaven, (Regina Coeli) and Mother of God (Mater Dei).
​
​
This year, we are holding our May Crowning at the Grotto Cave and crowning the beautiful statue of Our Lady of Lourdes, while we regild the statue of Our Lady of Grace atop the Pangborn campanile. Please join us for the crowning during the 12:00 PM Mass at the Grotto Cave. We will have, processions, hymns, litanies and more, as we shower Our Blessed Mother with love and gratitude for her many blessings.  

---

​FEAST DAY OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA 

Thursday, May 13, 2021



HOLY MASS, 11 AM in St. Mary's Chapel 



May 13 is the anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady to three shepherd children in the small village of Fatima in Portugal in 1917.  She appeared six times to Lucia, 9, and her cousins Francisco, 8, and his sister Jacinta, 6, between May 13, 1917 and October 13, 1917.

On the 13th day of the month of Our Lady, May 1917, an apparition of ‘a woman all in white, more brilliant than the sun’ presented itself to the three children saying “Please don’t be afraid of me, I’m not going to harm you.” Lucia asked her where she came from and she responded,  “I come from Heaven.”  The woman wore a white mantle edged with gold and held a rosary in her hand. The woman asked them to pray and devote themselves to the Holy Trinity and to “say the Rosary every day, to bring peace to the world and an end to the war.”

---

​SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD
Holy Day of Obligation Observed on the seventh Sunday of Easter


Sunday, May 16, 2021


MASS (LATIN) 9 AM (St. Mary's Chapel)

MASS (ENGLISH) 12 PM (Grotto Cave)
weather permitting

 MASS (SPANISH) 2 PM (Grotto Cave)
weather permitting


The Ascension of the Lord took place 40 days after Easter, which this year, is celebrated on Ascension Thursday, May 13. However, in most dioceses in the Unites States, including the Diocese of Baltimore, the celebration of this solemnity and holy day of obligation is transferred to the following Sunday, May 16. 



"When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.  Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God."
Luke 24:50-53

---