Upcoming Special Days and Events
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. |
First Saturdays Devotion Saturday, September 7 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 |
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary & Outdoor Mass
Sunday, September 8 Adoration & Confession (St. Mary's Glass Chapel) 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Mass (Grotto Cave, weather pending) 12:00 PM Rosary Procession following Mass 2:00 PM (Spanish) Spanish Rosary following Mass "Always stay close to this heavenly Mother, because she is the sea to be crossed to reach the shores of Eternal Splendour." -St. Padre Pio |
Celebrate the Anniversary of the Dedication of the Shrine of St. Sharbel
Saturday, September 28 Adoration & Confession 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Mass 12:00 PM Procession, Veneration, and Blessing with relic of St. Sharbel to immediately follow Mass at shrine of St. Sharbel Rosary to follow Mass in St. Mary's Glass Chapel “Begin nothing on earth unless it has its end in Heaven; do not walk on a path that does not lead to Heaven." —St. Charbel |
Feast of the Archangels Sunday, September 29 Adoration & Confession 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Mass 12:00 PM Rosary following Mass 2:00 PM (Spanish) Spanish Rosary following Mass “When you are before the altar where Christ reposes, you ought no longer to think that you are amongst men; but believe that there are troops of angels and archangels standing by you, and trembling with respect before the sovereign Master of Heaven and earth. Therefore, when you are in church, be there in silence, fear, and veneration." -St. John Chrysostom |
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 |