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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

Sunday mass will be held outdoors at the Grotto Cave from May - October (weather permitting) please call Sunday morning if want to confirm Mass location 
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​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
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Upcoming Special Days and Events


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​Restoration of Our Lady's Statue



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. 


​We humbly ask you to keep the National Shrine Grotto in mind as you  make your charitable donations.

When you give to this fund, you help with the additional unforeseen repair costs of this critical restoration of our Blessed Mother's statue.



support THE RESTORATION OF OUR BLESSED MOTHER'S STATUE

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FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI

Sunday, June 19



Adoration
10:45 AM in St. Mary's Chapel

Confession
10:45 AM outside of St. Mary's Chapel

Holy Mass 
12 PM Grotto Cave (weather permitting)

Eucharistic Procession
1PM beginning at Grotto Cave

Spanish Mass
2PM Grotto Cave (weather permitting)​

After Mass on this feast day Our Lord is placed in the monstrance. The priest then carries Him to four different altars representing the four corners of the earth. While processing, the congregation follows and sings. At each altar there are readings, prayers, and benediction.    -therealpresence.org






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​FEAST OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS


Friday, June 24


Mass
11 a.m. in St. Mary's Chapel

Prayers in honor of the Sacred Heart will be said after Mass



"I promise you in the excessive mercy of my Heart that my all-powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the First Fridays in nine consecutive months the grace of final perseverance; they shall not die in my disgrace, nor without receiving their sacraments. My divine Heart shall be their safe 




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Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Monday,  June 27


Mass,  11 a.m. in St. Mary's Chapel




​Mother of Perpetual Help, today we face so many difficulties. Help us to reach out to those in need. Help us understand that our lives belong to others as much as they belong to us.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, model of Christian love, we know we cannot heal every ill or solve every problem. But with God's grace, we intend to do what we can. May we be true witnesses to the world that love for one another really matters. May our daily actions proclaim how fully our lives are modeled after your life.


ASK FOR THE INTERCESSION OF OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP
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​The International Exhibition: The Eucharistic Miracles of the World
Designed and created by the Servant of God Carlo Acutis


Displayed every first Saturday and Sunday of the month on Seton walkway
weather permitting


The exhibition at The National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes consists of a small selection about the 136 Eucharistic Miracles. Mount St. Mary's students and professors arranged this exhibit in conjunction with the Grotto staff to celebrate the Year of the Eucharist in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Acutis' exhibition presents a selection of the main Eucharistic  Miracles which occurred over the centuries through which you can "virtually visit" the places where the miracles occurred.
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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

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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
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National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes
on the campus of Mount St. Mary's University
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16330 Grotto Road
Emmitsburg, MD 21727
Phone: 301-447-5318


MASS SCHEDULE:
Monday-Friday 11 AM
​Saturday 12 PM
Sunday at 12 PM (English)
​Sunday at 2 PM (Spanish)

ADORATION:
​Sunday 10:45 AM -11:45 AM

CONFESSIONS:
Saturday 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Sunday 10:45 AM; 1:15 PM
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