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 )  Only offered until May 2021 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​

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Upcoming Special Days and Events

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

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Confessions
 8:30 AM; 10:45 AM; 1:15 PM



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

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FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI

Sunday, June 6, 2021


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)​

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​FEAST OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS


Friday, June 11, 2021


Mass
11 AM 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 refuge in this last moment" (Jesus to St. Margaret Mary).​




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FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY


Saturday, June 12, 2021


Holy Mass 12 PM in Grotto Cave (weather permitting)

Rosary Procession after the Mass


O Most Blessed Mother,
​heart of love, heart of mercy, ever listening, caring, consoling, hear our prayer.
As your children, we implore your intercession with Jesus your Son.
Receive with understanding and compassion the petitions we place before you today,
especially (special intention).
Help all of us, Holy Mother to bear our burdens in this life until we may share eternal life
and peace with God forever.
Amen

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​FATHER'S DAY

Sunday, June 20, 2021

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

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

​Confessions
  10:45 AM and 1:15 PM


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Be sure to wish your father or grandfather a happy Father's Day, or say a prayer for him if he has passed on.  While you are at it, be sure to say happy Father's Day to your priest.  Our spiritual fathers reflect the love of God to us on a daily basis as well.

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​FEAST OF OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

Sunday, June 27, 2021

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

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

Confessions
 10:45 AM and 1:15 PM


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.

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SPECIAL MASS CELEBRATING THE
40TH ANNIVERSARYOF THE DEATH OF BLESSED STANLEY ROTHER

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Holy Mass

• 11:00 AM in St. Mary’s Chapel

​Msgr. Thomas Tewes, S'63 classmate and friend of Blessed Stanley Rother will Celebrate 

Msgr. Andrew Baker, Rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary will be Concelebrant 

•  A Relic and image of Blessed Stanley will be present at the Mass


• Father Rother graduated from Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in 1963, when he was ordained for the priesthood in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma. In 1968, he joined a group of Catholic missionaries heading to Guatemala to work with the Tzutuhils, an indigenous people suffering from extreme poverty. ​In the summer of 1981, he was slain in the church’s rectory by three men believed to be members of an extremist death squad associated with the corrupt Guatemalan government. 


• ​ According to Rev. Ted Trinko, chaplain the National Shrine Grotto, seminarians who attended a retreat Rother led at the Mount shortly before his death said that it was during his prayer in the Grotto that he came to the decision to return to Guatemala, despite the danger posed by death threats and increasing violence. 

On December 1, 2016, Pope Francis officially recognized Father Rother as a martyr for the faith.  He is the first martyr from the United States and the first U.S. born priest to be beatified. The Rite of Beatification for Fr. Rother was held on September 23, 2017.

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