GROTTO WINTER HOURS
Please Note:
The National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes will be closed January 5– 9 and 12–16. There will be no Masses held during the week days.
The National Shrine Grotto will be open on Saturday and Sunday, January 10–11 and Adoration, Confession, and Mass will be held as normal.
On Saturday, January 17 the National Shrine Grotto will return to normal operating hours.

Mount St. Mary's Seminary

​The National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, a Catholic national shrine devoted to Our Blessed Mother Mary, is on campus with the second-oldest Catholic theologate in the United States, Mount St. Mary’s Seminary.

Mount St. Mary’s Seminary is truly a national seminary whose alumni have been serving as priests for many diocese across our great country. Since our humble beginnings in 1808 we have continued to thrive in partnership with bishops and religious superiors in preparing candidates for the priesthood who strive for holiness, are devoted to the Holy Eucharist and the Blessed Mother, and are totally loyal to the Gospel and the teaching of the Church.​

National Shrine Grotto

Plan Your Visit
Prayer and Devotion​
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:
Tuesday   12:00 PM–4:00 PM​
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
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