COUNTDOWN TO FESTIVAL
6 DAYS
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Celebrate the Return of the Christmas Festival of Lights!
This year’s Festival will look a little different due to the ongoing pandemic. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to produce a safe but fun Festival.
Tickets are sold online in order to control the nightly capacity.
The Grotto’s Christmas Festival of Lights features over two million lights and hosts nightly indoor holiday concerts performed by many of the region’s finest schools, churches, and civic choirs. The Festival reflects the special season of hope that Christmas offers.
Continuous entertainment for all ages is offered in The Grotto’s plaza area, including outdoor caroling, puppet shows, and an assortment of musical guests.
For more information about this year's Festival, including Covid-19 safety protocol, please click here.
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He is not God of the dead, but of the living
God of the living, thank you for reminding us that we “all are alive” in your eyes. In this month when we remember all the saints and all the faithful departed whose faith you alone know, we recognize your power as an ever living God. Thank you God of life, for in you we are the People of Life and in you we find our sure salvation, Life eternal. Today, help us to “rejoice in your salvation” and in the life that you have given us. Help us to live a life worthy of your Kingdom by loving you above all else and by loving our neighbors as ourselves, especially to love and to care for the needy, the poor, the afflicted and abandoned in our society. May our actions bear witness to the world that we are the children of the living God and not the God of the dead, for we know, God, you live and reign, forever and ever.
Amen.
Fr. Leo Hambur, OSM
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Garden Hours: 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Upper Gardens admission sold until 4:30 p.m.
Gift Shop open until 6:30 p.m.
Following state guidelines, masks must be worn in all indoor spaces at The Grotto, and outdoors where crowds are gathered or social distancing cannot be maintained. This includes all Masses.
Daily Mass
12 noon in the Chapel of Mary
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Recitation of the Rosary
Daily recitation of the Rosary at The Grotto will take place everyday, one half hour before each Mass. On Friday's, we pray the Rosary of the Seven Sorrows of Mary (Servite Rosary).
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Bible Study Livestream
Saturdays: 9:15-10 a.m.
All are welcome to the weekly Bible Study Livestream with Fr. Edgar Benedi-an, OSM. For more information, please click the button below.
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Priest's Office Hours
Monday - Saturday
10 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
The Servite Friars gladly await your request for confession, spiritual guidance and blessing of articles. You may also set up an appointment for a blessing with the relic of St. Peregrine. The office is located at the Visitor Center.
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The Grotto Gift Shop: 9 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. |
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Click on the video and take a moment to relax and experience the serenity of the sanctuary.
Today, enjoy the beautiful setting of St. Joseph's Grove.
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Join Fr. Vidal Martinez, OSM, Rector of The Grotto, for a daily stroll through the garden.
Today, visit the Monastery of Our Sorrowful Mother, surrounded by the colors of fall.
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The Servite Friars (from left to right)
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