Hours of Operation: 9 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

(Upper Gardens admission will be sold until 5:30 p.m.)

Recitation of the Rosary

Recitation of the Rosary will take place 30 minutes before the noon Mass.

Daily Mass

12 noon

Chapel of Mary

Priest Office Hours

10-11:45 and

3:30-5 p.m.

Complete Mass Schedule

Centennial Opening Mass this Sunday

The Grotto kicks off its Centennial Celebration this weekend as we begin the 100th year of the historic shrine.

The 100th Anniversary will feature a year’s worth of celebrations, including concerts, new exhibits, special events and community service.

The Centennial kicks off this Sunday, Sept. 17, with a Centennial Opening Mass at noon in The Grotto Plaza, as we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. Father Eugene Smith, OSM, Prior Provincial of the Order of Servants of Mary, the Friars who minister at The Grotto, will preside.

All are invited to join in celebrating throughout the upcoming year. For more information about the Centennial and how you can support The Grotto, pleae contact events@thegrotto.org.

Oh, Gentle Savior, today we celebrate your mother under her title of Our Sorrowful Mother. You gave her to us as my mother at the cross. Her suffering shows me she understands what I experience when I say “yes” to God and experience suffering. When I suffer Mary understands. When my plans are interrupted Mary understands. Her plans were interrupted too. When my family and friends do no not understand my “yes” to God, Mary understands. Mary shows us that faith, courage and strength are possible even in deep sorrow. Mary is Jesus’ mother and our mother too.

Holy Mary, Mother of Sorrows, thank you for understanding and seeing me through my sorrows too. Amen.