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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.
Optional Memorial of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, Virgin

Please Lord, mold me, fashion me and guide me to become the person you want me to be. Pour me with your energy so that as I go out to serve you, I do it according to your Holy Will. Send forth your Holy Spirit to grant me the fortitude to carry my cross while I undertake my itinerary today. Please Lord, help me and guide my heart to remain strong when trials come my way. In Jesus’ Name, I pray, Amen.

Saint Rose Philippine, Pray for us.

Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne’s Story

Born in Grenoble, France, of a family that was among the new rich, Rose learned political skills from her father and a love of the poor from her mother. The dominant feature of her temperament was a strong and dauntless will, which became the material - and the battlefield - of her holiness.

Allan Sabroso
Liturgy Coordinator
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
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).
The Book of the Names of the Dead

The Book of the Names of the Dead will be placed in the Chapel of Mary through the month of November. It will be left open for people to write the names of their deceased loved ones and for others to read the names, remember, and pray for the repose of their souls.
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.
The Grotto Gift Shop: 9 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Click on the video and take a moment to relax and experience the serenity of the sanctuary.

Today, enjoy the view from the overlook, high above Our Lady's Grotto.

Join Fr. Vidal Martinez, OSM, Rector of The Grotto, for a daily stroll through the garden.

Today, a few roses are still blooming in the Rose Garden, which is located in the Upper Gardens next to the Monastery of Our Sorrowful Mother.

The Servite Friars (from left to right)

Father Vidal Martinez, OSM, Rector: FatherVidal@thegrotto.org
Father Ignatius Kissel, OSM: FatherIgnatius@thegrotto.org
Father Leo Hambur, OSM: FatherLeo@thegrotto.org
Father Edgar Benedi-an, OSM: FatherEdgar@thegrotto.org
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.