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 celebration begins this Sunday, Sept. 17, the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, with an Centennial Opening Mass at noon in The Grotto Plaza. 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, contact events@thegrotto.org.

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

As we look toward the beginning of The Grotto's 100th year, we give thanks for all the pilgrims who have traveled from near and far to experience the serenity of the sanctuary, and for being a part of making the shrine what it is today. May the Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother continue to touch lives, and be touched by the lives of our visitors, for another 100 years.

Amen.