Honoring our
Mothers
Mothers’ Day Mass Enrollment 2024
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Behold the creature of thy hands, adorn me with thy grace so that thy Son and my God receive me for his slave; and if Thou wilt come to my aid with thy Omnipotence, I shall be faithful in his service; and do Thou count it no presumption in thy insignificant creature, that she bear in her arms and nourish at her breast her own Lord and Creator.
—Our Blessed Mother’s prayer, from the private revelations of
Venerable Mary of Agreda
Sunday after the Ascension
Mothers Day
5.12.2024
This year on Mothers’ Day we will honor our Most Blessed Mother with Her May crowning and procession. And we will offer for our beloved earthly mothers the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Remember the mothers in your life by enrolling them as intentions in this year’s Mass, then bring them with you to experience it in person or invite them to watch it live on Mothers’ Day. What more graced way is there for us to bless the mothers with whom God has blessed us?
Masses offered at 7:30, 9:30, and 11:30 am
Attend in person
Join us at the Shrine for Masses on Mothers’ Day at 7:30, 9:30, and 11:30 am. The High Mass begins at 11:30 with the May crowning and procession to follow.
If this will be your first visit to the Shrine, check our Schedule page for more information on confession times, parking, and directions.
More informationEnroll your intentions
We are accepting your intentions now for our Mass on Mothers’ Day. Remember your mothers, living and deceased, corporeal and spiritual, or offer the Mass for their intentions. We will provide a card that you can print and fill out to let them know you have included them in the Holy Mass at the Shrine.
Enroll your intentionsWatch it live online
We are very pleased to be able to invite you to watch the High Mass live on our YouTube channel beginning at 11:30. If you live farther away or are not able to make it in person, plan to join us live that morning and offer your prayers with ours.
Watch Mass liveBehold thy mother.
The loveliest masterpiece of the heart of God is the heart of a mother.
—Saint Therese of Lisieux
Annual Enrollment
Mothers’ Day
Sunday after the Ascension
We invite you to enroll your intentions for this year’s Mass and to make a donation to support the spiritual work of the Shrine using the button below. Your help and your prayers are greatly needed in these trying times, and we are here to help you, too.
Your intentions will be placed on the altar in a gold box during the Mass offered for them. You will have an opportunity to submit your intentions and print out cards after you complete your donation.
Watch it live
High Mass on Mothers’ Day
Mothers’ Day
Sunday after the Ascension
12 May 2024
I will not leave you orphans: I go away, and I come unto you and your heart shall rejoice.
—from the Alleluia of the Sunday after Ascension
Join us in offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass this year for our mothers, who sacrificed so much for us. We will honor Our Blessed Mother at High Mass, too, with a Procession and our May crowning!
Sunday Mass schedule
7:30 am Traditional Latin Mass
9:30 am Traditional Latin Mass
11:30 am Traditional Latin Mass (High)
3:30 pm Vespers
A woman, when she is in labor, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she hath brought forth the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
—John xvi. 21 (from the Gospel for the Third Sunday after Easter)