Annual Enrollment
Requiem
Mass cycle for the Poor Souls
One year. Twenty Masses.
Enroll your intentions.
A love marked by remembrance and prayer is shown toward the departed by the faithful who were most dear to them. ...We should not think that anything reaches the dead whom we care for, except what we solemnly ask for them by the sacrifice of the altar or by prayer or alsmsgiving. ...Each person does these things very diligently for his relatives and friends, in expectation of a similar remembrance from the relatives and friends who will survive him.
—Saint Augustine
Commemoration of
All Souls
2 November 2024
With what groaning must the souls of the Faithful in Purgatory long to receive the graces of the Holy Sacrifice offered for their redemption and relief? We must not forget them. And in Her charity and wisdom, the Church certainly does not. Join us this year in praying for the Poor Souls.
The Mass setting for All Souls Day will be Claudio Casciolini’s achingly beautiful Missa pro Defunctis. We’ll also be featuring some of Victoria’s propers and a motet by Palestrina.
High Mass begins at 11:30 am
Attend in person
Masses will be offered at 7:30, 9:30, and 11:30 am. If this will be your first visit to the Shrine, check our Schedule page for more information on confession times, parking, and directions.
More informationWatch it live online
We are very pleased to be able to invite you to watch the Mass live via our YouTube channel. If you live farther away or are not able to make it in person, plan to join us live that morning and join your prayers with ours.
Watch Mass liveEnroll your intentions
We are accepting your intentions now for our annual cycle of Requiem Masses. Remember your departed family and loved ones this year with twenty Masses offered for their souls. Use the button below to enroll their names and offer alms for their sake.
Enroll your intentionsOne year. Twenty Masses
“With Charity towards the dead we practice all the works of charity. The Church encourages us to aid the souls in purgatory, who in turn will reward us abundantly when they come into their glory.”
—Saint Francis de Sales
Annual enrollment
for the Poor Souls
On All Souls Day each year, we begin a new cycle of Requiem Masses offered for your intentions. A novena of Masses starts on 2 November, and then a Mass is offered every month that follows until All Souls Day of next year.
While you may enroll your dear departed at any point during the year, doing so now means that they will receive the benefit of all twenty Masses. We will place their names in the black box that sits on the altar during each of the Requiem Masses that will be offered for their souls.
Use the button below to enroll your deceased loved ones’ names – and to make a donation of alms to support the spiritual work of the Shrine.
You will have an opportunity to download and print Mass cards for your use after you submit your intentions.
Watch it live
All Souls
Commemoration of all the
Faithful Departed
2 November 2024
Réquiem aetérnam dona eis, Dómine. Et lux perpétua lúceat eis.
(Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them.)
Come pray with us for the Poor Souls in Purgatory at this first of twenty Masses offered for them in the course of a year, or watch the broadcast of High Mass, live from the Shrine, beginning at 11:30 am. The Mass setting will be Claudio Casciolini’s Missa pro defunctis, but we will also feature Victoria’s propers and a motet by Palestrina.
Holy Day schedule
7:30 am Traditional Latin Mass
9:30 am Traditional Latin Mass
11:30 am Traditional Latin Mass (High)
“If it were but known how great is the power of the good souls in Purgatory with the Heart of God, and if we knew all the graces we can obtain through their intercession, they would not be so much forgotten. We must, therefore, pray much for them, that they may pray much for us.”
—Saint John Vianney