Saint Alphonsus
Novena & Procession for the
Return
of Lost Sheep
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“If we should be saved and become saints, we ought always to stand at the gates of the Divine mercy to beg and pray for, as alms, all that we need.”
—Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Novena & Procession
Saint Alphonsus
begins 8.2.2023
Our parish patron was given by God a particular zeal and a special grace for the conversion of souls. As the patron saint also of arthritis and the ailments afflicting the connective tissues in the body, we see also his gift as Doctor of the Church to aid the afflictions of the Mystical Body. Let us call on his powerful intercession for nothing less than the complete and total conversion of our own souls, as he was wont to beg us to accomplish, and for the conversion of others, too.
Attend in person
Visit the Shrine for our patronal feast day! On Tuesday, 2 August, Masses will be offered at 7am, 12:10pm, and 7pm. High Mass will be offered in the evening. 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. Invoke the powerful intercession of Saint Alphonsus, with his zeal for converting souls, for yourself, your loved ones, your neighbors and coworkers, for the world at large.
Enroll your intentionsWatch it live online
We are very pleased to be able to invite you to watch the High Mass on Saint Alphonsus’s feast day live on our YouTube channel beginning at 7 pm. If you can’t assist at Mass in person or if you live farther away, plan to join us live that evening and unite your prayers with ours.
Watch Mass liveJoin us for the preached novena
This year we add a novena of preached Masses leading up to our patron’s feast day. For the advantage of those who cannot attend the Shrine in person, we will broadcast these Masses live.
Schedule and BroadcastsDownload the Novena Prayers
After Masses at the Shrine beginning on Monday, 24 July, until his feast day, we pray a preparatory novena to Saint Alphonsus. Download a copy to print and use at home or at Mass.
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“I Love Jesus Christ and that is why I am on fire with the desire to give Him souls, first of all my own, and then an incalculable number of others.”
—Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Annual Enrollment
Saint Alphonsus Novena + Procession
For the Return of Lost Sheep
We invite you to enroll your intentions now for this year’s Novena of Masses dedicated to the conversion of our own souls and the souls of those we love. Use the button below to make a much-needed donation to support the spiritual work of the Shrine and to submit your intentions. You will be given an opportunity to submit as many as you like after completing your transaction. We’re grateful both for your support and for this opportunity to call on our patron saint’s powerful intercession!
Your intentions will be placed on the altar in a gold box during the Masses offered for them.
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High Mass on the Feast Day
Feast of
Saint Alphonsus Liguori
2 August 2023
A great priest, who in his life propped up the house, and in his days fortified the temple, as a bright fire, and frankincense burning in the fire.
—Communion (Ecclus. I i. 9)
Join us for the celebration of High Mass on our parish patron’s feast day, live from the National Shrine of Saint Alphonsus Liguori! This also begins our annual novena of Masses for the return of lost sheep. This is a big day for us! Come in person for Mass on this Holy Day, or watch the broadcast the High Mass, live from the Shrine, beginning at 7 pm.
Holy Day schedule
7:00 am Traditional Latin Mass
12:10 pm Traditional Latin Mass
7:00 pm Traditional Latin Mass (High)
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Preached Novena
Join us in person or live online for a novena of preached Masses leading up to the Solemnity of Saint Alphonsus Liguori. The schedule of Masses in this novena appears below. Use the button at the bottom to go to the playlist on YouTube.
Monday, 24 July – Friday, 28 July
7:00 pm
Saturday, 29 July
7:00 and 10:00 am
Sunday, 30 July
7:30, 9:30, and 11:30 am
Monday, 31 July - Tuesday, 1 August
7:00 pm
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Novena Prayer
We will pray a Novena to Saint Alphonsus Liguori after Masses at the Shrine, beginning on Monday, 24 July, until his feast day on 2 August.
Click the image (or the button below) to download and print your own copy of the prayers, which you can use here at Mass or at home during our preparatory novena.
Saint Alphonsus, instructed in the Divine art of converting sinners, pray for us.
“If you pray, you are positive of saving your soul. If you do not pray, you are just as positive of losing your soul.”
—Saint Alphonsus Liguori