Assumption Feast Day Mass and Eucharistic Procession

15aug7:00 am4:45 pmAssumption Feast Day Mass and Eucharistic Procession

Event Details

August 15 | 11  am Assumption Feast Day Mass and Eucharistic Procession

Join us for the Feast Day Mass of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Mother of Mercy Hall (indoor/outdoor prayer venue) on-site at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion. While additional outdoor seating will be available, please bring your lawn chairs for any additional seating needs.  The main Feast Day Mass will be held at 11 AM CDT with a Eucharistic Rosary Procession to follow at 12:15 pm. After the Procession, picnic lunch items will be offered to celebrate the day with family and friends in the peaceful environment offered by the Shrine.

Main Celebrant: TBD

If you are a knight of Columbus with current regalia, you are invited to participate in the honor guard for the event, subject to commander in charge. Please contact kofc1197honorguard@gmail.com.

Schedule of Events

9:00 a.m. Café & Gift Shop Opens
9:00 a.m. Sacrament of Confession Begins in Apparition Chapel
10:30 a.m. Café & Gift Shop Closes for Mass – will reopen after procession
11:00 a.m. Large Indoor/Outdoor Mass in Mother of Mercy Hall with Cardinal James Michael Harvey and Bishop David Ricken
12:30 p.m. Eucharistic Rosary Procession
1:15 Picnic Lunch Begins
1:00 p.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Begins in Chapel
2:00 p.m. Enrollment in the Confraternities of the Rosary and Brown Scapular in Mother of Mercy Hall
3:00 p.m. Confession Time and Picnic Lunch Ends
3:00 p.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet & Benediction in Chapel
3:15 p.m. Blessing of Religious Articles in Chapel after Chaplet
3:20 p.m. Coast to Coast Rosary in Chapel – the beginning of the 54-day rosary novena for our nation (ending on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary)
4:00 p.m. Gift Shop & Cafe Closes

The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion - Marian Apparition Site in the United States of America

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