We are excited for this year’s annual Assumption Novena as we celebrate the Jubilee of Saint Francis proclaimed by Pope Leo XIV on the 800th anniversary of Francis’s death. We also celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Conventual Franciscan Province of Our Lady of Consolation!
We look forward to welcoming all pilgrims—those who have been here before and those who are coming for the first time. May your time here be greatly blessed by Our Lord and Lady!
Novena Liturgical Schedule
Recordings
Each day’s Novena Devotions will be livestreamed on our Facebook page. The video will go live about 10 minutes prior to devotions.
After each day, the following will be uploaded to our SoundCloud and Youtube Channels:
• Friar Thomas Piolata’s homily •
• Music selections from each evening by our Assumption Novena musicians •
• The full video of Devotions •
You can listen and/or watch those selections below!
Homilies
Music Selections
Full Video of Devotions
Liturgical Schedule
All Masses are in English unless otherwise noted.
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Thursday, August 6: Day 1 – Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
| 7:00am | Mass (Original Shrine Church) |
| 11:00am | Mass (Upper Basilica) |
| 7:00 – 8:00pm | Confessions (Lower Basilica) |
| 8:00pm | Novena of the Assumption with Rosary Procession (Upper Basilica) |
Friday, August 7: Day 2
| 7:00am | Mass (Original Shrine Church) |
| 11:00am | Mass (Upper Basilica) |
| 7:00 – 8:00pm | Confessions (Lower Basilica) |
| 8:00pm | Novena of the Assumption with Rosary Procession (Upper Basilica) |
Saturday, August 8: Day 3 – Feast of Saint Dominic, Founder of the Order of Preachers
| 11:00am | Novena English Mass (Upper Basilica) |
| 3:30 – 4:30pm | Confessions (Lower Basilica) |
| 5:00pm | Vigil Mass for Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Original Shrine Church) |
| 7:00 – 8:00pm | Confessions (Lower Basilica) |
| 8:00pm | Novena of the Assumption with Rosary Procession (Upper Basilica) |
Sunday, August 9: Day 4 – The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
| 9:00am | Mass (Upper Basilica) |
| 10:00am – 11:00pm | Confessions (Lower Basilica) |
| 11:00am | Mass (Upper Basilica) |
| 12:15pm | History Talk and Tour of Upper and Lower Basilicas |
| 2:00pm | Novena of the Assumption with Rosary Procession (Upper Basilica) |
Monday, August 10: Day 5 – Feast of Saint Lawrence, Deacon & Martyr
| 11:00am | Mass (Upper Basilica) |
| 7:00pm – 8:00pm | Confessions (Lower Basilica) |
| 8:00pm | Novena of the Assumption with Rosary Procession (Upper Basilica) |
Tuesday, August 11: Day 6 – Feast of Saint Clare of Assisi, Virgin, Second Order
| 7:00am | Mass (Original Shrine Church) |
| 11:00am | Mass (Upper Basilica) |
| 7:00 – 8:00pm | Confessions (Lower Basilica) |
| 8:00pm | Novena of the Assumption with Rosary Procession (Upper Basilica) |
Wednesday, August 12: Day 7 – Memorial of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious
| 7:00am | Mass (Original Shrine Church) |
| 11:00am | Mass (Upper Basilica) |
| 7:00 – 8:00pm | Confessions (Lower Basilica) |
| 8:00pm | Novena of the Assumption with Rosary Procession (Upper Basilica) |
Thursday, August 13: Day 8
| 7:00am | Mass (Original Shrine Church) |
| 7:30am – 6:30pm | Eucharistic Adoration (Original Shrine Church) |
| 11:00am | Mass (Upper Basilica) |
| 4:00pm | Rosary in front of the Blessed Sacrament (Original Shrine Church) |
| 7:00 – 8:00pm | Confessions (Lower Basilica) |
| 8:00pm | Novena of the Assumption with Rosary Procession (Upper Basilica) |
Friday, August 14: Day 9 – Feast of Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, I Order, Priest & Martyr
| 7:00am | Mass (Original Shrine Church) |
| 9:30am – 2:30pm | Confessions (back lawn) |
| 11:00am | Mass in English (Upper Basilica) |
| 12:00pm – 8:00pm | Blessing of Religious Articles (Gift Shop Lawn) |
| 12:15pm | Mass in Italian (Original Shrine Church) |
| 12:30pm | Mass in Chaldean (Upper Basilica) |
| 2:00pm | Full Shrine Devotions with Rosary Procession (Upper Basilica) |
| 3:30pm – 8:00pm | Confessions (Back Lawn) |
| 5:00pm | Mass in Chaldean (Upper Basilica) |
| 7:00pm | Vigil Mass of Assumption in English (Original Shrine Church) |
| 7:00pm | Vigil Mass of Assumption in Albanian (Upper Basilica) |
| 9:00pm | Vigil Mass of the Assumption with Candlelight Procession to the (Shrine Park) |
| 9:30pm | Vigil Mass of the Assumption (Upper Basilica) |
Saturday, August 15: Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
| 9:00am – 1:00pm | Confessions (Back Lawn) |
| 9:00am – 1:00pm | Blessing of Religious Articles (Gift Shop Lawn) |
| 10:00am | Mass in Albanian (Upper Basilica) |
| 11:00am | Mass in English (Original Shrine Church) |
| 12:00pm | Mass in Chaldean (Upper Basilica) |
| 2:00pm | Full Shrine Devotions with Rosary Procession (Upper Basilica) |
| 3:30 – 4:30pm | Confessions (Lower Basilica) |
| 5:00pm | Vigil Mass for Tweniteth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Original Shrine Church) |
Sunday, August 16: The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
| 9:00am | Mass (Upper Basilica) |
| 10:00am – 11:00pm | Confessions (Lower Basilica) |
| 11:00am | Mass (Upper Basilica) |
| 12:00pm | Shrine Devotions (Upper Basilica) |
| 12:15pm | History Talk and Tour of Upper and Lower Basilicas |