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The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day)
November 2, 2025
On Sunday, November 2, we invite you to join us for The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed. The Mass schedule is as follows:
Saturday, November 1
| Time: | Location and additional information: |
|---|---|
| 4:30 p.m. | Vigil Mass of All Souls – Great Upper Church |
Sunday, November 2
| Time: | Location and additional information: |
|---|---|
| 7:30 a.m. | Mass – Crypt Church |
| 9:00 a.m. | Mass – Great Upper Church |
| 10:30 a.m. | Mass – Great Upper Church |
| 12 Noon* | Solemn Mass of All Souls — Great Upper Church Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, Archbishop for the Military Services, USA – Celebrant & Homilist |
| 2:30 p.m.* | Misa Solemne Para Todos Los Fieles Difuntos – Iglesia Superior Reverendísimo Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, Obispo Auxiliar de Washington – Celebrante y Homilista |
| 4:30 p.m. | Mass – Great Upper Church |
| 6:00 p.m.* | Choral Concert for the Commemoration of All Souls – Crypt Church |
*Livestreamed on www.nationalshrine.org/mass.
Special Plenary Indulgence
A plenary indulgence, is granted to the faithful, applicable only to the souls in purgatory, who, on any and each day from November 1 to 8, devoutly visit a cemetery and pray, if only mentally, for the departed; on All Souls’ Day (or, according to the judgment of the ordinary, on the Sunday preceding or following it, or on the solemnity of All Saints), devoutly visit a church or an oratory and recite an Our Father and the Creed. To acquire a plenary indulgence, it is necessary to perform the work to which the indulgence is attached and to fulfill three conditions: sacramental confession, Eucharistic Communion and prayer for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff. (Manual of Indulgences, 29)
