Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day)
November 2
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)
