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SUMMARY:Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us in celebrating the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. \nSaturday\, August 17\n\n\n\nTime:\nLocation and additional information:\n\n\n4:30 p.m.\nVigil Mass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n\nSunday\, August 18\n\n\n\nTime:\nLocation and additional information:\n\n\n7:30 a.m.\nMass – Crypt Church\n\n\n9:00 a.m.\nMass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n10:30 a.m.\nMass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n12 Noon*\nSolemn Mass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n2:30 p.m.*\nMisa – Iglesia Superior\n\n\n4:30 p.m.\nMass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n\n*Livestreamed on www.nationalshrine.org/mass \nConfessions will be heard on Sunday at the regularly scheduled hours: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Noon)\, 1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. (en Español)\, and 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/twentieth-sunday-in-ordinary-time-2024/
LOCATION:The Basilica
CATEGORIES:All Events,Liturgy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240818T180000
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SUMMARY:2024 Summer Organ Recital Series - Benjamin LaPrairie
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the seventh performance in our 2024 Summer Organ Recital Series on August 18 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Benjamin LaPrairie of Washington\, D.C. will perform. \nBenjamin LaPrairie\n\nBenjamin LaPrairie serves as Associate Director of Music at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington\, D.C. Since 2011\, he has assisted in the leadership of the music department and has regularly accompanied daily\, Sunday\, and other special Masses throughout the year. Notable liturgies include the Canonization Mass of Saint Junípero Serra\, celebrated by Pope Francis\, and the Funeral Mass of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In May of 2019\, Benjamin performed with the Choir of the Basilica in concerts and liturgies in Rome for the commemoration of 35 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Holy See. Previous posts include Principal Organist at St. Dominic Catholic Church in Washington\, D.C.\, and Director of Music at St. Patrick Catholic Church in St. Charles\, Illinois. \nAs a composer\, Benjamin’s works have been performed by the Choir\, Brass\, and Orchestra of the Basilica\, and have been recorded and broadcast worldwide on EWTN\, Salt & Light Media\, and CatholicTV. His setting of Christus Vincit was premiered upon the entrance of Pope Francis into the Great Upper Church of the National Shrine in September of 2015. Recent works include a new setting of Ye Sons and Daughters for the Choir and Orchestra of the Basilica\, and a setting of Joy to the World for the choirs and orchestra of The Catholic University of America. As an organist\, Benjamin has performed throughout the United States and abroad\, and has been featured as a soloist with the Pine Mountain Music Festival\, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City\, NJ\, at the Kennedy Center in Washington\, D.C.\, the Eccles Organ Festival at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City\, UT\, and the Sacra Liturgia Conference at St. Patrick Seminary in San Francisco\, CA. Upcoming performances include the Cathedral Concert Series at St. Augustine Cathedral in Kalamazoo\, MI. \nA native of Michigan\, Benjamin is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music\, Theater\, and Dance\, where he studied organ with Robert Glasgow. He received a Master of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music\, where he studied organ with John Walker\, and was the recipient of the Bruce R. Eicher Prize in Organ. In the fall of 2019\, Benjamin was appointed Lecturer in Organ at The Catholic University of America Rome School of Music\, Drama\, and Art\, and in 2022\, he was invited to join the board of the Catholic Sacred Music Project\, under the patronage of Robert Cardinal Sarah.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2024-summer-organ-recital-series-benjamin-laprairie/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240820T180000
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SUMMARY:Heritage Talk: Eucharist - Feeding the World
DESCRIPTION:Easter Sunday 2024 marked the centennial anniversary of the celebration of the first Public Mass held inside the National Shrine. The celebration of the inauguration of the liturgical life of this grand and noble votive church in honor of Mary\, the Immaculate Conception\, will be celebrated throughout 2024 and 2025. \nWe invite you to join us in the Crypt Church for the next Heritage Talk on Tuesday\, August 20\, 2024\, following the 5:15 p.m. Mass. Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo\, Secretary General of the International Catholic Migration Commission\, will offer a presentation entitled “Eucharist: Feeding the World.”
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/heritage-talk-eucharist-feeding-the-world/
LOCATION:Crypt Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Special
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240822T171500
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SUMMARY:Ordination Centenary Celebration - Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
DESCRIPTION:This historic image is the property of the National Shrine Archives and protected by copyright. No permission\, either express or implied\, is granted for the electronic transmission\, storage\, retrieval\, or reproduction of this photograph\, other than that related to standard caching practices of web browsers. No parties/individuals visiting or viewing this image may otherwise copy\, modify\, publish\, transmit\, or distribute the contents of the photograph found herein.\n\nOn Easter Sunday 1924\, the liturgical life of the National Shrine began with the celebration of the first Mass in the Crypt Church. Three months later\, in June 1924\, the first ordinations were conferred at the National Shrine. Since that date\, more than 800\,000 Masses have been celebrated along with nearly seven thousand ordinations. \nAs part of our continuing celebration of One Hundred Years of Worship at the National Shrine\, on Thursday\, August 22\, 2024\, the Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary\, His Eminence\, Wilton Cardinal Gregory\, Archbishop of Washington and Chair of the National Shrine Board of Trustees\, will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving\, at 5:15 p.m. in the Crypt Church. On this Marian feast day\, at this noble shrine\, in honor of our national patroness\, all priests who received orders (tonsure to priesthood and bishop) at the National Shrine and all those who wish to celebrate their priestly ministry as part of this holy centenary are invited to concelebrate.  \nNote: This Mass will be livestreamed on nationalshrine.org/mass.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/ordination-centenary-celebration/
LOCATION:Crypt Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Liturgy,Special
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