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Shrine Events
Calendar Events of the Shrine and the Shrine Choir

Monthly Novena for Promoters and Members
A Novena of Masses is offered each month for Promoters and members of our Lady's Association. The schedule for the novenas at the Shrine is as follows:
Espousal of Mary January 15th to 23rd
Our Lady of Lourdes February 3rd to 11th
Annunciation of Mary March 17th to 25th
Mother of Good Counsel April 18th to 26th
Help of Christians May 16th to 24th
Mother of Divine Grace June 12th to 20th
Visitation of Mary July 2nd to 10th
Assumption of Mary August 7th to 15th
Our Lady of Sorrows September 7th to 15th
Rosary of Mary October 7th to 15th
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal November 19th to 27th
Immaculate Conception of Mary December 8th to 16th

Other Novenas and Masses
These novenas of Masses are offered for Promoters along with all who send their petition or names to be remembered at our Lady's Shrine.

Rosary Novena October 7th to 15th
Novena for Promoters November 29th to December 7th
Novena for Keepsake Christmas cards December 25th to January 2nd
Novena for members and their intentions December 25th to January 2nd
Monthly Novena for Promoters beginning on the 6th of each month
Monthly Mass on the 1st of each month for postage members
Weekly Mass Monday for the Christmas Keepsake cards

Special Events at the Shrine
2008 MAY PROCESSION
May Procession
May 4—at 3:30 PM

The annual outdoor May Procession at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal is always at 3:30 in the afternoon on the first Sunday of May.  This year it was May 4.  The May Crowning took place at the outdoor grotto on the shrine grounds.

During the procession, all join in the rosary.  The First Communicants of the local parish carried silk roses and the Confirmation class carried petitions to place at Mary's feet.  All pray and sang traditional Marian hymns.  The statue of Mary was crowned with flowers.
View a video from this year's procession. (video size 2.35 MB)
You can watch the video with Windows Media Player. This is a free program you can download.

Photos from 2008 May Procession

Get directions and a map to join the May Procession in person


Regular Events at the Shrine
The Shrine Choir members at the Shrine Church is a diverse group of college students, teachers, and other lovers of good liturgical music. Over half of our choristers are students or teachers of music and come from surrounding colleges.(All events will be in the Shrine Church)
Every Sunday Mass is at 11:00 AM

Choir sings frequently

Monday through Saturday
Daily Mass at 8:00 AM
Mass will be offered in the Shrine Chapel
Every Monday - Miraculous Medal Novena and Mass at 7:15 PM Sacrament of Reconciliation before the Novena
Saint Mary's of the Barrens Church is located at St. Mary's Seminary on T Road (St. Joseph Street) near the intersection of Highway 51 (bypass).

VMY & YAC Schedule
An exciting new youth and young adult faith opportunity is being held at the Shrine! It is called VINCENTIAN MARIAN YOUTH (VMY)—an international association of young people requested by the Blessed Mother herself during the apparition to St. Catherine Laboure in 1830.
Faith Expression is at 6:00 p.m. in the Church On the second Sunday of every month the Vincentian Marian Youth (VMY) come together to celebrate their commitment to Christ through Faith Expression and Eucharist Mass.
Eucharist Mass is at 7:00 p.m. in the Church The Church of the Assumption on the grounds of Saint Mary's Seminary in Perryville, MO is the site for the gathering of Vincentian Marian Youth. It is also called the Shrine of the Miraculous Medal, a perfect fit for theVMY! For more information: http://www.vmy.us

YOUTH ADORING CHRIST (YAC)

Join them on the third Thursday of each month (except for December, when it will be held on December 27th) The music is awesome and the peace is overwhelming! Eucharistic Adoration will begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Shrine Church. Prayer teams are available after Adoration.

The program begins at 7:00 p.m. in the Shrine Church. Reconciliation is offered during the hour.
 
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