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The Rector of the National Shrine, Fr Robert Billing, in the Slipper Chapel

From the Rector of the National Shrine of Our Lady

Friday 1 December 2023

Fr Robert Billing, Rector of the National Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham, has written an open letter about the 2024 pilgrimage season.

Litany of Our Lady of Sorrows

Friday 1 September 2023

The month of September is traditionally dedicated to the Seven Sorrows of Mary in the Church’s Liturgical Calendar. The Litany of the Seven Sorrows joins us to her suffering.

Image of the Immaculate Heart in the Peterskirche, Vienna (via Wikimedia Commons)

Litany of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Wednesday 2 August 2023

The month of August is traditionally dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the Church’s Liturgical Calendar. The Litany of the Immaculate Heart invokes the heart of Mary, the seat of her love and virtue, and an incentive to a similar love and virtue in ourselves.

Litany of the Most Precious Blood

Saturday 8 July 2023

The month of July is dedicated to the Precious Blood in the Church’s Liturgical Calendar. The Litany of the Most Precious Blood pays tribute to the blood our Lord both shed for us in His Passion and offers us in the Eucharist for our salvation.

Chasuble by Sacra Domus Aurea

Pentecost Novena: Day 9: The Fruits of the Spirit

Saturday 27 May 2023

As we grow in the knowledge and love of God under the direction of the Holy Spirit, our service becomes more sincere and generous, the practice of virtue more perfect.

Chasuble from Maris Stella Vestments

Pentecost Novena: Day 8: The Gift of Wisdom

Friday 26 May 2023

It is the gift of Wisdom that strengthens our faith, fortifies hope, perfects charity, and promotes the practice of virtue in the highest degree.