Besides regular, St. Mary’s Basilica also hosts time-specific and special services, mainly in Polish.
– Our parish fair is held on 15 August, on the Assumption of Mary feast day.
– during every Thursday Mass at 6.30 PM, we pray for the intercession of St. John Paul II and kiss the Saint’s relic after Mass.
– May Devotions: every day at 6.00 PM before the evening Mass.
– June Devotions: every day after the evening Mass.
– Rosary Devotions in October: every day at 6.00 PM before the evening Mass.
– Rorate Masses: every day in Advent at 7.00 AM.
Lent:
– Lenten Lamentations: every Sunday at 5.30 PM.
– Stations of the Cross: every Friday at 5.30 PM.
– Celebration of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday: on appropriate days at 7.00 PM.
Services at the chapel of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus:
– Chaplet of the Divine Mercy: every day at 3.00 PM.
– Divine Mercy Mass with naming of the dead for whom prayers are requested: third Friday of every month at 3.00 PM.
NOVENAS
– Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Wednesdays at 6.30 PM.
– Novena to Our Lady of Loreto on Mondays at 8.00 AM.
– Novena to Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn on Fridays at 8.00 AM.
– Novena to Black Madonna of Częstochowa on Thursdays and Saturdays at 8.00 AM.
– Novena to Jesus on the Cross on Fridays at 6.30 PM.
– Novena to St. Jude Thaddaeus on Wednesdays at 8.00 AM
– Novena to St. Anthony of Padua on Tuesdays at 8.00
There are boxes for thanks and requests at every chapel.