Join us for the Catholic Infertility Conference, a supportive gathering dedicated to families navigating the complex journey of infertility. This event will provide a safe space to engage with faith, hope, and community.
Come to the Shrine on the Feast of Divine Mercy. It will be a day of approaching the Sacred Heart of Jesus with great faith, trust, and appreciation. Offer your prayers. And rejoice in Our Lord’s unfathomable mercy!
The May Crowning of Our Lady will take place during the 1:00 pm Holy Mass. The event is led by the Norbertine Fathers and Our Lady’s Handmaids.
Divine Mercy Sunday 2025
This Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27, is an extraordinary combination of special occasions. This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary, or silver jubilee, of the canonization of Saint Faustina Kowalska and the proclamation of Divine Mercy Sunday, both issued by Pope Saint John Paul II on April 30, 2000.
The canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis has been postponed.
Divine Mercy Sunday Schedule:
8:00 am – Shrine Opens
9:00 am – Traditional Latin Mass
11:00 am – Spanish Mass
12:00 pm – Divine Mercy Chaplet in Spanish
1:00 pm – English Mass
2:30 pm – Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
*2:45 pm – Divine Mercy Reflection & Consecration by Father Hildebrand
His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke*3:00 pm – Divine Mercy Chaplet – Led by Father Hildebrand
His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke3:15 pm – Benediction & Reposition
3:30 pm – St. Faustina & Blessed Carlo Acutis Relic Blessing and Veneration
5:00 pm – Shrine Closes
Confessions will be available 30 minutes before the 9 am and 11 am Masses until all are heard and then at 12 PM until 4 PM.
*Due to the death of our Holy Father, Pope Francis, on Easter Monday, April 21, the important obligation of the College of Cardinals to convene in Vatican City for the process of discerning the Church’s next Pope prevents Cardinal Burke from attending the Divine Mercy Sunday services this year. The Shrine’s rector, Father Hildebrand Garceau, O.Praem., has agreed to substitute for His Eminence. Father Hildebrand will offer the Divine Mercy Reflection and Consecration at 2:45 PM and then lead the congregation in the Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3:00 PM. If you have plans to attend the Divine Mercy services, we encourage you to keep those plans and come to the Shrine on April 27th to join us on Divine Mercy Sunday.
Trusting in God’s Divine Mercy
Come and pray for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis; commend his eternal rest into the Divine Mercy of Our Savior. Come and pray for the College of Cardinals that the Divine Mercy of Our Lord will help their discernment during the forthcoming Papal Conclave. Come and pray for Cardinal Burke, founder of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, spiritual father to us all, and a voting member of the College of Cardinals.
Watch Cardinal Burke lead the Divine Mercy Chaplet when he officiated Divine Mercy Sunday in 2022.
To Fittingly Observe the Feast of Mercy, We Should:
1. Celebrate the Feast on the Sunday after Easter.
2. Sincerely repent of all our sins.
3. Place our complete trust in Jesus.
4. Go to Confession.
5. Receive Holy Communion.
6. Venerate* the Image of Divine Mercy.
7. Be merciful to others, through our actions, words, and prayers on their behalf.
How to Worthily Receive the Eucharist
To receive the Extraordinary Graces of this Feast, the only condition is to receive Holy Communion worthily on Divine Mercy Sunday by making a good confession beforehand and staying in the state of grace, and trusting in His Divine Mercy.
A Plenary Indulgence can be obtained by fulfilling the usual conditions.**
What is the Veneration of a Sacred Image?
To venerate a sacred image simply means to perform an act of religious respect toward it because of the person whom it represents.
**The extraordinary graces promised to the faithful by our Lord Himself through St. Faustina should not be confused with the plenary indulgence.
Six Mass Guilds
The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe offers six Mass guilds, one for each saint displayed in the Shrine’s side altars: Saint Faustina Kowalska, Saint Maria Goretti, Saint Peregrine, Saint Gianna Molla, Blessed Miguel Pro, and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. Those enrolled are remembered by the Shrine’s priests at Holy Masses monthly and are entrusted to the patronage of one of these holy men and women. You may enroll yourself or a loved one, living or deceased.
Enrollment is offered for one year or in perpetuity-as long as the Shrine will offer Masses.
Divine Mercy Mass Guild