Opening hours – Sanctuaire Sainte-Rita

Fixed hours

Monday to Thursday

7:45 a.m. – Mass
3:30 p.m. – 5:25 p.m. – Confessions
4:50pm – Rosary
5:30 pm – Mass (broadcast on YouTube)
6 to 6:40 p.m. – confessions
6 to 7 p.m. – Adoration
6:40pm – Vespers followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament (broadcast on YouTube)

Friday

7:45 a.m. – Mass
8.20 a.m. to 6 p.m. – Continuous Adoration
12:20 – Mid-day prayer
3:30 to 5:25 p.m. – Confessions
5:30pm – Mercy Chaplet (broadcast on YouTube)
6pm – Mass (broadcast on YouTube)

Saturday

7:45 a.m. – Mass
3:30 to 5:25 p.m. – Confessions
4:50pm – Rosary
5:30 pm – Early Sunday Mass (broadcast on YouTube)

Sunday & public holidays

11am – Mass (broadcast on Youtube)
16h à 17h25 – Confessions
4:50pm – Rosary
5:30 p.m. – Mass

“Every day is sanctified by the liturgical celebrations of the People of God. On the first day of the week [dimanche] or Lord’s Day… the Church celebrates the Paschal Mystery [le sacrifice du Christ en Croix en lien étroit avec le Jour de sa Résurrection sont alors rendus présents dans notre aujourd’hui] (Norms, no. 14).

The other celebrations are divided, according to their importance, into solemnities [… 1 ] & [ 2festivals [ 2 ] and memories [ 3 to which are added the féries [ 4 ].

[ 1 ] Solemnities, which coincide with public holidays, are celebrated according to the Sunday schedule (see above):

Mary, Mother of God (New Year’s Day / Feast without early Mass the day before)
Ascension Thursday: May 29, 2025 / Solemnity with early Mass the day before
Assumption of Mary (August 15 / Solemnity with early mass the day before)
All Saints’ Day (November 01 / Solemnity with early mass the day before)
Christmas (December 25 / Solemnity with night and day mass)

[ 2Solemnities that do not coincide with public holidays, as well as major feasts, are celebrated according to weekday schedules (see above):

Epiphany: Sunday, January 05
Presentation of the Lord – Candlemas: Sunday, February 02, 2025
Ash Wednesday: Wednesday, March 05, 2025 – Fasting and abstinence
Saint Joseph: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
The Annunciation: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Palm and Passion Sunday: Sunday, April 13, 2025
Maundy Thursday: Thursday, April 17, 2025
Good Friday: Friday, April 18, 2025 – Fasting and abstinence
Easter Vigil: Saturday, April 19, 2025 – evening
Easter: Sunday, April 20, 202
Pentecost: Sunday, June 08, 202
Holy Trinity: Sunday, June 15, 2025
Blessed Sacrament – Corpus Christi: Sunday, June 22, 2025
Nativity of John the Baptist: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Sacré-Coeur de Jésus: Friday, June 27, 2025
Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul: Sunday, June 29, 2025
Transfiguration: Wednesday, August 06, 2025
Nativity of the Virgin Mary: Monday, September 08, 2025
Glorious Cross: Sunday, September 14, 2025
Commemoration of the faithful departed: November 02, 2025
Immaculate Conception: December 08, 2025

[ 3 ] The memorialssaints considered more important, such as Martin de Tour or Thérèse de l’Enfant-Jésus.

[ 4 ] The féries correspond to the other days, with no special features.

Sanctuary opening times

7.15 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. – Monday to Friday
8.15 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. – Saturday, Sunday & public holidays

The beatitude of a sanctuary whose“holy” doors are open to all men and faithful, without distinction, all believers and all those who seek the only Way, the only Truth and Life in abundance. We know that Christ said that the“Door” is narrow, but God’s love enables us to pass through it and find ourselves in Him who is Father, through his only Son, our brother and our friend, under the influence of the Spirit, the One who guides and inspires us. He makes the sacraments possible.

Happy is he who finds an open sanctuary; he knows he is expected.
Happy is the person who dares to cross the threshold of a sanctuary, who risks being intoxicated by the Presence of the All-Other, surprised by this place thus inhabited.
Blessed is he who enters as a visitor and leaves as a pilgrim, for he has let himself be touched.
Blessed is he who picks the free gift of a sanctuary, he picks God’s gift to mankind.
Blessed is he who welcomes pilgrims and the people of our time to these places, where he gathers all the treasures of the world for whom Christ offered his life, so that none of them would be lost.
Happy is the person who looks upon a sanctuary as a place where his or her life is more self-giving, ready to welcome God’s gift.
Happy are those who make their own the Word of life proclaimed in these oases of prayer, and live their daily lives with thanksgiving.

Support your sanctuary

Your support helps us to continue the various activities of this place of sanctuary.

Contribution to the Mass

Ask the Sanctuary of Saint Rita for a mass for your intentions, commemorating the Eucharist and the presence of Christ.

Lighting a candle

Candles burn ceaselessly, symbolizing our prayers and thanksgiving for our lives to become light.

Prayer intention

Saint Rita, patron saint of lost causes, welcomes your intentions and thanks, and may fraternal charity strengthen our prayer.