The Basilica is one of 35 organizations in 22 states to receive a total of $4 million in grant funding to advance long-term and sustainable strategies that strengthen stewardship and asset management, interpretation and programming, and fundraising activities for historic Black churches across the country. This program works to uplift the legacy of often-overlooked Black churches, ensuring their capacities to serve the spiritual and social needs of their communities for years to come.

This funding will support the hiring of senior preservation staff to develop and implement the preservation plan, to ensure the on-going stewardship of our recent renovations.

To preserve America’s historic places, the Lilly Endowment Inc. and the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund are investing in a $20 million initiative to help historic Black churches and congregations reimagine, redesign, and deploy historic preservation to address the institutions’ needs and the cultural assets and stories they steward.

To learn more about this program and this year’s grant recipients, visit SavingPlaces.org/BlackChurches.

Holy Days of Obligation

Holy days of obligation are days set aside by the Church when the faithful attend Mass. In addition to Sundays, the days observed as holy days of obligation in the United States are:

• January 1st – Mary, Mother of God
• May 26th – Ascension of Our Lord
• August 15th – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• November 1st – All Saints
• December 8th – Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Mass held on these days will be at 12 Noon and 7:00 pm 

• Christmas Eve*: 7pm and Midnight Mass
• Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ:10 am Mass

*not a Holy Day of Obligation

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