Timetable for Visits
and Church Services in the Shrine of Loyola.

Some may not be satisfied with a virtual visit but wish to pay a personal one and take part in its liturgical celebrations or make a spiritual retreat. Window Contact describes how to reach the Shrine by road. Here below we offer information about visits and church services:

Opening of the Holy House and Attention to Visitors.

The Holy House is opened daily at 7.30 a.m.

Mass is celebrated in Spanish at 9 a.m. in the Chapel of the Conversion.

  
   
   
     
 

Those in charge of welcoming visitors and supply the means for the visit (recording in the various languages) are available in the Information Office (a booth by the northeastern angle of the Tower-House):
- from 10.00 to 13.00 hrs in the morning;
- from 15.00 to 19.30 hrs in the afternoon.

The Holy House remains closed from 13.00 to 15.00 and after 19.00.

Mass Timetable.

Sundays and Feast-days:
08.00 In the Basilica (in Basque)
09.00 In the Chapel of the Conversion (in Spanish)
10.00 In the Basilica (in Basque)
11.00 In the Basilica (in Basque)
12.00 In the Basilica (in Basque)
13.00 In the Basilica (in Spanish)

18.00 In the Basilica (bilingual)
19.00 In the Basilica (in Basque).

Weekdays.
08.00 In the Basilica (in Basque)
09.00 In the Chapel of the Conversion (in Spanish)

18.00 In the Basilica (bilingual)
19.00 In the Basilica (in Basque).

Novena to St Ignatius (22-30 July) and Celebration of the Feast on August 1.

The Novena to St Ignatius is celebrated in the Basilica every year with an evening Mass with the Liturgy and the homily in Basque.
The solemnity of St Ignatius is celebrated in Azpeitia on July 31 but there is a special celebration in Loyola on August 1.


Special Celebrations for Groups of Pilgrims.

Many organized groups of pilgrims coming to Loyola wish to hold liturgical celebrations and some come with chaplains who wish to say Mass in Loyola. The Shrine welcomes and supports these initiatives within the framework of its usual celebrations placing liturgical texts in the various languages at their disposal.

Organizers should know that the Chapel of the Conversion has a sitting capacity of 86, and with the adjoining sacristy (visually and acoustically joined with the Chapel) up to 150 persons can follow the celebrations held in the Chapel. The Basilica offers a much greater capacity.

The groups will be well advised to send advance information about the dates and time of their visit and their wish to dispose of the Chapel of the Conversion or the Basilica so that these may be reserved.

To request information, announce visits and book the Chapel of the Conversion or the Basilica, the address is.

Santuario de Loyola
20730 Azpeitia (Guipúzcoa)
SPAIN
Tel.: 0034 943 025 000. Fax: 0034 943 025 031
E-mail: loiolasant@euskalnet.net