The Grotto
The Grotto is a Roman Catholic church in Towson, MD 21286. It is one of 35 churches in Towson, and one of 2 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
Accessible parking
Towson, MD, 21286Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 11am
- Saturday 12pm
- Sunday 12pm · English
- Sunday, Tuesday 2pm · Espa ol ADORATION
- Sunday, Tuesday 12pm · Espa ol ADORATION
The Grotto is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 353 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Maryland — 19,012 across the United States on The Church Map.
From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.
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Latest from National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes's YouTube channel: May Crowning 2025 (all videos).
The community around The Grotto
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Social Isolation: 35.3%
- Unemployment: 6.7% (2.6–10.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near The Grotto
- Babcock Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
- Calvary Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
- Redeemed Christian Church Of God Grace Assembly — 0.7 mi away in Baltimore, MD
- Christ Embassy Baltimore — 0.7 mi away
- Daybreak Christian Assembly — 0.7 mi away
- River Bethesda Ministries — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Andrews Lutheran Church — 0.8 mi away in Parkville, MD
- Mount Calvary African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.8 mi away
- Loch Raven United Methodist Church — 0.9 mi away in Northwood, MD
- Grace Christian Church — 0.9 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint Barnabas Anglican Church — 1 mi away
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church — 1 mi away in Parkville, MD
- Newman Center — 1.1 mi away
- Church of the Immaculate Conception — 1.6 mi away
- St. Thomas More Catholic Church — 1.7 mi away in Parkville, MD