MD Day Mass Set on St. Clement’s Island

On Maryland Day 2026, the annual Mass on St. Clement’s Island will take place to commemorate the first Catholic Mass in the English New World.

The commemorative Mass will be held on the island at 10am March 25. Community members are invited to attend, with water taxi service beginning at 9am and return trips provided following the Mass.

Maryland Day celebrates the first landing of the colonists on St. Clement’s Island – a significant chapter in the history of the island, St. Mary’s County, and the state of Maryland.

St. Mary’s County Museum Division will not host the annual Maryland Day mainland ceremony that day due to construction of a new St. Clement’s Island Museum facility. The longstanding tradition will return in 2027 at the new, modernized museum building.

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