Mass, confession and devotions

No fewer than eleven Masses are celebrated at St. Mary’s each week, four of them on Sunday. The Rosary is prayed thirty minutes before every Mass.

Mass times

Sunday

First Mass: 6:00 am

Second MassChildren's liturgy: 8:00 am

Third Mass: 10:00 am

Evening Mass: 5:00 pm

Weekdays

Monday: 6:15 am

Tuesday: 6:15 am

WednesdayNovena at 5:30 pm: 6:15 am

ThursdayAdoration at 5:00 pm: 6:15 am

Friday: 6:15 am

Saturday

Morning Mass: 6:30 am

ConfessionsUntil 5:30 pm: 4:30 pm

Vigil Mass: 6:00 pm

On holy days of obligation, Mass is celebrated at 6:15 am and again at 6:00 pm. Times change during Holy Week and at Christmas; the parish office publishes the full programme two weeks beforehand.

Confession

Confessions are heard every Saturday from 4:30 to 5:30 pm, throughout Lent and Advent, and at any other time by appointment. A priest is available for the sick and the dying at any hour of the day or night — ring the parish office.

Devotions through the week

Eucharistic adoration

An hour before the Blessed Sacrament, closing with Benediction.

Thursdays, 5:00 to 6:00 pm

Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

The parish gathers under the patronage of Our Lady, to whom this church is dedicated.

Wednesdays, 5:30 pm

First Friday devotion

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament through the day, closing with Mass and Benediction.

First Friday of the month

Stations of the Cross

Walked together through Lent, led in turn by the parish societies.

Fridays in Lent, 5:00 pm

Block Rosary Crusade

Children and young people pray the Rosary in the zones where they live.

Daily, in each zone

Legion of Mary

Weekly praesidium meetings, visitation of the sick and of homes across the parish.

Sundays, after the second Mass

Receiving the sacraments

Every one of these begins at the parish office. Bring your baptism card if you have it, and the name of your zone.

Sacrament	What to do	When
Baptism	Register the child at the office at least one month ahead and attend the preparation class with the godparents, who must be confirmed, practising Catholics.	Second Sunday of the month
First Holy Communion	Children are enrolled in the parish catechism programme, usually for two years.	Catechism, Saturdays 9:00 am
Confirmation	Open to those who have made their First Communion. Candidates prepare with the catechists.	Enrolment each January
Holy Matrimony	Come to the office at least three months ahead. Marriage preparation, recent baptism and confirmation certificates, and banns published on three Sundays.	Weddings on Saturdays
Reconciliation	Come to the church, or make an appointment with a priest.	Saturdays, 4:30 pm
Anointing of the sick	Call the office at any hour. A priest will come to the home or the hospital.	Day and night