Mass & confession times

Ask Gianna for Mass or confession times at your parish or another church. Results come from the parish's website or its diocese's official page and show when the source was last checked.

Your own parish

Give Gianna the parish name and town:

"We attend Our Lady & the English Martyrs in Cambridge."

Gianna saves it as your parish and looks after its Mass and confession times. Then ask:

"When is Mass at my parish?"

"Is there confession this week?"

Any church, anywhere

You don't have to have set it as your parish. Name a church with its town:

"What are the Mass times at Blackfriars in Cambridge?"

"When can I go to confession at the Brompton Oratory?"

If the church is not in the directory yet, Gianna starts checking its official website. Ask again once the check has finished.

Near you

If you've shared where you are, you can ask for what's nearby:

"Where can I go to Mass near me?"

"Is there a church near here with confession this evening?"

Gianna lists nearby churches, their times, and when each source was checked.

Sources and limits

• Real times, from the parish. Every time comes from the church's own site — or, failing that, its diocese's official page — shown with when it was last checked. Never a third-party listing site, and never an archived copy of a page: a snapshot shows the times that were true on the day it was taken, which can be years out of date. Gianna does not invent a Mass time.
• Confession as it really is. Many parishes don't have set confession slots — "by appointment", or "ring the doorbell". Gianna reports that wording rather than making up a time.
• A church that is not in the directory. Gianna checks the official sources. If neither the parish nor its diocese publishes times, Gianna says so.

A good habit: include the town. "St John's" could be anywhere — "St John's in Bath" identifies the right one.