Emergency Mass Information for Manhattan

Overslept and forgot it was Sunday? Only remembered your Sunday obligation just before dinnertime? Or perhaps you got into church just after the Gospel reading?

All is not lost yet! Here are a few churches in Manhattan that have late masses:

Midtown

5:30

St. Patrick's Cathedral has a 5:30pm Sunday Mass.
(212) 753-2261

7:00

St. Agnes (143 E. 43rd St., near Grand Central) has a 7pm Sunday mass, in addition to the 5:15pm. (A very traditional parish; confessions daily at peak hours)
(212) 682-5722
Thanks to Tom Woods

West Side

5:30

Notre Dame de Lourdes (Morningside Drive and W 114th St.-- 1 block east of Amsterdam) has a 5:30pm Sunday Mass (this is the home parish of the Augustine Club)
(212) 866-1500

6:15

St. Francis (135 W. 31st St, west of Penn Station) has a 6:15pm Sunday Mass, in addition to the 5:15pm. They also have confession throughout most of the day. (run by the Franciscans)
(212) 736-8500

8:00*

St. Paul the Apostle (W. 60th and 9th Ave.) has a 9pm Sunday Mass during the school year. Otherwise their last mass is at 5:15pm. (run by the Paulist Fathers)
(212) 265-3209

5:30

Holy Trinity Church (W. 82nd between Bway and Amsterdam) (Mass followed by young adult social.)
(212) 496-4554
Thanks to Matthew Rosenwasser

East Side

7:15*

St. Thomas More (East 89th Street, betw. Park and Madison) has a 7:15pm Sunday Mass during the school year. Otherwise their last Mass is at 5:45pm.
(212) 876-7718
Thanks to Dr. Robert DelVento

7:30

St. Ignatius Loyola (980 Park Ave. at E. 84th St.-- take 4, 5, or 6 to 86th St. and walk west) has a 7:30pm Sunday Mass. (Run by the Jesuits.)
(212) 288-3588
Thanks to Matthew Rosenwasser

7:30

St. Jean Baptiste (East 76th St. at Lexington Ave.) has a 7:30pm Sunday Mass in addition to the 5:30.
(212) 288-5082
Thanks to Dr. Robert DelVento

Downtown

5:00

St. Francis Xavier (Chelsea-Village area: 46 West 16th St., between 5th and 6th) has a 5pm Sunday Mass.
(212) 627-2100
Thanks to Michael Breault

6:00

Catholic Center at NYU (58 Washington Square South: the 70's mod-looking building opposite the arch) has a 6pm Sunday Mass. (Run by the Dominicans.)
(212) 998-1065 or (212) 674-7236
Thanks to Marjorie Torres

Holy days of obligation? Check Ecclesiastical Calendar.

N.B.: The page is truly intended for unforeseen emergencies. If you habitually have trouble simply getting the will to go to morning Mass, we suggest that you try the vigil Mass the previous evening.

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last update: October 2, 2001