Mass Times

The Ordinariate Parish of Saints Ninian & Chad celebrates Holy Mass at the following times at St Paul's Mt Lawley, in the Divine Worship Form of the Roman Rit:

Sundays — 10:30 a.m.
Mondays — 8:00 a.m.
Wednesdays — 8:00 a.m.
Fridays — 8:00 a.m.

Confession is available before Sunday Mass, or at other times by arrangement with one of our priests.

What can you expect at an Ordinariate Form Mass?

The Divine Worship Form of the Mass was promulgated by Pope Francis in Advent 2015. It is a way of celebrating Holy Mass that, while fully Catholic, uses some elements that have arisen during the time of the Protestant separation from Rome. Generally, the Mass follows the same elements and in the same order as the other Forms of the Roman Rite, only, in an Ordinariate Mass, there are some additional prayers, the Eastward or "ad orientem" position for the priest and ministers is used (so we all face the same way together), and the language of the Mass uses what we call "Sacral English." This Sacral English is a more classical or poetic form of English, which retains things like the singular second person pronoun, "Thou" and uses other grammatical constructions, which are nowadays usually reserved to poetry. This form of English is the linguistic register of Milton and Shakespeare and the King James Bible. We have missalettes and other worship aids, to help you follow along with us.