Requesting a Mass
Requesting a Mass
The Church understands the Sacrifice of the Mass to be the greatest possible prayer of intercession. It is the perfect offering of Christ to the Father by making present the Paschal Mystery of His death and resurrection.
It is a longstanding tradition in the Church that a Priest may be requested to offer a Mass for a specific intention, even when one cannot be physically present at the Mass. Masses may be offered for a living person, a deceased person or a special need.
The faithful make a free will offering, called a stipend, to a priest or Religious Community in order to apply the Mass to a specific intention. By making this offering, the faithful, by making their own offering, associate themselves more intimately with Christ who offers Himself in the Sacred Host, and obtain thereby more abundant fruits (refer to Pope Paul VI’s letter “Firma in Traditione” of June 13, 1974).
The offering of a stipend is also a means whereby a Catholic may contribute to the upkeep of the priest, serving in a diocese or religious community. The Sacrifice of the Mass is offered ever day by the priests of the parish, and continue to do so during this pandemic. Some Masses are offered publicly (at present via live stream) and others said privately. This means, presently 4 Masses are celebrated per day within All Saints. All Mass intentions are publicised on the weekly Newsletter and includes the donor’s initials in brackets for you to identify.
Mass Intentions
What is a Mass Intention? If you look on the Mass Times you will see that there are names of people underneath the time of the Mass. This is the Priest’s Intention for the Mass and it means that someone has asked that a mass be said for this person; sometimes it is because the person has died or it is the anniversary of their death.
Sometimes, it is because the person is ill and we wish to offer a Mass for them; and sometimes it is because of a birthday, wedding anniversary or another occasion; or for someone’s intentions. So who can ask for a Mass? Anyone! How? See the details below.
To request a Mass or series of Masses to be offered within the parish please complete use this form. You have the freedom to make a donation as you wish by either selecting one of the presets or choosing from a custom donation. Please place the details of your Mass requests in the comments box. When placing requests for multiple Masses please place each Mass on a new line and clearly numbered. Eg:
If the request is for a departed person, please add + to the front of their name.
Please note requests for specific dates and times cannot always be met. In such cases the Mass will be scheduled to next available Mass.
