Catholic Parish of Bishop's Stortford – Diocese of Westminster

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Sunday Masses

Time	Type	Church
6:00 pm (Saturday)	Vigil	SJEM
9:00 am	Family	SJEM
9:00 am	High	MHR
11:00 am	High	SJEM
11:30 am	High	HC
6:00 pm	Low	SJEM

Weekday Masses

Day	Time	Church
Mon	9:30 am*	SJEM
Tue	9:30 am*	SJEM
Wed	9:30 am*	SJEM
Thu	9:30 am*	SJEM
Fri	9:30 am*	SJEM
Sat	No morning Mass	N/A

Confessions and Holy Hour

Day	Time	Service	Church
Sat	3:00 to 4:00 pm	Confessions^†	SJEM
Sat	3:00 to 4:00 pm	Holy Hour	SJEM

For locations of our churches, see Contact page
* When a weekday Mass, falls on a bank holiday, it is held at 10:00 am and not 9:30 am
^† Confessions are also available on request

On a Holy Day of Obligation, Mass at St Joseph’s is usually celebrated at 9.30 am and 7.30 pm. For a full list of Holy Days of Obligation, see our Mass Times page.

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About Our Parish

We are the Catholic Parish of Bishop’s Stortford, incorporating the Roman Catholic churches of St Joseph and the English Martyrs (Bishop’s Stortford), Holy Cross (Much Hadham) and Most Holy Redeemer (Sawbridgeworth). We are situated in Hertfordshire and are part of the Diocese of Westminster. We hope you will find everything you need to know on this website but please feel free to contact us if we can help with anything.

MORE ABOUT OUR PARISH

We are proud to belong to the Diocese of Westminster and the Roman Catholic Church, the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.

One

The Church is one because it is a single, united and global Church which has its basis in Christ.

Holy

The Church is holy, because it is the Body of Christ with Jesus as the head. This does not mean that all members of the Church are sin free. It means that the Church and her sacraments help to make the faithful holy.