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Gift Aid envelopes are provided for visitors who can support us this extra way with any offering you wish to make in the Sunday collection.
Thank you. It really helps. Please note cheques should be made payable to PRCDTR Penwith R.C Parish

Penzance: At the Church of "The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady", Rosevean Road, Penzance, TR18 2DX Telephone 01736 362619 | Reconciliation / Confession | Exposition / Adoration | Rosary | Street Map link | Google map link | Parking

Sunday Masses:  
at 9.00 am with a Children's Liturgy group during school term time. The 9am Music ministry varies on alternate Sundays from more traditional to more contemporary. please join us  in the Hall after Mass, for refreshments and sale of Fairtrade goods.

and 11.00 am (sung with Choir - except 1st Sunday after Easter and August)

Weekday Masses:
Venue varies
between the Church, the Haven Chapel and the School - schedule typically as below.
Please 'phone to confirm, see the newsletter (displayed on green door to the right of church front entrance
or see online newsletter
Funerals may alter weekday arrangements at short notice

Mass is usually celebrated at 10am in the church on Mondays, and on Thursdays...
... or School Mass on some Thursdays
with the children at either St. Mary's Catholic Primary School or in the Church, at 9.30 see Newsletter
Also on the 1st Wednesday each month in the extraordinary form  (Tridentine)
by visiting priest, Fr. John Richardson see Newsletter

Tuesday morning Mass is at 10am in the nearby Chapel of St. Mary's Haven (access from the car park at rear of the church - see further above) after which Eucharistic Adoration 'Watch and Pray' takes place until approximately 6.00 pm. (except August and school holidays. Concluding with Evening Prayer of the Church - also simple Benediction when Fr. Philip is available)

Some Friday evening Masses take place during Lent before Stations of the Cross see Newsletter

Saturday Mass at 12.00 noon in the Church (reconciliation and Angelus before)
except during LENT when the time changes to 11.30 am as Ecumenical Lenten Lunches organised by "Penzance Churches Together" supporting 'Christian Aid' take place in different venues locally from 12 noon. (see poster in Church or newsletter for schedule - We host our Lenten lunch in the Parish Hall) Reconciliation is then at 11.00 a.m.

The Holy Rosary is prayed half an hour before weekday Masses by the Rosary Group - All welcome, do join us. More information below.

Feastdays and Holydays of Obligation: At 10 am and 7.30 pm in the church| Christmas | Easter

Group Meetings etc take place in the Parish Hall below the Church (Lady Chapel side). Access from the car park side ramp or steps when the Church is not open.


Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Reconciliation page | see also note below

The Sacrament of Reconciliation is celebrated at 11.15 to 11.50 am on Saturday in Penzance and at any other time by request. 
NOTE: As Saturday Mass time in Penzance changes to 11.30 a.m. during LENT - Reconciliation is then at 11.00 a.m

Parish penitential services are held before Christmas and Easter. Details in newsletter and on homepage

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St. Ives: At the Church of 'Sacred Heart and St. Ia', Tregenna Hill, St. Ives, TR26 1SE (Served from Penzance) tel: (Penzance Presbytery) 01736 362619 | Street Map link | Google Maps link then type in TR26 1SE

Car parking: public car park (pay & display) adjacent St Ives branch line railway station. Follow road signs

Sunday - Mass 9.15 am - Refreshments in Hall below afterwards, all welcome especially visitors

Weekdays: Please see newsletter but Masses are usually as below

Wednesday - Mass at 9.30 am - Exposition 10 am

Reconciliation - 10.00 -10.30 am 1st Saturday every month and on request | Contact
Parish penitential services are held before Christmas and Easter. Details in newsletter and on homepage

The Rosary is prayed in Church on alternate Wednesday afternoons at 2pm. see Newsletter for next date

Group Meetings etc take place in the Hall below the Church. Access from the door beside the Church door.

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Hayle: At the Church of 'St. Joseph the Worker', 51 Commercial Road, Hayle. TR27 4DE (Served from Penzance)   tel: (Penzance Presbytery) 01736 362619 ~ Street Map Link ~ Google Maps link then type in TR27 4DE

Car parking: public car park (pay & display) adjacent nearby Public Library

Saturday - Mass at 6.00 pm (Vigil / First Mass of Sunday) - Refreshments in Hall afterwards, all welcome especially visitors

Reconciliation - 5.00 - 5.30 pm on 1st Saturday every month and on request  | Contact
Parish penitential services are held before Christmas and Easter. Details in newsletter and on homepage

St. Mary's Convent: 60 Foundry Hill, Hayle, TR27 4HW. tel: 01736 759431 see Newsletter Friday at 10.30pm. 

St. Julia's Hospice: Foundry Hill, Hayle. see Newsletter

Group Meetings etc take place in the Hall at the rear of the Church. Access from the Church or the side door.

Rosary see Newsletter

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St. Mary's  In the Church of 'Our Lady Star of the Sea', (Served from Penzance). Masses depend on the availability of visiting priests. There are regular Communion Services. For details, Telephone: (01720) 422014 or see their Church notice board if visiting the islands. newsletter | more Isles of Scilly local information & links


Exposition and Adoration of The Blessed Sacrament
"Exposition", "Watch and Pray", "Eucharistic Adoration"
in Penzance: On Tuesdays and Fridays after 10am Mass until approx. 6.00pm in the Chapel of St. Mary's Haven
(except during August and school holidays) Entrance is from the car park side or via the Respite Care Centre in St. Mary's Street)
Concluding with evening prayer and also simple Benediction when Fr. Philip is available

Please try to come along and spend time with Our Lord truly present in the Blessed Sacrament. Adoration page
For dates and times in St. Ives, see above note and newsletter updates


Rosary Group
The Holy Rosary of The Blessed Virgin Mary is prayed half an hour before weekday Mass in Penzance and Saturday see above for times.
The Rosary group meets in St. Mary's Haven Chapel, at 9.30 am on Tuesday before Mass
All are very welcome to join in. (n.b. Exposition on Tuesdays and Fridays after Mass)
Other Rosary (and Prayer) groups occasionally meet in parishioners' houses. Start your own!
Rosary Prayers and
Meditations  with Scriptural References offline
For Rosary dates and times in St. Ives and Hayle, see above notes and newsletter updates


Choral Evening Prayer 
Takes place monthly in Penzance.  Please check our newsletter for dates and times. When Fr. Philip is available this will close with Benediction

Penzance Church Music website www.penzancecatholicchurchmusic.org external link | "Gaudete" ~ The Choir Association page offline


‘My house shall be called a house of prayer
Please remember
: Talk to God when you come in. Talk to each other on the way out. Be sensitive to those who want to pray in quiet, all unnecessary talk outside the church. I know it is not easy, but we do come first for the worship of Almighty God. Fr. P | Article link | Link2 (C of E) ext link
 Before Mass Talk to God - During Mass Listen to God - After Mass Talk to each other - over tea/coffee after some Masses


Traidcraft link and logo

Traidcraft and Fairtrade goods are available after the 9am and before the 11am Sunday Masses in Penzance. Fairtrade & Traidcraft page (currently is offline)
Traidcraft and Fairtrade shopping website link


Penzance Car parking: Very limited parking is available at the rear of the Church via the narrow lane from Taroveor Road. | Street Map link | Google map link Use is preferred for the less able bodied who have to travel by car. Car sharing is encouraged.
There are disabled access ramps to the Parish Hall and to the rear side door of the Church. Access from the Car Park also to St. Mary's Haven Chapel.

Nearest public car parks (pay & display) at intersections of St. Clare Street, Causewayhead, Clarence Street and Taroveor Road, then just a few minutes walk downhill to Rosevean Road - on your left by the off licence. Street Parking is usually difficult in the immediate area.


A note on Reconciliation (Confession) Taken from "Christ, The Life of the Soul" - Book Two:  The Sacrament and the Virtue of Penance: "Never forget, then:  every time you receive this sacrament [confession] worthily, with devotion, even if there are only venial sins to confess, the blood of Christ flows in abundance upon your soul, so as to vivify it, make it strong against temptation, render it generous in the struggle against attachment to sin; and so as to destroy in it the roots and the effects of sin.  The soul finds in this sacrament a special grace for uprooting vices and purifying itself more and more; for regaining the life of grace or increasing that life within itself." author:  Blessed Columba Marmion [contributed from IIPG]


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The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of, our attention would have been on God. C. S. Lewis

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