Mass Intention Requests

Mass intentions can be requested either by use of a ‘Mass Offering’ envelope or online as detailed below.

If you do not have a preferred church or date, Masses are scheduled in order of the date they are received.

If you have a specific date or Mass time in mind for your requested intention, please submit it well in advance.  

Every effort will be made to schedule the requested Mass where a specified date is given, but this is not always possible, as on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation the Parish Priest is required to say one Mass ‘For the People of the Parish.’ 

The Mass intentions for the coming week and the following weekend can be viewed on the front of the Parish Newsletter.  

Online Request

Step 1.  Download and complete the Mass Intention Request form. Save it to your computer and email it as an attachment to the parish secretary secretary@st-mary.org.uk AND copy (CC) to the parish treasurer treasurer@st-mary.org.uk

Step 2.  Use the link ‘Donate to the Parish’ (also at the top of this webpage) to make your stipend donation or by Bank Transfer direct to the parish bank account, details below. Alternatively you can make your donation via the DCP card reader in St. Mary’s porch.  Please make sure you have indicated the form of payment used in Step1.

Bank:  Barclays

Account name: Finn Com of St. Mary’s Parish

Sort code:  20-44-51

Account Number:  53457273 

 ‘Mass Offering’ envelope

Mass offering envelopes can be found at the back of both churches. Please PRINT the details clearly on the front of the envelope.

You can alternatively use a blank envelope with the following information clearly marked on the front.

  1. The name or intention for the Mass

  2. If there is a preference for one church, either St. Mary’s or Holy Family

  3. If there is a preferred date & Mass time (on days when there is more than one Mass) please state this

  4. The name of the person requesting the Mass

  5. The amount of stipend (cash or cheque) enclosed; a minimum of £5 is normal

Cheque offerings should be paid to ‘St. Mary’s Catholic Parish,’ rather than to individual priests.

The envelopes can be placed in the collection basket or returned to The Presbytery, 322 Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.  IP4 4BD.