ST MARY'S CHURCH DUBAI

For the information of the all the Roman Catholic both residents and Dubai visitors and wandered where is the church, St. Mary's Church is  located in oud metha street, opposite side of Indian High School. It is consider as the first church in Dubai.

For the public transport users, there are several buses that goes and stop infront of the church. You can phone RTA( road and transport authority) 800 9090 for the bus number & schedules. Nevertheless you can use the comfort of the METRO,'' oud metha metro station'' is 5 minutes away from the church.

In 1966, his highness Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum has donated the land to build the church  and it was inaugurated on April, 07,1967.

  
                                     I listed below the schedules of the daily mass.

Daily Mass Schedules

 Monday to Thursday:

• 6:00 am :  English mass
• 6:45 am :  English mass
• 12:00 pm: English mass
• 7:00 pm :  English mass

 Friday

• 6:00 am : English mass
• 7:15 am :   English mass
• 9:00 am : English mass
• 4:45 pm :  English mass
• 6:15 pm :   English mass

        Childrens Mass  (all Masses held at the main altar) : obligatory

• 10:15 am : English mass
• 3:30 pm   : English mass

Saturday

•   6:00 am : English mass (daily mass liturgy)
•   6:45 am :  English mass
•   9:00 am : English mass
• 12:00 pm : English mass (Children's Mass during Catechism season)
•   5:00 pm : English mass
•   7:30 pm : English mass

Sunday

     

• 6:00 am :   English mass
• 6:45 am :   English mass
• 9:00 am :   English mass
• 12:00 pm : English mass
• 4:30 pm :   English mass
• 6:00 pm :   English mass
• 7:30 pm :   English mass

There are some other mass schedules in other languages.
Arabic Mass  (all Masses held at the main altar) : obligatory
Every Friday    : 11:30 am, 8:00 pm
Every Sunday : 11:00 am

Tagalog  (Mass held at the main altar) : obligatory
Every Friday : 12:45 pm

French Mass  (Mass held at the main altar) : obligatory
Every Saturday 6:15 pm 

Konkani Mass  : obligatory 
3rd Friday of every month at 2:00 pm
2nd Thursday of every month 8:00 pm in the Main Hall 
4th Thursday of every month 8:00 pm

Malayalam Mass  (held at the main altar) : obligatory
Every Friday 2:00 pm
1st and 3rd Thursday of every month 8:00 pm
4th Wednesday of every Month 8:00 pm

Malankara  Rite  (held at the mini hall) : obligatory
Every Friday 7:30 pm 

Tamil Mass  : obligatory
1st and 2nd Thursday of every month at 8:00 pm
3rd Wednesday of every month at 8:00 pm
4th Friday of every month 7:30 pm in the Chapel

Singhalese Mass  : obligatory
4th Friday of every month 4:30 pm

Urdu Mass  : obligatory
Every Thursday at 7:30 pm

Portuguese Mass
3rd Saturday at 10:30 am

Polish Mass
2nd Sunday at 7:00 pm

Ukranian Mass
4th Sunday at 7:00 pm 

St. Mary's Church also do offer some short courses for the parishioners ex:  IELTS, computer programmer etc. They also posted some job vacancies and classified ads. If you need any  further inquiries you may contact  the parish church 00971 (0) 4 337 0087 / http://saintmarysdubai.org/