Mystery Worshipper / Roman Catholic

Blackfriars Priory Church

Mass of Christmas Night followed by hot chocolate and mince pies
24 Dec 22
Oxford, England
St Philip's Priory, Chelmsford

St Philip’s Priory

Low Mass plus toast and marmalade for early morning worshippers on the way to work
2 Dec 22
Chelmsford, England
St Anthony of Padua, Grand Rapids

St Anthony of Padua

Country and jazz version of ‘Amazing Grace’ shines out at a Polka Mass
9 Oct 22
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
St Joseph, Le Havre

St Joseph du Havre

Parish mass in a factory-sized church of concrete and stained glass
24 Sep 22
Le Havre, France
Oxford Oratory

The Oxford Oratory

Glimpsing the shade of former pew-dweller Professor Tolkien during an almost-packed solemn mass
14 Aug 22
Oxford, England
Notre Dame, Geneva

Basilica Notre-Dame

Gorgeous descant in the final hymn at a perfectly pleasant Sunday Mass
24 Jul 22
Geneva
St Jude, Grand Rapids

St Jude

Wonderful singing, but all the hymns were cut down to the bare minimum
9 Jul 22
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Farm Street

Celebrating Post-Pride Mass in a cool church during a heatwave
10 Jul 22
Mayfair, London

St Paul’s Mission

Miss Amanda revisits the church of her youth and the memories come flooding back
27 Aug 17
Staatsburg, New York, USA

St Augustine

Superb music and homily greeted our reporter – once he arrived, that is!
1 May 22
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Church of Our Lady

All done decently and reverently – but where were the communion ministers?
24 Apr 22
St John's Wood, London

St Clement Parish

A remarkably well adapted Tenebrae service
13 Apr 22
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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