St. Benedict Church and Office is closed from Monday, April 5-Friday, April 9. Daily Mass will still be offered during the week following our standard schedule.

Our weekly confession schedule has the following modifications:

NO CONFESSIONS on Tuesday, April 6
NO CONFESSIONS on Wednesday, April 7
Confessions resume as normal on Thursday, April 8 and Saturday, April 10

Weekend Mass Registration

Registration for Mass on April 10/11 is now closed. Registration for Mass on April 17/18 will open on Monday, April 12 at 9:30am.

Please read the 'Returning to Mass Guidelines' below and click on the link to register when available.

Catholic Diocese of Richmond

Returning to Mass Guidelines

*Please note: if a Mass time fills up before the scheduled closing time of registration, that Mass might close early.

MASS SCHEDULE

Welcome to St. Benedict Catholic Church! Please read the instructions below if you would like to attend a weekend Mass and we will do our best to assist you! Please know that if you are unable to join us at this time, you remain with our parish community through prayer and spiritual communion. God bless you!

*All those aged 5 and older must wear a mask at all times for both weekend and daily Masses.

WEEKEND MASS

Saturday: 5:30pm Vigil

Sunday: 8:30am, 11:00am

Weekend Masses are open to the public with limited capacity.

LIVESTREAM

The 11:00am Mass is live-streamed and can be accessed through our Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/StBenedictRVA/

*You do not need a personal Facebook page to view the live-stream Mass.

DAILY MASS

Tuesday: 5:30pm

Wednesday: -7:00am Low Mass (Extraordinary Form)

-5:30pm (Novus Ordo)

Thursday: 5:30pm

First Friday of the Month: 5:30pm

Daily Masses are open to the public but not live-streamed.

No pre-registration is required for daily Masses, but all are still expected to comply with the 'Returning to Mass Guidelines' listed above.

A Musical Meditation on the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary

Saturday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m.

Pre-registration is required.

Saint Benedict Music Series will present Three Notch’d Road: The Virginia Baroque Ensemble in a Musical Meditation on the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary. This Musical Rosary service combines communal prayer and meditation interspersed with the five Rosary Sonatas for violin by Baroque composer Heinrich Biber. This historically accurate tradition of the Catholic Church is free and open to all. A free-will offering will be taken up.

Please click here to register

2021 Diocese of Richmond Annual Appeal

For information about the 2021 Annual Appeal: Building our Family of Faith please visit:

2021 Annual Diocesan Appeal | Catholic Community Foundation (richmondcatholicfoundation.org)

Private Prayer

The church is open for private prayer Monday through Thursday from 10:00am - 5:00pm, and Friday from 10:00am-4:00pm.

Confessions

Confessions are available on the following days:

Saturday: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Tuesday: 12:00pm - 1:00pm NO CONFESSION ON APRIL 6
Wednesday: 4:00pm - 5:00pm NO CONFESSION ON APRIL 7
Thursday: 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Thursday Adoration

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place on Thursday nights from 6:00pm to 7:00pm, immediately following the 5:30pm Mass. On the first Friday of every month, Adoration will take place following the 5:30pm Mass, and will last until Benediction at 8:00am on Saturday.

No pre-registration is required, but all are still expected to comply with the 'Returning to Mass Guidelines' listed above.