olop.org.uk

olop.org.uk is the website of the Roman Catholic Parish of Our Lady of Peace & Blessed Dominic Barberi, a Catholic parish in the UK. Its main purpose is practical: it publishes the parish's Mass schedule, devotional times, and weekly notices so that parishioners and visitors can find out when and where to attend Mass or a service. If you are looking for current liturgy times or parish announcements, this is the site to check — but the timetable changes often, and the site itself advises checking the latest newsletter.

What you'll find on the site

The content is organised around the parish's regular worship life rather than general information about Catholicism. From the published schedule, the site covers:

• Sunday Mass times — 8.30 am, 11.00 am, and 5.00 pm.
• Weekday Mass — Monday and Friday at 6.30 pm; Tuesday and Wednesday at 8.00 am (during Lent and Advent, Wednesday Mass moves to 6.30 am).
• Adoration — Friday from 11.00 am to 6.30 pm (shortened to 6.00 pm during Lent, with Stations of the Cross at 6.00 pm followed by Holy Mass).
• Sacrament of Reconciliation — on Mass days (Mondays, Fridays, and Holy Days of Obligation) from 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm, or by private appointment with Fr Stan.
• Parish notices — one-off changes, closures, and events, such as a parish pilgrimage, a wedding affecting the schedule, or a centenary Mass at another church.

Why the schedule is not fixed

A recurring theme in the site's own notices is that the weekly timetable is subject to change. The parish explicitly asks readers to always check the latest newsletter because of weekly variations. Examples visible in the notices include:

• A Friday with morning Mass at 8.15 am, no Adoration (due to a wedding), and no evening Mass (due to a Centenary Mass at English Martyrs Church).
• No weekday Mass from Tuesday 22nd to Thursday 24th September because of a parish pilgrimage.
• The parish office closed from Tuesday 22nd to Tuesday 29th September.
• Adoration suspended after a summer break, resuming on Friday 25th September 2026, with an interim invitation to Adoration on Monday and Friday from 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm, followed by the Rosary and Holy Mass.

This means the site is best treated as a starting point, not a permanent reference. If you are planning to attend a specific Mass, confirm it against the most recent notice before travelling.

Who it's for

The site serves two main audiences:

1. Parishioners who need the current week's Mass and devotion times, plus notices about pilgrimages, office closures, and feast days.
2. Visitors — people new to the area or passing through — who want to find a local Catholic Mass or Reconciliation time.

It is not a general resource on Catholic teaching or a directory of other parishes; its scope is this one parish's worship and community life.

Practical points to note

• Feast days are included — for example, Tuesday 29th September, the Feast of the Holy Archangels Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, with Holy Mass at 6.30 pm.
• Reconciliation is time-limited — available only on Mass days at set hours, or by private appointment.
• Devotional practice matters here — Adoration, the Rosary, and Stations of the Cross are part of the published routine, not incidental.
• No pricing or login information is indicated on the site; it functions as a public information page.

If your goal is simply to confirm when Mass is held or whether a service is running this week, start with the latest newsletter linked from the site, then use the published schedule above as the baseline.

The parish's published timetable is a baseline, not a guarantee. The website itself states: "Please always check the latest newsletter due to changes in weekly timetable for Mass." So the reliable method is: read the current newsletter or the "Recent Posts" section of olop.org.uk before you travel, and treat any listed Mass or office hour as provisional until you confirm it for that specific week.

Why the schedule changes

The parish lists several recurring reasons a Mass or office hour can move, shorten, or disappear:

• Weddings and other booked liturgies — e.g. Friday 18th September: Holy Mass moved to 8.15am, no Adoration, and no evening Mass because of a wedding and a Centenary Mass at English Martyrs Church.
• Parish pilgrimages — e.g. no weekday Mass from Tuesday 22nd to Thursday 24th September, and the parish office closed from Tuesday 22nd to Tuesday 29th September.
• Liturgical seasons — during Lent and Advent, Wednesday Mass moves to 6.30am and Friday Adoration ends at 6.00pm, followed by Stations of the Cross at 6.00pm and Holy Mass.
• Feast days — e.g. Tuesday 29th September, the Feast of the Holy Archangels Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, has Holy Mass at 6.30pm.
• Summer breaks — Adoration pauses over summer and resumes on a stated date (Friday 25th September 2026 in the published notice), with a reduced Adoration slot on Mondays and Fridays from 5.00pm to 6.00pm in the meantime.

The baseline timetable

How to confirm a specific day

1. Go to olop.org.uk and open the Recent Posts section, where temporary schedule updates are posted.
2. Read the latest newsletter — the parish explicitly directs you here for weekly timetable changes.
3. Check the date against the exceptions above: a wedding, pilgrimage, feast day, or seasonal change may override the baseline.
4. If you need Reconciliation outside the listed window, the parish notes it is available "by private appointment with Fr Stan" — contact the parish directly rather than assuming a slot.
5. For office business, avoid pilgrimage closure periods; the office was closed for a full week around the September pilgrimage.

Common pitfalls

• Assuming the Sunday times never move. Sunday Masses can be reassigned to a different celebrant or combined with another church's liturgy, as happened with the Centenary Mass.
• Arriving for Adoration during a break. Adoration has defined seasonal and summer gaps, with a reduced 5.00pm–6.00pm slot on Mondays and Fridays when the main Friday session is suspended.
• Turning up for weekday Mass during a pilgrimage. The parish cancelled weekday Masses for three days in the example above.
• Expecting the office to be open. It closed for eight days across the pilgrimage period.

If the newsletter and Recent Posts disagree, trust the most recently dated notice, and call the parish before a journey where a cancelled Mass would leave you without an alternative.

The parish website (olop.org.uk) is the starting point for contact details, but the published material does not list a phone number, email address, or office opening hours. What it does confirm is that the Sacrament of Reconciliation is available by private appointment with Fr Stan, in addition to the scheduled confession times on Mass days. To arrange that appointment, or to reach the parish office, you will need the current contact details from the latest newsletter or the website itself, and you should check both before travelling, because the weekly timetable and office availability change.

What the published schedule tells you

The parish's own notices give these regular times:

Two things follow from this. First, the scheduled confession window is tied to days when Mass is celebrated, so it disappears on days without Mass. Second, the private appointment route with Fr Stan is the only option the parish publishes for arranging Reconciliation outside those windows — there is no separate booking system described.

Why you should check before you go

The parish explicitly asks people to always check the latest newsletter due to changes in the weekly timetable for Mass. The published notices show how often this matters:

• On Friday 18th September, morning Mass moved to 8.15 am, there was no Adoration because of a wedding, and no evening Mass because of a Centenary Mass at English Martyrs Church.
• During a parish pilgrimage, there was no weekday Mass from Tuesday 22nd to Thursday 24th September, with different priests covering the Friday, Sunday, and Monday Masses.
• The parish office was closed from Tuesday 22nd to Tuesday 29th September.
• Adoration paused for a summer break and was due to resume on Friday 25th September 2026, with a temporary invitation to Adoration on Mondays and Fridays, 5.00 pm – 6.00 pm, followed by the Rosary and Mass.

If you turn up on the strength of the regular timetable alone, any of these could leave you standing outside a locked door. The same applies to reaching Fr Stan: if the office is closed or the clergy are away on pilgrimage, an appointment request will not be picked up.

How to actually make contact

1. Go to olop.org.uk and look for the current newsletter or notices section. This is where the parish says timetable changes are published.
2. Check the most recent newsletter date before relying on any time or contact detail. A notice from several weeks ago may already be superseded.
3. For Reconciliation with Fr Stan, ask in person after a scheduled Mass, or use whatever contact route the current newsletter gives for the parish office. The published material does not specify a preferred method, so follow the newsletter rather than assuming.
4. Confirm the office is open before visiting in person. The September closure shows the office can shut for a full week, and closures are announced rather than fixed to a published pattern.

Common pitfalls

• Assuming the office has standard opening hours. No opening hours are published in the available material, and a week-long closure is documented. Treat office access as something to verify, not assume.
• Using the scheduled confession time on a non-Mass day. The 5.30 pm – 6.30 pm window applies on Mondays, Fridays, and Holy Days of Obligation — days that already have Mass.
• Missing the Lent and Advent shifts. Wednesday Mass moves from 8.00 am to 6.30 am, and Friday Adoration ends an hour earlier with Stations of the Cross at 6.00 pm. If you are arranging an appointment around those seasons, the surrounding schedule is different.
• Relying on a third-party listing. Mass times aggregator sites and old directories are frequently out of date for this parish, given how often the timetable changes.

If your reason for contacting the parish is to arrange Reconciliation with Fr Stan, the practical answer is: check the latest newsletter first for contact details and any closures, then request the appointment — and if you can, ask in person after a Mass on a Monday, Friday, or Holy Day, when the clergy are already present.

The Roman Catholic Parish of Our Lady of Peace & Blessed Dominic Barberi (olop.org.uk) publishes a regular weekly timetable of Sunday Mass, weekday Mass, Friday Adoration, and the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The times below are the parish's stated regular schedule, but the parish itself advises checking the latest newsletter, because the weekly timetable changes for weddings, pilgrimages, feast days, and seasonal periods such as Lent and Advent.

Sunday Mass

Weekday Mass

Note that Wednesday's Mass moves to 6.30 am during Lent and Advent.

Friday Adoration and Rosary

• Friday Adoration runs from 11.00 am to 6.30 pm.
• During Lent, Adoration runs from 11.00 am to 6.00 pm, with Stations of the Cross at 6.00 pm followed by Holy Mass.
• Adoration resumes after the summer break on Friday 25th September 2026. In the meantime, the parish invites people to Adoration on Monday and Friday from 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm, followed by the Rosary and Holy Mass.

Sacrament of Reconciliation

• On Mass days — Mondays, Fridays, and Holy Days of Obligation — Reconciliation is available from 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm.
• Confession is also available by private appointment with Fr Stan.

Why you should check the newsletter before going

The parish explicitly asks people to check the latest newsletter because the weekly timetable changes. The published page gives several examples of one-off changes:

• Friday 18th September: Holy Mass in the morning at 8.15 am; no Adoration due to a wedding, and no evening Mass at the church due to the Centenary Mass at English Martyrs Church.
• Parish Pilgrimage (Tuesday 22nd to Thursday 24th September): no weekday Mass.
• Friday 25th September: Fr Linus celebrates the 6.30 pm Mass.
• Sunday 27th September: Fr Linus celebrates all three Masses.
• Monday 28th September: Fr Linus celebrates Mass.
• Parish office closed Tuesday 22nd to Tuesday 29th September.
• Tuesday 29th September, Feast of the Holy Archangels Michael, Gabriel & Raphael: Holy Mass at the church at 6.30 pm.

If you are planning to attend a particular Mass or go to Confession, confirm the time against the current newsletter first — especially around Lent, Advent, Holy Days of Obligation, and any week with a wedding or parish pilgrimage.

Lent and Advent change three things at this parish: Wednesday Mass moves earlier to 6.30 am, Friday Adoration ends at 6.00 pm instead of 6.30 pm, and Stations of the Cross are added at 6.00 pm on Fridays followed by Holy Mass. Everything else in the weekly timetable stays as normal, but the parish asks you to confirm details in the latest newsletter because the schedule also shifts for weddings, pilgrimages and feast days.

The regular schedule these changes apply to

The seasonal adjustments only make sense against the normal timetable:

What changes during Lent and Advent

Wednesday Mass moves to 6.30 am

On Wednesdays in Lent and Advent, Mass is celebrated at 6.30 am instead of the usual 8.00 am. This is the only weekday Mass that shifts for the season. If you normally attend the 8.00 am Wednesday Mass, plan for an earlier start during these periods.

Friday Adoration ends earlier

During Lent, Adoration runs from 11.00 am to 6.00 pm rather than the usual 11.00 am to 6.30 pm. The half-hour difference exists because the evening programme continues with Stations of the Cross.

Stations of the Cross and Mass follow Adoration

During Lent, Stations of the Cross begin at 6.00 pm and are followed by Holy Mass. This is why Adoration closes at 6.00 pm — the church moves straight into the Stations and then Mass, rather than holding a separate Adoration hour before the evening Mass.

A worked example

Say you want to attend Mass and Adoration on a Friday in Lent:

1. Arrive for Adoration between 11.00 am and 6.00 pm (not 6.30 pm).
2. Stay for Stations of the Cross at 6.00 pm.
3. Remain for Holy Mass immediately afterwards.

On a Wednesday in Lent, the same planning means arriving for 6.30 am Mass instead of 8.00 am.

Why you should still check the newsletter

The seasonal pattern above is the baseline, but the parish timetable changes for other reasons too, and the newsletter is the authoritative source. Recent examples from the parish:

• Friday 18th September: Holy Mass in the morning at 8.15 am; no Adoration because of a wedding, and no evening Mass at the church because of a Centenary Mass at English Martyrs Church.
• Parish pilgrimage (Tuesday 22nd to Thursday 24th September): no weekday Mass. The parish office was also closed from Tuesday 22nd to Tuesday 29th September.
• Feast of the Holy Archangels Michael, Gabriel & Raphael (Tuesday 29th September): Holy Mass at the church at 6.30 pm.

None of these are Lent or Advent changes, but they show how quickly a published timetable can be overridden. The parish's own instruction is to always check the latest newsletter due to changes in the weekly timetable for Mass.

Adoration outside the Lent pattern

Adoration is not limited to the Friday slot. The parish also invites people to Adoration on Monday and Friday from 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm, followed by the Rosary and Holy Mass. Note that the full Friday Adoration block (11.00 am onwards) was set to resume after a summer break on Friday 25th September 2026, with the shorter Monday and Friday 5.00–6.00 pm sessions running in the meantime.

Quick reference

If you are planning around a specific date, treat the table above as the seasonal rule and the current newsletter as the final word.