Welcome to our parish!
Hello and welcome to the web site of Our Lady of Mercy, the only official English-speaking Catholic parish in Madrid. Our mission is to provide the English-speaking Christians of Madrid with the ability to worship God in their mother tongue. We have people from all over the world and our parish is a family.
We hope you can find the information you are looking for on this site. If you come to Madrid, we hope you will join our community for Sunday liturgy. We hope you will “Come and see.” (John 1:39)
May God bless you,
Fr. Ron
Fr. Ron’s office hours
Monday – Day Off
Tuesday – 11:00 -13:00 OR 6:00-8:00PM
Wednesday – 11:00-13:00 (only once monthly)
Thursday – 6:00-8:00 PM
Friday- 11:00-13:00 OR 6:00-8:00PM
Saturday – Office closed
Sunday – Church service from 11:00 – 12:00, office closed
Please call to make an appointment
We celebrate Sunday Mass at 11:00!! (Every Sunday) For Holy Days, please check the weekly email.
Please follow our guidelines: (updated December 24, 2021)
The general guidelines for entering the church are as follows:
1) A face mask is still necessary to attend Mass.
2) Please use the disinfecting gel at the entrance.
3) The capacity of the church is now 100% currently, around 480 people.
4) Confessions are heard on Sundays before and after Mass in the well ventilated parish offices. You must wear a face mask in confession. An appointment is not necessary.
5) There is now fellowship, coffee, tea, and pastries after the Mass in our Fellowship room
6) Please sign up for the newsletter to stay informed of future changes.
Please consider making a donation to support your church. We continue to assist our parishioners in need, so if you would like to make a donation, please send us an email an we will respond with the bank details [Donations are tax deductible for Spanish tax payers].
OLM Prayer Group
The power of prayer is infinite. And no more so than now, amid this global pandemic, do we all feel the need to pray and ask the Lord for his help and guidance. OLM has started up its own Prayer Group which meets on the last Tuesday of each month at 8pm (This month it’s on the last Monday). This is currently an online event, which we hope will become in person at some point. The next meeting is on August 30th 2022. We come together for about an hour, during which we pray together, reflect on a specific scripture passage and then pray for our own intentions and those which have been sent to us. We would be delighted to welcome more members to the group. However, if you can’t make the session but would like to send us a prayer request, feel free to do just that! Please send an email to Judy MacInnes at OLMPublicEvents@gmail.com . If you prefer to keep your requests anonymous, we will of course respect that.
OLM YouTube Channel
Support your parish with an online donation (please note, we prefer bank transfers to PayPal as the commission charged is high)
On Pentecost (5th June 2022) and the day OLM celebrated FHC, the dove in the stained glass window lit up just while we were invoking the Holy Spirit.
It was a beautiful, joyous, blessed, spirit-filled mass! Thank you for your prayers.
Picture by: Heiko Mahr
Mission Statement
Our Lady of Mercy is Madrid’s only English-speaking Roman Catholic Parish.
We are a thriving, vibrant community. We rejoice in our diversity.
We are one family of different ages, cultures, nationalities, backgrounds and life experiences.
We strive to live the Gospel.
We celebrate our faith and the sacraments joyously.
Through our ministries, we reach out to everyone, especially those most in need of God’s love.
We welcome everyone!
The Crafts Circle
A collaborative, creative, charity initiative.