Mass times this week
Regular weekly timetable
Mon
- 10:00
Tue
- 10:00
Wed
- 10:00
Thu
- 10:00
Fri
- 10:00
Sat
- 18:00 Vigil
Sun
- 08:30
- 10:30
Services with timing to confirm
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Parish schedules can change on holy days of obligation.
What the parish's page says
Normal Service Times Masses Saturday First Mass of Sunday - 18:00 Sunday 08:30 and 10:30 Monday 10:00 Tuesday 10:00 Wednesday 10:00 Thursday 10:00 Friday 10:00
Confession Times
- Saturday
- 11:00–11:30, 17:00–17:30
- or by appointment
Access, Parking & Facilities
- Hearing loop
- Available
The diocesan directory lists full facilities for the disabled and a loop system for hearing aid users. The 2004/5 restoration added a new entrance and a cloister with disabled access.
Information sources
About Our Lady of Compassion, Saffron Walden
Our Lady of Compassion, Saffron Walden is a Roman Catholic church in Saffron Walden, Essex. It is part of the Diocese of Brentwood.
Introduction
Charles Rose Chase, an Anglican clergyman received into the Catholic Church, founded the Catholic Missionary Society and came to Saffron Walden in 1905.
History
The church was established in 1906 as part of the Archdiocese of Westminster. The Missionary Society provided priests until 1918, when the newly-formed Diocese of Brentwood took over. In 1930 the Spanish Vincentian Fathers took charge and remained until 1948. In 1963 a new porch was added to the church.
Architecture and furnishings
The church is a Grade 2 listed barn. The church has a south aisle, a baptistery at the west end, a brick porch of 1907, and an east extension with a monopitch roof from the later twentieth century. The church has a queen post roof with a frame of jowled posts and straight through braces, partly missing, with plaster infill and a later ceiling at collar level. The church has a range of three 2-light timber casement clerestory windows with leaded lights to the south, that to the east with a cross casement, and a similar 2-light casement to the north.
Visiting
The parish hall was refurbished in 2025. The church has full facilities for the disabled and a loop system for hearing aid users. The church is in a Conservation Area.
Sources for this profile
- Saffron Walden - OLC | ServicesRetrieved 27 September 2026
- Church of Our Lady of Compassion, Saffron Walden - 1205487 | Historic EnglandRetrieved 8 October 2026 Source text © Historic England, licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0. Summarised by RomanCatholic.co.uk.
- Our Lady of Compassion - Brentwood DioceseRetrieved 27 September 2026
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Map location for Our Lady of Compassion, Saffron Walden
Castle Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1BP