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In June, 2006, three Portsmouth parishes, Immaculate Conception, St. Catherine of Siena and St. James were merged into one Corpus Christi Parish. (To see the location of the other two churches, click their respective link on left side.) Masses and Sacrament of Reconciliation are provided as follows:
Sat, 4 PM; Sun, 8:30 AM (Immaculate Conception)
Sun, 10:30 AM, 4 PM (St. James)
Daily, Mon-Sat: 8:00 AM preceded by Morning Prayer at 7:40 AM (St. Catherine)
Confession
After daily Mass (St. Catherine)
Sat: 3:00 p.m. (Immaculate Conception)
Sun: 3:15 p.m. (St. James)
Holy Day Masses are usually at 8:00 AM (St. Catherine), 12:10 PM (Immaculate Conception) and 7:00 p.m. (Immaculate Conception). Usually, there is NO vigil Mass. To confirm these times, check the calendar for the specific date. |
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| For comprehensive parish information, click on the Corpus Christi link to the left.
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A Little History
Immaculate Conception is the third oldest church in the diocese of Manchester. It was originally a mission church of St. Aloyisus in Dover. In November 1851, a priest was assigned to the 300 Catholics of Portsmouth, who organized under the title of St. Mary`s and began construction of the church in spring 1852. In 1872, the parishioners rebuilt the church which had been destroyed by fire in 1871, renaming it Immaculate Conception. A parish school was constructed in 1887 on Austin Street, staffed by the Sisters of Mercy; its present building dates from 1904. Need for a larger, more structurally sound church to accommodate the growing Catholic population led to the construction of the present church, opened on Easter 1934 and dedicated in October, 1934.
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