Parishes with Sensory Friendly Masses

Please email opd@archphila.org with the start date and times of your parish’s Sensory Friendly Mass to help us keep this page updated.

Philadelphia County:

St. Martha 
11301 Academy Road
Philadelphia, PA 19154
1:30 PM – Every Fourth Sunday
Social at 12:30 the before Mass 
Contact: Walt Mullholland at waltmulholland@yahoo.com  

St. Francis de Sales
47th and Springfield Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19143
5:00 PM Vigil Mass – Every First Saturday
Contact: Pat Hoyt at 215-828-9146 or pat_hoyt@msn.com

St. Ambrose
 401 E Roosevelt Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19120
6:30 PM – Beginning Sunday, May 17, 2026 
Bilingual (English/Spanish SFM)
Ongoing SFM schedule TBA
Contact: Father Charles Ravert at (215) 329-7900 or stambrose1923@gmail.com  

Bucks County:

Our Lady of Guadalupe
5194 Cold Spring Creamery Road
Doylestown, PA 18902
11:00 AM – Every Second Sunday
Contact: Karen Babik at kbabik1@verizon.net

Our Lady of Mount Carmel
235 East State Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
12:00 Noon – Every Fourth Sunday
Contact: Mary Eileen Baltes at parishengagement@ourladymtcarmel.org
In May, OLMC will have their Sensory Friendly Mass on Sunday, May 17 at the 12:00 Noon Mass. An ASL interpreter will also be present. The regularly scheduled Sensory Friendly Mass will continue as usual in June.

Chester County:

St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother
8910 Gap Newport Pike
Avondale, PA 19311
8:00 AM- Every Third Sunday
Contact: Laura Hodges at office@saintgabrielparish.org 

For those with hyper sensitivities to incense (able to detect incense after 2+ weeks have surpassed) the recommendation from the Office of Divine Worship would be to assist at Mass at a hospital, nursing home, or nearby convent on a Sunday.  In almost all of these instances, the use of incense is rare.