Frequently Asked Questions

Horário de Missa is maintained by volunteers who send us information about parishes. Learn more on the About Us page

You can collaborate by editing church data, promoting the website to your parish and friends, or praying for the project. See all the ways on the How to Collaborate page

The website is 100% free to use.

You can add the church directly on the website by logging in with your Google account. The submission goes through a review before going live. Fill out the new church form

Meta (the company that owns Facebook) now only allows Facebook login in apps and websites run by companies. Since Horário de Missa is maintained by volunteers and not by a company, login is now only available with a Google account.

We are always updating the system with the help of volunteers who edit church data directly. If you have information about a church's Mass times, you can contribute by editing that church's page.

The answer to this question is complex and outside the scope of this website. We suggest you speak with your parish priest or the Bishop of your diocese so that more churches have confession times.

Very few churches comply with Canon 964 §3 of the Code of Canon Law. We suggest you speak with your parish priest or the Bishop of your diocese so that more churches use the confessional.

We don't know for sure. There are about 22,000 priests in Brazil. We believe there are at least 12,000 parishes in Brazil, plus thousands of chapels, communities, and pastoral care centers.

If the time changed permanently, you can edit the church's data directly. If it's a one-time change (for example, a holiday or special event), the website can't reflect that — we recommend confirming directly with the parish.

Absolutely. The celebration of the Word is not a Mass.

This website's mission is not to report on the behavior of the clergy or problems with the administration of sacraments or celebration of Holy Mass. Please speak with a priest you trust or contact the Bishop of your diocese.

Unfortunately, this website's mission is not to solve questions about matters of faith or morality. We suggest speaking with a priest you trust.