St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral

St Mary's Catholic Cathedral, also known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, is the seat of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh. It's a beautiful example of Gothic Revival architecture, designed by James Gillespie Graham and opened in 1814. The cathedral is a vibrant center of the Catholic community in Edinburgh. It offers a variety of masses and services throughout the week, including daily mass, Sunday mass, and special services for holy days. It is beautiful to be here.

Attended Holy Mass here at 10 am on a weekday. A quiet and serene place of worship and the priest was very friendly and welcoming. Walking distance from Waverley station.

Went here late afternoon Saturday and was hoping to hear mass at 4:30pm. There was no mass scheduled at the said time so I prayed the rosary. St. Joseph, pray for us. 🙏

This is a beautiful Cathedral and well worth a visit to explore every corner. I would love too attend a mass here and also hear their great organ. There is a large store on site with many books and other things.

A beautiful cathedral in the middle of the city of Edinburgh. It is quite big and it has 3 daily Mass and 6 Sunday Mass. Most days it has a Polish Mass. The sunday 12.00 Mass is sung in Latin and it is quite melodious with its huge church organ. The church is big and it may be able to accommodate somewhere closer to 1000 people.

Beautiful church so glad we got to visit on our trip. We got to listen to the woman organist practice and there was a children’s area in the back of the church with books. This place was beautiful from the top to the bottom.

Beautiful church, Mass every day at 1245 hours. There is Polish Mass 6 pm during the week.

A perfect place for some quiet contemplation away from the hectic hurly burly of the world. I regularly pop in for a soothing respite and gentle revival of the soul. Whether it be for mass, the rosary or just a quick prayer and lighting a candle, I always come away feeling replenished and ready to face the world once more.

I go to St Mary's Catholic Church every weekend for mass and I enjoy it a lot. Though I wouldn't necessarily consider it a cathedral, this church is big and beautiful. Mass occurs a couple times on Sunday's...I usually go at 9 am to get it done so I can enjoy the rest of my Sundays but other masses done in English happens at 12 and 730pm. I believe the 1.30 pm is the polish mass. If you prefer going on Saturdays, I believe they offer the 5.30 mass... Just check the website for the correct times. They offer other special masses and it gets crowded during important days like Easter, Christmas, ash Wednesday's, etc. This week I went to their advent mass to check out the candlelight mass...was pretty cool cause they turned off all the lights and just had candles everywhere. They also offer free concerts and if you just want to sit and listen to a really great choir, check out the 12 pm mass... A bit longer than the others though and they sing in Latin. The priests and volunteers are all nice and welcoming. They always welcome everyone whether you're Catholic or not, and the church is accessible even without mass. So if you just want to sit in a quiet place and enjoy a beautiful building, this is an awesome place to go.