The Lord Jesus commanded his disciples: “Go throughout the whole world and preach the gospel to all people.” (Mk.: 16: 15) This universal character is one of the most important dimensions of the Holy Catholic Church – the mystical body of Christ. One can literally observe and experience this universality at St. Mary’s Church, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is blessed with faithful from so many Nationalities, Cultures, Rites and Languages. This parish constitutes one of the largest Catholic communities in the world. There is harmony, unity and coordination among the faithful from different parts of the world. St. Mary’s Church has celebrated the golden jubilee year during 2016-’17 and was marked by a lot of liturgical, cultural and social activities. The single hand-written copy of the Bible in one sitting during three hours time under one roof by 1000 people in 51 languages manifests the unity in diversity of the parish. The original copy of this hand-written Bible was presented to Pope Francis, our Holy Father as our jubilee gift; it is now kept in the Vatican Library and a photo copy of the same is kept in our parish Church.

An emergency meeting of all Parish Priests  in the Vicariate was held yesterday(16th March) evening at the Bishop's house at Abu Dhabi to evaluate the present crisis caused by the outbreak of the  COVID19. In order to stop  the possibility of  transmission of  the  COVID19 in the Church Compounds, Bishop Paul Hinder has decided  to cancell Holy Masses and other Liturgical  activites from 17th March onwards   in all the churches of the Vicariate till furthuer notice. You are all remembered  and united  in our  Holy Masses  which we priests, celebrate  everyday but today onwards privately.

As per the lastest advisory from the government and from our Bishop, we take the following measures to minimize crowing in the parish compound.

1) The Annual Parish retreat is cancelled for this year.

2) All prayer meetings in all church facilites remain cancelled until further notice.

3)The Adoration Chapel will remain closed untill further notice.

4)For the time being, regular Masses will go on .But all are requested to leave the Church immediately thereafter.

Please visit the Church website for further guidence. www.saintmarysdubai.org

Please see the pastroal  guidelines from our Bishop Paul Hinder posted on the Church website www.saintmarysdubai.org with regard to the COVID 19.

Due to the present situation of the COVID19 and as a part of the precautionary measures , we have decided to cancell the  Marriage Preparation Course in Malayalm  for the month of  April 2020 . The next Marriage preparation course is scheduled to start in the month of May 13th to 16th subjected to the the prevailing conditions.