I will be in Paris the second week in March. Anyone have a current site for info about Enlish Masses in Paris. There are several threads from 2003, but the web sites no longer exist. Also, will be staying in Montmartre. Any suggestions for reasonable (relatively speaking) restaurants or cafes in that area, or any ones that you liked especially well?

<G> When I read this title, I thought that you were wondering about finding a ton of Brits there!

The American Church (mass in English) is in the 7th along Ouai d'Orsay, not far from the Eiffel Tower and facing the river Seine.

You can check out the following web site for restaurants in Montmartre. There are 122 restaurante/bistros in all price ranges listed for the area on this site.

http://www.pagesrestos.com/

I hope this helps. Enjoy Paris.

rapunzil, that's so funny! Like when I read the title of the thread about mistresses in Europe, I thought at first it was "matresses."

Tigger, you can attend Mass at the American Church in Paris on Quai d'Orsay. The website is http://www.acparis.org/ and Mass is held at 9 am and 11 am. They also host the Atelier Concert Series, which are free classical music concerts, performed on Sundays at 5 pm. Take a look at their schedule when you visit the website.

You might, however, want to consider going to Mass at Sacre Coeur, since that's where you will be staying. My husband and I go to Mass there when we go to Paris. The 11:00 Mass is the high Mass and it's incredibly beautiful. We do understand a fair bit of French, but you really wouldn't have to in order to follow along. It's amazing how you can "hear" the English in your heart simply because you know the proper order of the Mass. I always know what the priest is saying, even if he loses me during the sermon!

Two Montmartre restaurants you might like:

Le Petit Robert, 10 Rue Cauchis, down the first dead-end street as you leave Place Blanche and head up Rue Lepic. Very small place with good food.

La Queue du Chat, at the top of Rue Tholoze. Phone 01-42-64-36-40.

Happy dining!

If you are looking for a Catholic mass, I don't believe The American Church is the place to go. Quote from website:
"American Church has been an interdenominational fellowship." I went to St. Sulpice for its mass, and the organ alone is worth not having an English service. It was actually quite interesting to see all the similarities, even with all in French.

The American Church isn't Catholic and doesn't have mass, I've been there. (if it were Catholic, you know it wouldn't have a name like that)

There is a church called the American Cathedral in the 8th arr (it really has a different official name, Ste Trinite), which does have mass in English, but that is Episcopalian. That's on ave George V.

I don't think things are going to have changed much since 2003 in that regard, did they list churches?

There might be one, you'd think so, but I haven't found any even in the 7th where so many English speakers live, although I have been able to find masses in Spanish or Italian. I don't think the language should matter that much, as you know the standard form. If you really need that, you could email them and ask (there is a place for foreign relations or something on the Catholic diocese web site in Paris www.catholique-paris.com

The only thing that you should be missing by it being in French would be the homily, I suppose.

Here's a second for mermaid's suggestion to attend Mass at Sacre Coeur. My wife and I walked into a Matins service there last fall, and even though we're not Catholic, and speak no french, it is one of the enduring memories of our trip.

The experience was similar to one I had on Moorea in French Polynesia several years ago, when I walked into a service being conducted in the local language, tahitian. Even though I could understand only a few words, I was familiar with the order of liturgy, so knew what was being said and sung. It was like hearing something long familiar for the first time again.

God is omnilingual.

http://www.stjoeparis.org

And here's a third for Mermaid's suggestion of Sacre Coeur. My friend convinced me to attend mass with her one Sunday, and I specifically remember the nuns with their Sister Bertrille type wimples who proceded to sing the mass in French. A truly amazing and memorable experience.

I'm so glad Sacre Coeur is loved! It's my favorite church in all of Paris. In January, when fellow Fodorite Marcy and I were in Paris, we were sightseeing up on the hill Sacre Coeur rests on, on a Sunday about 3:00 pm. Vespers had just started and we slipped in to listen. It was magic. As beachbum said, God is omnilingual.

There's also the St Joseph's Catholic church in the 8th. Here you'll mingle with many ethnic Parisians and feel like you are in the real Paris.

how about notre dame? there are more tourists attending mass than french. before mass they hand out english translations for us to follow (ands thats very very usual for the french in france). notre dames has its own website too.