I haven't updated this in some time, but I'm leaving it here on the off chance that it might be useful to someone. Please check the web site of The Long Island Catholic for a current listing that isn't too bad. As the number of priests dwindles, so does the number of Masses. Many schedules have changed since I originally created this list in 1998 or so. It's really sad. Be sure to call ahead before making plans.
Mass schedules can be rather difficult to find these days. Few parishes post a schedule in a conspicuous outdoor location. Many have no listing posted at all anywhere on the grounds if no bulletins are lying around. Almost none have an expanded Yellow Pages listing advertising Mass schedules. (It would be a pittance in the average parish's budget.) Most have not contributed complete listings to the database at www.masstimes.org (410-676-6000). Of the 134 parishes in my diocese, only eighteen are found on the official diocesan Web listing of parish Mass schedules. Apparently, others have tried unsuccessfully to compile this information, so I'm going to try a different tack.
The information below is derived directly from the parishes' bulletins, which I have collected by personally visiting each parish. Note that all Masses are not alike these days! Many parishes do not list the type of Mass in their schedules, but this can be very important if someone likes or dislikes a folk, family, contemporary, choir, youth, children's or whatever Mass. If you have reliable information on types of Masses in a parish, it will be very useful. If you would like to aid in any way in the compilation of this unofficial list, by all means send your parish's schedule.
Tips for selecting a Mass: When the type of Mass is not indicated, you may have to take a guess. I have found that choir Masses before 10:00 AM are rare. The best time to find these is between 10:30 AM and noon. Folk or family Masses are most common between 9:00 AM and 10:30 AM. Teen or youth Masses generally are the late Sunday afternoon Mass (5:00 PM or later). The first Mass on Sunday morning often has no music at all. Weekday Masses rarely have music. A call to the parish may elicit additional information, although such calls must be handled delicately. Also, some parishes make seasonal adjustments to their schedules. A call to verify the schedule may be in order once you've selected a Mass.
No parish but one in this diocese has a Saturday morning Mass after 9:00 AM-- and that one is at 9:15 AM. However, just a train ride away in Manhattan is a parish with a Mass as late as noon on Saturday. If you miss morning Mass on Saturday and have time, give this parish a try. It has a very full schedule of Masses and confessions besides!
Church of St. Francis of Assisi