About Our Lady of Mount Carmel · San Ysidro, California
Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a bilingual Roman Catholic parish in the San Ysidro community of southern San Diego, serving one of the busiest border crossings in the United States. A parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, it has ministered to the largely Hispanic community since 1927, when it was established to serve the working-class Catholic families of the border town. The parish offers Mass almost entirely in Spanish, with one English Sunday Mass, reflecting the demographics of the San Ysidro neighborhood just north of Tijuana, Mexico.
- Established
- 1927
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Diocese
- Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego
Why belong here
Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the spiritual home of San Ysidro's longstanding Mexican-American Catholic community, right at one of the world's busiest land border crossings. The parish offers daily Mass in Spanish, an English Sunday Mass at 8:30 am for English-speaking neighbors, weekly Thursday Confession, and Eucharistic Adoration every Thursday and on the fourth Saturday of each month. Worshippers can also take part in parish devotions, faith formation, and bilingual outreach that serve families on both sides of the border.
Mass times at Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Thursday 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm (except March 5th and 12th due to the penance services schedule)
Adoration times
- Every Thursday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Every fourth Saturday of the month 9:00 pm – 6:00 am
Parish Identity and Community
Our Lady of Mount Carmel identifies itself on its own website as 'A Parish of The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego.' It is a small but busy border-parish serving the predominantly Spanish-speaking Catholic families of San Ysidro, the southernmost neighborhood of the city of San Diego adjacent to Tijuana, Mexico. The bilingual character of the parish is visible on every page of its website, which presents nearly all of its information side-by-side in English and Spanish.
- Parish name: Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Diocese: Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego
- Location: San Ysidro, California 92173
- Languages: Spanish (principal), English
History of the Parish
According to GCatholic and the Wikipedia article on San Ysidro, California, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church was established in 1927. Its founding came in the same wave as other San Ysidro civic institutions of the 1920s, when the border town was growing with working-class residents who crossed to jobs in Tijuana's racetracks, saloons, and gambling halls. The parish has remained at the heart of the community ever since.
- Founded: 1927
- Patron: Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Traditional feast day: July 16
Parish Office and Contact
The parish office keeps weekday hours and is closed on weekends. The website lists a phone number and a mailing address; donations are accepted via a link on the homepage.
- Address: 2020 Alaquinas Drive, San Ysidro, CA 92173
- Phone: (619) 428-1415
- Office hours: Monday–Friday 8:00 am – 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm – 4:45 pm
- Office closed Saturday and Sunday
- Weekly bulletin / Boletín Semanal published on the website