Our Lady of Mount Carmel

About this church

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Altoona is a Catholic parish at 806 11th Street, on the corner of 8th Avenue and 11th Street. Weekend Masses are held Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Daily Mass is offered Monday through Friday at 7 a.m., with an additional 7 p.m. Mass on Tuesdays and first Fridays. Holy days of obligation have Masses at 7 a.m., 12:05 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Confession is available Saturday at 3 p.m., on the Thursday before each first Friday at 3 p.m., and on first Fridays at 6:30 p.m.

The parish also uses Assumption Chapel, at Hileman Street and Adams Avenue, which has Sunday Mass at 9:30 a.m., a vigil Mass for holy days at 5:15 p.m., and Sunday confession at 9 a.m. Lay ministries include altar servers, ushers, readers, cantors and Eucharistic ministers, and the website posts schedules for each. Visitors can also find a bulletin and monthly calendar, a photo gallery, a YouTube page, video archives, information on a pipe organ campaign, an annual festival and a parish cookbook order form. The site gives driving directions to both locations from downtown Altoona and from Interstate 99. Mass schedule pages may not be current, so confirm times by phone or in the bulletin before visiting.

Researched from the church’s official website and reviewed October 11, 2026. Sources: Mass and confession times, address, directions, ministries · Mass schedule for Mt. Carmel and Assumption Chapel · Church address and phone number

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