"He was there most weekday Masses and on Sundays, so he had become part of the community."

Ministries include Sunday Mass, weekday Masses, men's and women's discussion groups, community service days, and retreats.

In addition to the Sunday Mass broadcast on conventional (over-the-air) television, weekday Masses were also presented Monday to Friday, originating from a chapel in the Archbishop's residence in Brighton.

Some Roman Catholic parishes have curtailed weekday Masses for want of worshipers, altar servers or priests.

More than a week passed before Denis finally found legitimate cause to be in the sacristy alone, washing cruets and sorting linens after a weekday Mass.

The Blessed Sacrament is housed in the chapel, and it is used for weekday Masses and First Friday Adoration.

Since Monday, the day of the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, there have been many people coming in to attend weekday Mass.

While I am away please note that there will only be weekday Masses on Monday and Friday.

But, Father Toner added, the congregation at Father Sheldija's Sunday and weekday Masses, also in Albanian, "had diminished considerably."

The average crowd at a weekday Mass is five people, who worship in a tiny room that doubles as a chapel so the church does not have to heat the sanctuary.