Our Lady & St Dominic Catholic Church

Our Lady & St Dominic Catholic Church Welcome to the official page of the Roman Catholic Parish of Our Lady & St Dominic, Farnborough, Hampshire. www.olsd.org.uk

Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth
A registered charity number 1199568. History
The present Church of Our Lady and St. Dominic was formed by the catholic community who used to worship in the Labour Hall in Cove Road. Salesian priests from South Farnborough celebrated Mass regularly at the Labour Hall in Cove Road from 1930 to 1949. As the population grew, the accommodation at the Labour hall grew more

cramped and uncomfortable until it was obvious that action would have to be taken. It was here that one of the original Catholic families of Cove, the Foley’s, made a very generous offer of part of their land upon which the new church was to be built. In 1949, the parish priest, Father McCormick SDB acted and a temporary chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes was built in High View Road. It was built as a temporary church under a ten-year licence in order to fill an urgent need for the Catholics of Cove who had no church in the immediate area in which to worship. The Foley property at Cove included not only the ground of the chapel but also the adjacent houses known as “The Oaks” and “The Oaks Lodge”. “The Oaks” was at one time a boys’ school, founded by a Mr Greene in the last century; hence Greens’ School Lane, which led up to it from Victoria Road. When Mr Greene died in 1887, the school closed, but it was later opened as a Catholic school run by Mrs Foley and then by her daughter, Mrs Scott. When this school closed, both houses were given to extend the parish property. “The Oaks” was used for social purposes and catechism classes and “The Oaks Lodge” as a presbytery. The parish had plenty of land but a temporary building as a church and two rather old and dilapidated houses as social centre and presbytery. The 1970s were years of considerable change and extensive building. Firstly, “The Oaks” was demolished and a parish hall built, which was blessed and opened on 31st March 1973. Part of the parish land was sold to form the present High View Close and the money used towards the cost of the church. The foundation stone was laid on 10th December 1974 and the church opened on the feast of Our Lady of Ransom, 24th September 1975. The old chapel was demolished and the site used for a new presbytery, which was occupied on 18th August 1977.

31/05/2026

The Most Holy Trinity - 1030 sung Mass - 31 May 2026

24/05/2026

Pentecost Sunday - 1030 sung Mass - 24 May 2026

Today is Palm Sunday. Live-stream of our Mass is available via YouTube. We will be starting with a procession from the...
29/03/2026

Today is Palm Sunday. Live-stream of our Mass is available via YouTube. We will be starting with a procession from the Hall which will not be covered by the live-stream. Mass will start when the procession comes into the church (around 10.35/10.40am).

Here is the link to the live-stream:

10.30am MassSunday 29th March 2026Palm Sunday

Apologies - we had some technical issues with our live-streamed 10.30am Mass today which meant that the stream to Facebo...
22/03/2026

Apologies - we had some technical issues with our live-streamed 10.30am Mass today which meant that the stream to Facebook was unsuccessful. The Mass was celebrated by the Salesian Provincial, Fr Gerry Briody and can be viewed via YouTube for the next 28 days:

10.30am MassSunday 22nd March 20065th Sunday of Lent

24 Hours of Adoration now available on YouTube:
20/03/2026

24 Hours of Adoration now available on YouTube:

24 hours of Adoration - Friday 20th March 2026 12 noon until Saturday 21st March 2026 12 noon.

20/03/2026

We will be praying for Peace in our World and vocations during 24 hours of Adoration starting at noon today and finishing at noon tomorrow. We will be live-streaming this special time here on Facebook and also on YouTube for anyone who would like to join us online.

02/11/2025

Due to a technical problem we are unfortunately unable to live-stream our 10.30am Mass today. Many apologies.

Thank you Bishop Philip for visiting our parish today. The Mass was truly uplifting and we all enjoyed meeting you afte...
19/10/2025

Thank you Bishop Philip for visiting our parish today. The Mass was truly uplifting and we all enjoyed meeting you afterwards.

Don’t forget CAFOD Fast Day today. Eat simply and bring your donations to Mass on Sunday. Thank you so much.
03/10/2025

Don’t forget CAFOD Fast Day today. Eat simply and bring your donations to Mass on Sunday. Thank you so much.

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71 High View Road
Farnborough
GU147PT

Telephone

+441252546897

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