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Opening hours

Planning your visit to Ars and the surrounding area

Useful contacts in Ars

For everyday life

Bishopric of Belley-Ars

In Bourg-en-Bresse (45 km from Ars)

Cuet Sanctuary

Sanctuary of Saint Pierre Chanel (45 km from Ars)

Abbaye ND des Dombes

Chemin Neuf community (25 km from Ars)

Bird Park

Ornithological nature park (25 km from Ars)

Around Ars

Opening hours

  • Basilica: Summer opening hours: 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. / Winter opening hours: 6:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
  • Chapelle du coeur, Maison du Saint, Lanterne des cierges: Summer opening hours: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Winter opening hours: 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  • Chapelle de la Providence: 8am - 8pm (night code)

Mass times (basilica)

  • Weekdays: 8.45am - 11am - 6pm
  • Saturday: 6pm: Early Mass
  • Sunday: 8am - 9.30am - 6pm
  • Église Notre Dame de la Miséricorde: Sundays at 11 a.m.

Confessions (basilica)

  • Daily: 9h20 - 12h - 14h - 18h
  • Sunday: 9h - 12h - 14h- 18h

Cucharistic Adoration

  • Weekdays (except Mondays): 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm (basilica)
  • Sunday: 2pm - 4pm (basilica)
  • Perpetual Adoration at the Chapel of Providence

Hour of Mercy

  • Friday and Sunday: 3 p.m.

Rosary

  • Daily (except Sunday): 5pm
  • Monday: 8pm (with fathers)
  • Wednesday: 8:30 pm (with seminarians) then Compline (except during school vacations)

Liturgy of the Hours

  • Tuesday to Saturday :
  • 7:30 a.m.: Lauds - 8 a.m.: Office of Readings - 11:40 a.m.: Mid-day service - 5:30 p.m.: Vespers
  • Sunday: 7.15 am: Lauds - 4 pm: Vespers
  • Monday: Vespers at the end of 6 p.m. mass
  • Saturday: 9:15pm Compline

CONTACT

Opening hours

  • Basilica: Summer opening hours: 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. / Winter opening hours: 6:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
  • Chapelle du coeur, Maison du Saint, Lanterne des cierges: Summer opening hours: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Winter opening hours: 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  • Chapelle de la Providence: 8am - 8pm (night code)

Mass times (basilica)

  • Weekdays: 8.45am - 11am - 6pm
  • Saturday: 6pm: Early Mass
  • Sunday: 8am - 9.30am - 6pm
  • Église Notre Dame de la Miséricorde: Sundays at 11 a.m.

Confessions (basilica)

  • Daily: 9h20 - 12h - 14h - 18h
  • Sunday: 9h - 12h - 14h- 18h

Cucharistic Adoration

  • Weekdays (except Mondays): 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm (basilica)
  • Sunday: 2pm - 4pm (basilica)
  • Perpetual Adoration at the Chapel of Providence

Hour of Mercy

  • Friday and Sunday: 3 p.m.

Rosary

  • Daily (except Sunday): 5pm
  • Monday: 8pm (with fathers)
  • Wednesday: 8:30 pm (with seminarians) then Compline (except during school vacations)

Liturgy of the Hours

  • Tuesday to Saturday :
  • 7:30 a.m.: Lauds - 8 a.m.: Office of Readings - 11:40 a.m.: Mid-day service - 5:30 p.m.: Vespers
  • Sunday: 7.15 am: Lauds - 4 pm: Vespers
  • Monday: Vespers at the end of 6 p.m. mass
  • Saturday: 9:15pm Compline

CONTACT