How Do I Request an Uber or Lyft to Get to Mass From the App?

Have you ever been late for Mass because you couldn’t find a ride in time? Or had to copy an address from one app to another, or explain it to a driver who didn’t speak your language while traveling in another country? The ride request feature in the Catholic Mass Times app solves that in a single tap. You can request an Uber, Lyft, or Cabify with the church’s address already loaded as your destination.

This guide covers what the feature does, how to use it step by step, and why it earns its keep when you’re traveling or when you need to get to Holy Mass, Confession, or Eucharistic Adoration in a hurry.

If you don’t have it yet, you can download the Catholic Mass Times app free for iOS and Android. With more than 110,000 churches across 200 countries, it’s the largest and most up-to-date database in the world for finding Mass times near you. Download it here.

1. What is the ride request feature in the Catholic Mass Times app?

The ride request feature lets you order a ride through Uber, Lyft, or Cabify straight from any church’s detail screen, with no copying addresses and no switching between apps. One tap opens your preferred ride service with the church’s address already entered as the destination.

It makes getting to Mass considerably easier, particularly in another country or a city you don’t know. There’s no address to copy, translate, or try to explain to a driver who speaks a different language.
It’s worth adding that this isn’t only a feature for travelers. If you don’t drive, if you no longer feel comfortable behind the wheel, or if the parish is simply too far to walk, this is a way of getting to Mass that doesn’t depend on anyone else’s schedule.

2. Where is the ride icon in the app?

Every church’s detail screen has three icons for getting there: a walking figure, a standing figure with a raised arm, and a car. The standing figure with the raised arm, the gesture you’d use to hail a vehicle, is the one that opens the ride request.

To reach a church’s detail screen, tap its pin on the main Nearby map and, if you need to, tap the orange arrow to expand the full information.

3. How do I request an Uber, Lyft, or Cabify ride from the app?

Requesting a ride to a church takes a few seconds:

1. Tap the church you want to get to, either on the Nearby map or in your Favorites.
2. On its detail screen, find the ride icon, the standing figure with the raised arm.
3. Tap it. The app asks Choose an app to request a ride, offering Uber, Lyft, and Cabify, depending on which services operate in your area.
4. Pick the one you’d like. It opens automatically with the church’s address already loaded as the destination, ready for you to confirm the ride.

There’s no address to type or paste anywhere. The app hands the church’s exact location to whichever ride service you choose.

4. Why is this useful when you’re traveling?

Requesting a ride is especially valuable in situations where walking to Mass simply isn’t an option: the church is too far, the timing is tight, or you’re in a country whose language you don’t speak. Rather than trying to explain an address to a driver, or risking arriving late because you misjudged the route, the app does that work in one tap.

This feature sits alongside the other two ways of getting to a church from its detail screen: walking directions through Apple Maps or Google Maps, or driving your own vehicle with Apple Maps, Google Maps, or Waze. Of the three, requesting a ride is the practical choice when you need to be quick and don’t have a car of your own.

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• How Do I Find Mass Times at Catholic Churches Near Me?: Everything about the app’s filters for finding Mass, Confession, or Adoration today, by time, day, or language at Catholic churches near you.