When does Mass actually end so we may leave Church?

[majorptom]

I am under the belief that Mass is over and you can leave only after the Celebrant says, “The Mass is over, go in Peace” . Plus just being polite and waiting until the priest enters the Sacristy.

 

[Fr.Charles_Grondin]

General Instruction of the Roman Missal

D. The Concluding Rites

1. The concluding rites consist of

a. Brief announcements, if they are necessary;

b. The priest’s greeting and blessing, which on certain days and occasions is enriched and expressed in the prayer over the People or another more solemn formula;

c. The dismissal of the people by the deacon or the priest, so that each may go out to do good works, praising and blessing God;

d. The kissing of the altar by the priest and the deacon, followed by a profound bow to the altar by the priest, the deacon, and the other ministers.

Once the priest and ministers reverence the altar and depart from the sanctuary the Mass is over.