Local Mass Reports
Last night, I did something I rarely do: I went to my parish's 8:00 PM evening Mass. By chance, I ran into an exceptional former student of mine whom I did not know was Catholic. With my wife and children in the United States, it was very pleasant not to attend Mass alone. In the congregation, I recognized many current and former students, undergraduates, graduates, and researchers with families. Usually, I met one or two, but last night there must have been a dozen! I felt a real sense of Catholic community when meeting them, even briefly, after Mass.
Our parish, built only two-and-a-half years ago, has been remodeled. Funding ran out when it was initially constructed, and it ended up looking more like a meeting hall than a church. Now it looks like a Catholic church! There are some photos, which do not do it justice, at my parish's website:
Last night, I did something I rarely do: I went to my parish's 8:00 PM evening Mass. By chance, I ran into an exceptional former student of mine whom I did not know was Catholic. With my wife and children in the United States, it was very pleasant not to attend Mass alone. In the congregation, I recognized many current and former students, undergraduates, graduates, and researchers with families. Usually, I met one or two, but last night there must have been a dozen! I felt a real sense of Catholic community when meeting them, even briefly, after Mass.
Our parish, built only two-and-a-half years ago, has been remodeled. Funding ran out when it was initially constructed, and it ended up looking more like a meeting hall than a church. Now it looks like a Catholic church! There are some photos, which do not do it justice, at my parish's website:
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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