Saint Rita is one of my favorite saints. She is the patron saint of impossible dreams and helped solidify my love of the movie The Rookie.
I went to 11:15 mass Sunday morning. The church is small and stone and sits on a corner. It almost looks like what a church in a movie would look like. There are stained glass windows on both sides. Inside there are two columns of pews with pink cushions and an Infant of Prague statue.
This mass had two sign language interpreters (they switched half way through mass) and a permanent Deacon. A nun in a habit led the kids away for Children's Liturgy. (I like it better when the kids get to stay.) The crowd was friendly. They celebrated Catholic Schools Week by having kids in their uniforms bring up the gifts. Apparently only girls at St. Rita's go to Catholic school, or the boys are just too cool for that sort of thing. The same girls handed out invitations to visit their school this week.
There was a piano/organ/guitar/choir combo singing songs from the Gather book. We didn't sing The Summons this week, so the streak ended at two. It was announcement week, where the homily took a lengthy turn for the political. It also introduced us to this year's Archbishop's Annual Appeal. I apologize in advance to the church I visit next week.
Thanks for getting me to 1000 page views. I hope to have a post about the New Roman Missal later this week.
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