The stop this week was Saint Michael the Archangel for 9:30 mass. St. Michael's is a medium sized stone church. It is a pretty church with cream colored walls and stained glass windows. A red runner covers the aisle and there are two columns of pews.
It is another church where the ushers wear suits. There were plenty of little kids, many of whom were wearing their Sunday best despite the rainy weather. Maybe the older kids were in Sunday school.
The homily covered a lot of territory including the season of Easter, The Cosby donation to Saint Frances Academy and some jokes. I don't think there was any mention of Earth day, which I celebrated after mass by getting a free grocery bag from the Disney store. There was a small choir in the choir loft as well as a cantor with organ music. I know I am getting a reputation here, but mass felt a little slow.
After mass, they were handing out bags to fill and bring back for their food pantry. This is something I would ordinarily do. But how do you explain that you won't be back next week or the week after because you are writing a blog about churches? You don't. You walk away looking like a jerk. Blog fail.
On the plus side, I'm getting good at recognizing churches in people's Facebook pictures. Plans for this week are pending as usual.
I've never been to St. Michael's the Archangel. Where is it?
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