3/5 Gail K. 1 year ago on Google
I
attended
this
church
for
more
than
3
years
and
had
some
good
experiences,
but
in
essence
I
unfortunately
agree
with
Cameron
Austin.
Say
the
good
things
first!
The
female
sacristan
was
very
kind
when
I
first
came.
One
or
two
other
people
at
least
spoke
to
or
greeted
me.
(I
am
now
74-years-old,
had
many
years
of
Catholic
education
in
the
US,
played
organ
at
church
since
my
teenage
years,
and
directed
two
choirs,
so
I
have
strong
Catholic
background,
having
also
lived
in
Austria
for
24
years).
I
agree
with
Mr.
Austin
that
it
was
the
English
"liturgy",
not
the
Greek,
which
upset
me.
A
choir
of
Philippine
women,
who
only
seem
to
tolerate
Phillipinos,
direct
that
Mass,
and
I
also
found
it
to
be
very
disturbing
and
irreverent.
I
once
offered
to
help
out
with
music
and
no
one
spoke
to
me.
I
had
an
offer
for
vestments
coming
from
a
place
in
Michigan.
N/A.
I
went
to
the
office
twice
seeking
help
with
my
Greek
Orthodox
relatives-in-law,
and
because
I
was
being
followed
by
a
violent,
non-Catholic
Chinese
sect
which
was
in
the
church
there.
N/A.
I
was
slandered
in
the
church
when
I
spoke
of
the
danger
of
Islam.
After
I
received
communion
I
wanted/needed
to
stay
and
pray,
but
a
nun
told
me
I
was
a
fanatic!
When
the
virus
first
started,
a
priest
refused
to
give
me
communion
on
the
tongue
at
the
altar,
and
even
spoke
out
loudly
at
me
(I
won't
say
yelling,
but
that
was
almost
it).Since
then
I
have
returned
to
the
Latin
Mass
via
computer
and
received
my
blessings
and
graces
from
there!
All
of
the
attempts
I
made
to
become
a
part
of
the
parish,
or
to
be
integrated
in
any
way
whatsoever,
were
useless.
I
wondered
about
that,
but
I
was
known
to
be
American,
and
I
believe
that
was
the
main
issue.
During
one
English
Mass,
some
young
men
in
the
back
of
the
church
were
talking.
It
was
annoying.
The
priest
stopped
right
in
the
middle
of
Mass
and
started
yelling
at
them!
Yet,
at
every
one
of
the
other
English
Masses
people
always
came
in
talking
and
laughing,
sometimes
even
during
the
Mass,
and
he
did
nothing!
This
priest
laid
an
article
on
the
table
at
the
back
of
the
church
shortly
after
I
began
attending
Mass
there.
It
was
an
article
about
how
Americans
oppress
Blacks,
and
how
a
young
Black
man
was
saved
by
the
miraculous
medal.
I
took
the
story
home,
did
research
on
it,
and
found
many
untruths
and
discrepancies
in
it.
However,
I
did
show
the
sacristan
a
picture
of
my
American
daughter
who
is
in
the
US,
and
happily
married
to
a
black
man!
In
our
churches
we
have
people
from
everywhere--Nigerians,
Filipinos,
Chinese,
Taiwanese,
Polish,
Spanish,
etc.
I
knew
them
all
and
they
were
my
friends!
I
showed
the
sacristan
the
picture
of
my
daughter's
family
because
I
felt
that
I
somehow
had
to
prove
that
Americans
are
not
the
Black-haters,
greedy,
uncultured
people
as
they
are
portrayed
in
the
European
newspapers
and
media.
I
did
that
because
some
people
will
always
accuse
Americans
about
anything,
and
I
found
it
highly
inappropriate
to
hand
out
such
articles
in
churches.
THE
ALTAR
OF
GOD
IS
NOT
A
POLITICAL
ARENA,
but
many
make
it
such.
I
also
asked
a
priest
once
about
an
appointment,
hoping
to
go
to
confession,
but
he
refused.
In
the
meantime
if
I
go
to
Austria
or
elsewhere
I
practice
my
faith
there.
Our
Lord
has
graced
me
over
and
over
with
the
numerous
computer
Masses.
I
have
learned
so
much
about
the
church
in
the
world,
too.
I
know
it
is
not
the
same.
I
was
even
contemplating
going
to
Mass
in
Thessalonica
this
Easter,
but
after
reading
another
man's
comments,
I
was
emboldened
to
write
about
these
things.
Under
such
circumstances,
would
you?
I
have
suffered
terribly
by
not
having
the
physical
communion,
but
God
has
blessed
me
in
many
other
ways.
