St. Joseph's Catholic Church:)

St. Joseph's Catholic Church

The third and final place of worship that we visited was St. Joseph's Catholic Church. When I first saw it, it didn't really look like a "normal" church that I was used to seeing. As I walked in though, I could tell. When we walked in, I didn't really feel all that comfortable. It's probably because every church that I've been in I was forced to go, looked down upon and I always had bad experiences when I would go. Other than that, it looked and felt like any other church. We were greeted by Mrs. Benedict and Father David McGuinness. We talked a while with both of them and they told us a little about themselves, their leaders and the church. Then Father McGuinness informed us that it was his day off, that he was leaving and Mrs. Benedict would be showing us around and answering questions. She took us into the actually praying place where they worshipped and held mass. She told us about the holy water that was on either sides of the door and that when people come in, they dab their fingers in it and bless themselves as they go in. It was HUGE! It had the most beautiful stained glass windows I had ever seen. She informed us that they had expanded it to fit more people. They expanded it like, twice it's size. I saw to my right as I was seated the Lady of Guadalupe. I made a comment that my mom has a medallion with her on it and that she was my families guardian. I can say that I thought the building itself was really cool, but I don't believe in the same things that they believe in. As she was talking about what Mass was and how they go about it, it reminded me of my grandmother. I actually started to cry a little. I didn't really have any serious questions for her to answer because I had grown up with that religion 95% of my life. So I pretty much know everything about it. So I didn't ask her any questions. I just sat back and listened to what she had to say. I can say that I was quite glad to leave. For me, it was really boring and really tiring. None the less though, quite educating for the rest of the class.