When: Sunday, September 11, 2011
Web: The parish's ADW listing is here; its own website is here.
We attended 11:00am Mass at this parish church in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The Mass was very well attended - indeed, the congregation of 200 or so almost filled the church. The congregation was overwhelmingly white, reflecting the demographics of Capitol Hill.
A single priest celebrated Mass, assisted by a deacon, two readers, an altar server, and a folk choir. The Mass followed the standard rite. Both bread and wine were offered for communion. The priest focused his homily on the theme of forgiveness. While the readings centered on this theme anyway, it was particularly appropriate on this day, the tenth anniversary of 9/11. The priest noted that hatred, even of those who commit terrible acts, bind us up in negative feelings that keep us distant from God's love.