When: Sunday, October 9th, 2011.
Web: The hospital's pastoral care website page is here.
We attended midday Mass at what is the main chapel in this Catholic hospital. The small chapel was quite full - we estimated the congregation at 75. Several people were standing at the back. Most of the congregation were white; ages were mixed. Notably most people were in 'civilian' clothes - we saw very few in hospital scrubs. We think that the chapel serves as a convenient Mass location for the neighborhoods surrounding the hospital.
A lone priest celebrated Mass, unaided by anyone. For the first time in a long while, we heard a priest read all three readings - he did not ask for a lector. Though the Gospel reading was Jesus' parable of the wedding feast, the priest focused his homily on joy. He posited that being mirthful and happy on earth is good preparation for heaven, which is joy itself. He read an extract from a book called "Between Heaven and Mirth", which illustrated his points.