Nov 20, 2011

Church of the Immaculate Conception

Where: Church of the Immaculate Conception, 1315 8th St NW, Washington, DC 20001

When: Sunday, November 20th, 2011.

Web: The parish's website is here.

We attended the 6pm Latin Mass (Novus Ordo) at this small parish in the Shaw neighborhood, just north of the Washington Convention Center.  A single priest celebrated the Mass, with the assistance of a lector/eucharistic minister and organist.  Though the bulk of the Mass was in Latin, the hymns, readings, and homily were all in English.  The priest used the homily to explain the history and meaning of today's feast, Christ the King, and to preach against the narcissistic individuality so pervasive today.  The Eucharist was offered in both bread and wine forms to the congregation of about thirty people.