\nSt. Thomas of Canterbury
Chicago, IL<\/p>\n
On a normal Sunday, this parish in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood has Mass in three languages (English, Spanish, and Vietnamese) and occasionally will also have Sunday Masses in Eritrean and Lao. <\/p>\n
On the feast of Corpus Christi, however, there is only one Mass, and parishioners are encouraged to dress in traditional ethnic garb, if they so choose. <\/p>\n
At yesteday’s Mass, most of the proper parts of the Mass were sung\/chanted in Greek or Latin. <\/p>\n
During the Kyrie, I was nearly moved to tears. Many in the congregation normally attend Mass in another language, and many don’t speak much English at all. <\/p>\n
But everybody, regardless of native language, knew the words to the Kyrie, the Sanctus, and the Pater Noster. <\/p>\n
Whoever said Catholics can’t sing? <\/p>\n
During the neighborhood procession that followed, some of the faithful carried the Vatican flag, the American flag, as well as numerous countries’ flags representing parishioners’ various countries of origin. <\/p>\n
The neighborhood itself is undergoing gentrification. Its population is a mixed bag of yuppies, halfway house residents, and working-class southeast Asians (mostly from Cambodia). <\/p>\n
A lot of people stopped and stared at us quizzically, and one lady even asked one of the ushers, "What’s the parade for?" (He did his best to explain what we were doing.)<\/p>\n
All in all, a beautiful experience.<\/p>\n
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