Spanish Masses

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Since my childhood, I have always attended Spanish Mass. Even though I worked at the parish and would attend many English Masses because of work. Attending Spanish Mass has always been the place where I feel the most comfortable and welcome. This is not to say that other Masses aren’t welcoming but it is to say that the Latino culture within Spanish Mass that is close to home. I have been a part of my home parish for 12 years now and it is a place that I have grown to love and adore. It is a place where I have become a part of a community, a community that has become a part of a big family. Before leaving San Antonio, I wasn’t sure as to how I would feel living in a new city, a place where I would have to find a new family to become a part of. I knew that I would have to look for a new community and parish to become a part of and was aware that it would be a task that would take time. Leaving my home city San Antonio and moving to a new unknow area has been a new experience for me, being that I have never left San Antonio. What I looked forward to the most apart from attending Notre Dame, was that I could drive 10-15 minutes and be in an area that reminded me of home, the …show more content…

My first Sunday in South Bend I attended Mass at St. Adalbert’s. I wanted to attend mass in Spanish and felt that attending their Mass would be a place that could remind me of home. Attending St. Adalbert’s was not exactly what I expected because the size of the Church made me feel a disconnection with the people and the Mass. When I first arrived I didn’t think that the church would be so big on the inside and that everyone in the church would be so scattered around the pews. What I did enjoy the most about Mass was hearing the Spanish langue. Now that I live on campus the only time I speak Spanish is with my parents on the phone and it is something that I miss hearing others

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