I Go To A Catholic Church |
I go to a Catholic Church - sometimes it's known as Roman Catholic. The church I go to is a modern building. As I go into the door there is a stoup (a stone bowl) containing holy water. I dip my finger into it and make the sign of the cross. |
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| I am usually greeted by someone with a smiling face offering me a hymn book (we sing old and new hymns), and a church leaflet. If I'm having communion I put a round piece of special bread (host) into a goblet. This is so the Priest knows how many people want communion. Before I sit in my seat I kneel down on one knee and make the sign of the cross (genuflect). I sit on a bench facing the altar, with cloths and two candlesticks on it. | |
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The service I go to on a Sunday morning is called Mass. Some Catholics go to Mass on Saturday or Sunday evening; all Catholics are supposed to go to one of these services. A man called the Priest says the Mass; he is helped by boys and girls called altar servers. When the Priest says the Mass he wears special clothes called vestments. These are not always the same; a Priest wears different coloured vestments on different occasions. |
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