Our parish church St Thomas Aquinas -Avondale Goodyear, Arizona (USA), is cruciform in plan. It has a three-part nave with the more prominent and more extended faces the sanctuary. The other two naves are at both sides perpendicular to the sanctuary opposite to each other. Generally, it has a T-shape space layout.
The emergence of the Second Vatican Council in 1962 brought a lot of changes in the Catholic church, especially in the celebration of the Sacred liturgy. Obviously, these changes affects the rites, texts, music, the gestures and movement of the assembly.
When COVID19 hit the world, almost everybody was affected. For months since the declaration of this pandemic virus by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, everyone seems to be uncertain of the daily activities. One can only follow the updates in the news either on the radio, television, Facebook, or YouTube.
It was since Wednesday, on May 13, 2020, during the church visit to the Blessed Sacrament, where I noticed that those markings on top of the backrests and the blue ribbons tied at the sides of the pews were already taken out (Pls. Read COVID19- driven Proxemics in Churches). Previously, we only participate in the…
It was Friday, May 22, 2020, the Feast of Sta Rita of Cascia. We attended the 8:00 am Holy Mass at St Claire of Assisi at Surprise, Arizona. The church is a 30-minute drive from our place in Goodyear. As usual, few parking spaces for the disabled near the church entrances were occupied by a…
“On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the paschal lamb, his disciples said to him, ‘Where do you wish us to go to prepare the Passover supper for you?’ He sent two of his disciples with these instructions:‘Go into the city, and you will come upon a man carrying…