Teaching Mass with Rev. Sean Horrigan

Rev. Sean Horrigan will be offering an additional Mass at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 16 in the main church. This is our annual “Teaching Mass” for our high school youth, but it is open to anyone. Fr. Sean has offered this in the past for the youth and our RCIA community as a way to “break open” the Mass a bit more for them. It’s the regular Mass for the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time, but he'll be “teaching” throughout it, stopping occasionally to explain more of what is happening and, perhaps more importantly, why it is happening. We’ve found it to be a good way to get the youth engaged in the liturgy of the Church.

Each year, Fr. Sean offers this Mass. The youth seem to like it and get a lot out of it, but it’s the adults who are there with them who say they too learned a lot. We’re never too old to be reminded of the beauty and power of the Church’s sacred liturgy. Anyone is welcome to attend. The Mass takes a little longer (because of the narration during it), but we hope to finish by 8 p.m. or maybe a just bit later.