Personal Narrative: A Visit To The Catholic Church

Sunday morning, we went to the catholic church of the Newman Center located at 472 North Pleasant Street which is about one hundred meters away from our dormitory. After breakfast, we walked for about five minutes, and saw the entrance of the building. There is a sculpture on the top of the entrance of the building. Many people came from different direction keep entered. Most of the people are old people, and there are also some students, families with children here. When we came in, a father in black rode was talking to people who came to pray. We greeted to him and stepped into to the ecclesia. The fist thing attracted me was the huge colorful glass windows. They draw some people like Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas More, and The Newman. According to the introduction, some of these are to memorize some people who contributed to …show more content…
The father took the wine and bread to the table before the ritual started. And then talked about the bible with people and people kneeled and confessed. The father held the grail filled with bread and came beyond the table, which is a symbolic of the beginning of the ritual. Then the followers came to the front of the father and stood in a line. The first step is to give the eucharist. The first row stood the line to get the bread and the second row stood up after the first row finished. The whole room is in silence except the father kept saying “God bless you”. People who got the bread step to the left side where there was the man in white rode with a grail of wine. This is the second step — the wine. They sipped the wine and the man wipe the grail with a white cloth. People who finished these things came back to the pew, kneeled and continue to profess. The final step is the father leaving. The man in white rode handled the cross followed the father which made the scene very serious and formal. After that, to exit the ceremony, people only need to stand up and exit the ecclesia in