We went to mass at

We went to mass at Holy Cross today to check out the church. It seems to be the only Catholic Church in Austin that does not have a Saturday night service, which would make a late afternoon wedding possible. The church is quite new and is quite a bit smaller than Jennifer's church. We think we could fill it out nicely with our wedding party.

Attending mass there was quite interesting. Holy Cross is located on east 11th street and serves a predominantly black congregation. Jennifer and I kind of stuck out. For one there were only two other white people at mass (and no hispanics). Second, we were dressed more casually (as is common at Jfer's church) than the other people - they were actually wearing "sunday clothes". Beside that, though, it was pretty much a regular service. That's one neat thing about Roman Catholics - you go to church and know that the same readings and the same ceremony happens all over the world at the same time. Oh yeah, and the music was cooler than at most churches. The choir was pretty rocking and the church uses an African American Catholic Hymnal - most songs in it actually had music for several parts in it. (To be honset, I don't particularily care much for contemporary christian music that you hear in most churches and I have always loved spirituals and ghospel influenced music - it's actually quite popular in Europe).

Oh, and I've created a page for Jennifer's wedding dress she's trying to sell. If you happen to know anyone who's looking, please send them the link.