what a welcoming environment. a place where I feel I can belong and connect deeper…read more Worship was great and the Pastor definitely preaches from the Bible! That's important! Jo

Let me start my confessing my sins.... I am a non-practicing…read moreCatholic (now Agnostic) and I haven't step foot in a church in about 10 years! My cousin decided to convert to Catholicism in a quick one-two bang ceremony (Baptism, Communion and Confirmation). She asked me to be the photographer for the event and I couldn't say no (plus this would mark the first time I got to see a black woman get her hair wet!) Nouvelle-Alliance is incidentally my old high school and to support the French Catholic community in Barrie, they offer masses in the cafeteria every Sunday. I walked in and didn't burst into flames (like my dad had implied earlier). It was odd to see my 9th grade science teacher (who failed me) strumming on his guitar and singing a soulful serenade in his pretty falsetto voice. The mass was... well... mass-like with some new and improved changes. The wafer was (get this) whole wheat! And I thought the church wasn't progressive... When we got to the Confirmation part the priest explained that he had forgotten the oil and they would complete this part another day. At the end of the mass the priest changed his mind and drove home to pick up the oil and complete the holy trinity experience (that sounds like the title of a new Matrix film... or porn?!) All went well and my cousin is now a (willing) participant in the church of... wait they have holy water for sale?! Amazing! I bought some holy water for a bargain price of $0.94 (this is the price the priest paid for the little glass bottles) What does one do with holy water? I plan to use it... possibly on the next TTC employee that looses his shit!) Happy Easter everyone :-)