St. Anne's Church Community Analysis

When a person thinks of a Wednesday night, it brings no excitement and no plans. It’s a weekday that to holds no significance to most but to a Spanish speaking member of St. Anne’s Church it is a day for worship. To this member it is a night where she can go to church to pray, sing, and practice Catholicism. This member is a woman by the name of Alejandra Montoya, age 36, who is a devout Catholic and cherishes her community at St. Anne’s church. St. Anne’s Church is richly decorated inside and out, and is home to the Wednesday night Mass held at 7:00 p.m. in Spanish (St. Anne), which I choose to focus on. I focused specifically on Alejandra, to see how the community affects a specific member. By being a member of St. Anne’s Church, Alejandra is able to sing along to the melody of multiple songs during the Mass, which builds hope in her and allows her to gain strength to live her life through many obstacles.
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Anne’s she sets down her things next to her and sometimes begins a conversation with the other members of the church. She smiles and laughs as she speaks with the other members. Other times she looks through her phone as she waits for Mass to begin. The Mass at St. Anne’s begins with a chime and everyone stands as a whole body. The band plays, quietly at first and then louder. The instrumentals echo throughout the church and engulf me, Alejandra and the other members of the church, and seconds later a male begins to sing and soon after a child joins in. The Mass goers begin to sing along. There isn’t multiple voices singing but instead everyone sings to form one voice. Alejandra as she sings becomes emotional from thinking of her children and her eyes begin to tear up but a tear never falls. She explains that to her the child singing is very beautiful and reminds her of her children, who rarely accompany her to church because both find church boring, and unnecessary and would rather stay