This is the closest church to where I used to live in West Warwick. I only went to it once, though - we usually went to St. Gregory instead, though I don't quite remember why.
When I did go to Mass here, I remember the church being very full, and I also remember the musicians doing a wonderful job - probably the best I've seen in the state so far, besides maybe the choir at St. Pius V.
Unfortunately, one things stands out to me the most about my experience at the Church, which is that the instant the closing song started, the congregation started leaving and talking right over the music. The two friends I was with and I kept singing gamely until the song finished, but we were one of the few that did. I thought this was almost breathtakingly rude to the musicians, and part of me wanted to stand up on the pew and yell at everyone. I guess for whatever reason, that was part of the culture of the parish at the time. This also goes back to my cranky rant about St. Augustine's below - I think it sends a terrible message when so many people are trying to get out of the church as fast as possible.
This probably isn't a very fair impression of the parish, and maybe I'm overreacting. Like I said before, the music was great and there were tons of people at Mass, which of course is far more important.
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