See this picture on the left? This is what the church I go to looks like. Super boring in my book. It’s too contemporary for me. Even the church I go to on and off in Ipoh looks more like a Catholic church.
I chose this current church is because it’s closer to my home and its RICA program does not run like the school system….starts in the fall only which is September. This church’s RCIA program starts anytime of the year.
This current church I am going to now has the font at the entrance as you enter the church, the alter in the front and to the right of the picture is the choir. The font is also the holy water…this font is the immersion font. During baptism, the whole body will be immersed, dunked in the font. This is one I was very surprise to learn. Thought baptisms are done in just a small little font where the priest will pour water on the head. But whatever what the font looks like, I don’t really fancy how the church carries out the mass. In my book, it’s not the traditional mass I’m so used to see and experienced.
I always thought the Catholic church has altar boys but this church tarak ada!! The priest still the last to walk but kids (male or female) are sort of the altar boy(s). Super threw me off. I have been telling my sponsor how not traditional this church is. She totally agreed with me and that is why her hubby left this church to another more traditional one in St Paul. I told my sponsor I will hang on till I’m done with the RCIA program…then I will look for a different more traditional church.
This current church reminds me of a college auditorium. DB has no interest in this chuch at all. So I’m still in a journey to look for a church I really like.