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  Very welcoming church, never be afraid to go to, and if you are new tell one of the parishioners in the foyer and you should get a very welcome reaction.

  Added April 19, 2017 by Tim Chetney
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  Linda Sapp, Father was the best part about the mass. I thought he was extremely humble, and I could understand everything that he said about his homily regarding compassion. I could feel how convicted he was about the subject and his deep passion.
  
  To go as far as say that Father had broken English doesn't sound very tolerant of others differences.
  
  Sounds like no where is going to compare to your church in West Virginia.
  
  I am from Boston originally, and Catholics and Catholic churches down here are just completely different altogether, but I think what we all need to remember is that wherever we go, there are going to be enormous differences regarding church parishioners and priests and lay people who serve as ushers. Tolerance for these differences is the operative word.
  
  We visited St. Bernadette's for the first time today, but have a home parish of Our Lady of Lourdes in Raleigh. Perhaps you could give that a try. I find the people very friendly and you won't have to worry about "broken" English as you say.
  
  Good day

  Added January 30, 2017 by Joanne Fontaine
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  St. Bernadette's is a gorgeous church both outside and in. I would love to be able to go to St. Bernadette's every week and come home feeling fulfilled like we used to in our previous church but we simply cannot understand Father's homily. We can read the rest of the Mass (or most of it) in the accompanying books (and we can do that part at home) but we cannot read the homily nor can we understand Father's extremely broken English. I'm very sorry, Father. We are wondering how many other parishioners feel like us. Maybe you should print out a copy of your homily for those of us who don't understand you. We hate missing Mass and Eucharist.
  The accompanist blasts out the cantor and the choir so you can barely hear them. You do not need a microphone at the piano in that church. I'm sure the cantor and choir don't appreciate it. Nor did we. Turn down the volume, please.
  And why bother having ushers/greeters if they don't do their job? Where we came from everyone entering was greeted warmly and afterward did the same and handed them the bulletin. People around you smiled and spoke to you. Everyone enjoyed the Mass and singing. It was a warm friendly Church that once people visited there from out of state, they usually returned on their way home and many times returned more than once. We have been told that we were one of the friendliest churches they had ever been to and it was always a pleasure attending Mass there. They felt right at home. The priest was the same way. He smiled as he entered and left. He stood outside and greeted people as they came and left. We all mingled afterward and at the 9 am Masses, cookies and coffee were offered. I know all this because I worked in the office of our previous church in South Charleston, WV, for 28 years. And in those 28 years, I worked for four different priests. It was like Heaven.
  I only wish St. Bernadette were like it. We attended 5:30 pm Mass for several weeks but haven't returned. We are used to going to Mass every single week. The only times I missed were when I had my children. And even when they were infants and quite young, we would take turns going to Mass or watching the babies but each of us would attend Mass every week. In the event of a West Virginia-type snowfall, we had a distance of about 12 to 13 miles to drive to attend but we always made it to Mass.
  I have a friend in South Charleston who came to the Raleigh area a couple years ago and before we left he told me that we would not ever be able to find a warm and loving parish like the one there in South Charleston because he had looked and looked while he was here but never found one. And it's a real shame. You don't get the feeling of "belonging" here. Maybe we'll try it again in a while but not yet and maybe we'll try the Catholic Church in Apex.

  Added January 26, 2017 by Linda Sapp
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  Love my church and being catholic my opinion I believe if jesus where to go to american he would be illegal immigrant as will god showed us to love everyone we all bleed red .

  Added October 27, 2016 by carmen Lopez
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  I was taken back a little in a good way when I saw the priest and alter boys, girls make a circle before mass , claps hands possibly and say a prayer .

  Added October 21, 2016 by Rose Dittmann