Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Mankato, MN

My wife and I were in Mankato this past weekend (on Father's day) and we attended Mass as Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church.  This parish is run by a religious order called Institute of the Incarnate Word.

Mass was wonderful.  The priest used quite a bit of chant, which seems like a little thing, but it really helps me enter more deeply into the Mass.  Father prayed Eucharistic prayer #1.  This is my favorite prayer.  Especially this part:

Almighty God, we pray that your angel may take this sacrifice to your altar in heaven. Then, as we receive from this altar the sacred body and blood of your Son, let us be filled with every grace and blessing.

 This parish did something interesting during communion they brought our a kneeler  and placed it in the front.  People had the option of kneeling and receiving the body of Christ on the tongue.  I have never seen this odne before.  It might have something to do witht he fact that this Parish has a regularly scheduled Extraordinary Form Mass.

After Mass we stayed to look at the many beautiful statues .  Guess who we found?

St. Aloysius Gonzaga

It was a great start to my Father's Day!