The Catholic Church has worked since Vatican II to make Mass a communal event that is meaningful to each individual. Some feel that the changes are a sellout to Protestantism and want to return to the old form. Others, such as St. Henry's Church in Cleveland, work to make the ceremony something special.
This article and the one that follows are parts three and four of an eight-part series on the sacraments by NCR special reports writer Robert McClory. He is the author of the recently ...