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LaRocca went on to describe some of the current solutions that they’re ADDING or bringing into the SERVICE to help the AUDIENCE CONNECT.  “What we’re DEVELOPING here at the Shrine starting next month we will have a GOSPEL CHOIR similar to what you would see in a Baptist church.  They are a catholic choir FROM one of OUR PERISHES in the city (St. James Parish).  THEY are going to start to SING ON a SCHEDULE that would have them here every Saturday.  So now WE’RE ADDING gospel music EVERY SATURDAY into our MINISTRY REPERTOIRE.

“On Sunday mornings at eight o’clock we’re BILLING the SERVICE as a CONTEMPORARY MASS.  Many CONTEMPORARY HYMNS along with DRUMS and other things that YOUNG PEOPLE CAN BE EXCITED ABOUT are all BEING ADDED.  The ten o’clock mass we’re considering at this point HAVING a JAZZ MUSIC STYLE MASS.  The new mass on Sunday will be the TRADITIONAL HIGH MASS with a DIOCESAN CHOIR, ORGAN, TYPANI, INCENSE and other TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS that are known all over the world as part of the IDENTIFIABLE ELEMENTS of mass.

“When people come to Las Vegas and they OPEN UP one of the TOURIST MAGAZINES ultimately OUR GOAL is to GIVE PEOPLE OPTIONS TO CONNECT in MASS in ways that are COMFORTABLE TO THEM.  Whether that’s ways that a young family would be INTERESTED IN CONNECTING to a contemporary mass, or the person that hasn’t been to a traditional mass and is LONGING TO EXPERIENCE that setting.  We want to give them REASONS to come to church.  We WANT TO GIVE them a VARIETY OF STYLES."

Tomorrow we’ll pick up with finding out how the Catholic church is dealing with the balance of tradition while working through the struggles associated with change to connect with their parishioners.

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