Jules only got baptized last year, but he already serves at an acolyte at Parochie Maria during the English mass. He was asked if he was interested, and he took up this new roll right away. That came on top of learning what to say in English in the rituals, when he was only familiar with the Dutch and Latin text. Because he was new to all kinds of rituals, that was something he had to learn, but he never was really nervous.
“I know now what is expected of me, and I am free to learn as I go. It helps that I can look what the other acolytes are doing and that this community isn’t so strict. Of course, I have to know what I’m doing, but I don’t feel I’d be heavily judged if I would.”
That’s because Jules feels at home with the English community. “I’m relatively young, so sometimes I notice an age difference in terms of what people talk about. But that doesn’t bother me. Because we all have the same values that we celebrate with a community of very open and open minded people.”
Feel free to join us for English mass, every Saturday at 17.15h. St. Catharine's church is located at Kruisbroedershof 4 5211 GX 's-Hertogenbosch.