Confessor Catholic Church

For my field research and final paper, I went to a Catholic church by the name of St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church, which is located in Dana point, California. In the 1960’s Father Ozias Cook was the pastor of Our lady Fatima in San Clemente. It was from here that the Father gathered people to build a chapel to serve the people of that area (what is now Dana Point). In the early days as the parish was being formed the Baltimore Catechism was taught along with the traditional Prayer. As the population of Dana Point continued to expand the need of a church that was going to be permanent was pressing. The Building finally officially opened in 1980 to serve the religious education needs of the parish. This included being the only Catholic preschool in all of south Orange County. Over the years, the parish has collected donations and raised funds to expand and grow with the community so that they can welcome anyone that wants to join. The church was beautifully set up and felt like what I would have imagined a Catholic church were to look like. The service was a Sunday night mass that happened at 5:30 pm over Thanksgiving break. I attended the service with my close friend Ema and her family who have been members of this church for years after she had mentioned the church to me. The service of mass lasted about
The Catholic church is very open and the diversity that is in the church is very broad and they want anyone that wants to join to join. Everyone that follows the catholic faith seems to be very passionate about their beliefs and want to welcome any newcomers to their faith. To me, the Catholic church and its followers are a very strong community. They all share a strong sense of community and all share a song sense of faith with one