Star Of The Sea Catholic Church

Mass in English is at 7am and not 8am as posted in their website. Attended the 830 mass in Spanish and the church goers were very pleasant.

To Kathleen– It seems that you went to church for all the wrong reasons. I hope that one day you trully discover the love that Christ has for you and his comandment of love towards your neighbor.

To Kathleen – What were you doing in Alviso, anyway – what made you go into the little 95% Mexican church? Just to write this long judgemental review about the church where I was baptized and raised? Don’t go judging a church after visiting it 1 time–

To get to Star of the Sea I drove down a residential street in Alviso until there was suddenly a church mid-​block. I think there was also a completely boarded up house across the street. Alviso’s a pretty old town so there are a mismatch of land uses and a lot of old junk in yards. (I say this with love, Alviso. You know I love you. I can’t help if sometimes you make me have to bitchslap you.) I couldn’t figure out the parking lot sitch so I parked on a side street.
The church is pretty tiny with three sections facing the altar. There were maybe 50 people there total, the smallest turn-​out I’ve ever seen at an Easter Mass. (This was my first visit, too, and since it was Easter I’d estimate there are likely to be closer to 35 at a regular Sunday Mass.)
Of the four Masses they offer, half are in English, half in Spanish. There are no English Masses at 5 p.m. or later on Saturday or Sunday which is a bummer (and why I hadn’t gone here until recently despite this being my closest church for 2 years).
Here’s the representation of races at churches near my apartment:
West — Our Lady of Peace: Mexican/​Filipino/​White
South — St. Clare’s: White (Portuguese) with a smattering of Chinese
East — St. John the Baptist: Solid Filipino country
And now, to the North — Star of the Sea: 95% Mexican
Not surprisingly the priests at my Mass were Mexican, too. The main priest’s accent was so strong it was a little hard to understand him (plus his accent was pretty hardcore so it gave him a lisp when he spoke English). Thankfully the priest or deacon who assisted him gave the homily. As homilies go it was only so-​so.
I hope whomever is in charge of music at Star of the Sea doesn’t read this, but to channel Simon Cowell, it was ghastly. The singer was way off key.
During the closing song all but a handful of parishioners stayed until the song ended. Not to judge, but I always heard growing up that you don’t leave until the music does, so really talking and such shouldn’t begin until the song ends since people are still participating in the Mass. Anyway, two parents stayed in the pews to sing while their two sons (around 8 years old) walked outside. Then they walked back in, while the music group was still performing, tugged on the mom’s sleeve, and loudly asked in whiny voices, «When are we going to go?» The mom ignored them and the kids climbed all over the raised altar area and actually started executing flying leaps down from the baptismal font. I have never seen such horribly behaved kids in my life. And I couldn’t believe the parents didn’t stop them or reprimand them AT ALL.
It was yet another reason the Catholic Church should really reconsider its position on birth control.