He paused in the vestibule as the pews were filling up with retirees for the noon Mass.

Yesterday, there were only a handful of people on the steps of St. Raymond's waiting for noon Mass.

More than 300 people attended a noon Mass for the officers yesterday in the hospital's auditorium.

After a noon Mass, which Archbishop Jaffray celebrated in that same chapel, young pages delivered the summons to convene the regency council.

One of the most unusual scenes of the retreat occurred Saturday when the bishops encountered the married priests after a noon Mass.

After the three noon Masses in the midweek days, novenas are said.

A prayer group meets afterwards and the First Friday Club meets after the noon Mass.

This group of volunteers meet in the Presbytery each Sunday after 12 noon Mass.

The gathering grew quickly to more than a thousand family members, friends and people who came for the regular noon Mass.

Denise Depascale, who came for the noon Mass, said: "It could have been someone's daughter who was hiding the pregnancy.