Religion

They gather at Our Lady of Las Vegas Catholic Church to hear the Mass celebrated in Polish, the language they knew first, know best or find the most comfort in, and to eat the consecrated bread that is their spiritual sustenance.
Then they head to the church hall for the weekly after-Mass social gathering to eat the home-baked pastries that help to sustain their community identity.

It’s 7 p.m. Monday. The retirement home is silent. As you walk through the halls determining whether you entered the wrong building, you see a room filled with a group of teens seated in a circle of chairs facing inward. It’s a room full of strangers to you. As you walk in and brave the awkwardness of being the new kid, you take a seat. It’s like the first day of high school all over again.