Visit to Catholic Church on December 27

My sister in law and my mother in law attended a Catholic church only 15 minutes from their home. It had a modern look inside the church. We sat by the choir and everyone seemed to enjoy the singing of the hymns for Christmas. The priest drank some wine and with his assistants broke many pieces of bread for the communion. It took about 15 minutes for everyone to come forward. It was very similar to the Episcopal church I have attended in Cotati. We greeted each other "Peace be with you" and shook hands with our neighbors. We sung very familiar hymes responding to the Priest and ended with the Lord's Prayer. There must have been several hundred people attending this Sunday.