ST. PAUL, Minn. -- One Sunday, facing the people. The next, facing the altar.
The Rev. Andrew Brinkman has started alternating how he celebrates Mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe, the St. Paul Catholic church where parishioners are so divided over changes that some held a public protest late last year.
It's an olive branch of sorts to the longtime parishioners who said Brinkman's traditional practices — facing the altar, including Latin chants and encouraging women to wear veils during Mass — left them feeling unwelcome at Minnesota's first Mexican parish.
