I am not a catholic so I do not attend mass. But I do attend services in my church and I go to Bible study for the reason that was best stated in Proverbs 27:17:
“As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”
We become better Christians by holding ourselves accountable one to another and we become better Christians by gaining wisdom one from another. For myself this best happens in church or at Bible study and for catholics it happens for them at mass.
Meagan, you would make a wonderful Catholic.