Utilitas, if you wish silence for prayer or meditation, come when the building is empty. Then you will find the quiet you seek.
At the assembly in our parish for the Eucharistic celebration we do talk, know each other by name, welcome the stranger to our group and truly sing, pray out loud.....in other words truly celebrate. All who gather at our Church Community enjoy the happiness of God's presence among us and share that joy with each other. Finally we go in peace at the end of Eucharist wishing to share that joy with all we meet in the world. 
Our gathering is so special that to miss it would be for us a sadness indeed.