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[quote=Anonymous]I'm also a pro-choice, pro-gay marriage Catholic who thinks women should be priests.  My family goes to St. Jane de Chantal.  I left another catholic church (not in Bethesda) after a priest decided to spend the whole homily decrying gay marriage, and I've never heard anything like that at St. Jane's.  The pastor is a little stiff, but I think he's an nice guy, and they also usually have a younger priest in training, plus they have an older order priest that seems like a great guy and often gives very social justice focused homilies.  I think most of the homilies are actually pretty relevant (although maybe a bit too long), when I can hear them over my telling my kids to be quiet and sit still.  There is a group that sells pro-life cards/flowers a couple times a year in the front of the church, and there's one of those "recovering from abortion?" fliers in the woman's bathroom, but the overall pro-life presence seems small.

My biggest complaint about the church is that the music is very stuffy.  The musical director is very highly credentialed and they often have one or two songs that are "professional" sounding and which just the choir sings. I think my grandmother would have loved it.  I'd prefer something a little more uptempo and in a vocal range that the kids and I can all belt out and maybe clap to.

The congregation tends a little older, but people are nice.  I've heard of some churches where people "dress to be seen."  I think there are very few people like that there, or maybe none at all.  That's good for me, as I can barely get myself and the kids decent on a Sunday morning in order to get out the door.  Also, they have a Saturday 5 pm mass with a children's liturgy that may work for your family, especially if your kids aren't used to sitting through a whole mass.

There are other families in my neighborhood that go to St. Elizabeth's.  I've been meaning to check it out, but have just not been able to motivate for the longer drive.

One thing to think about is when the CCD classes are.  St. Jane's has CCD classes on Tuesday afternoons, which is really impossible for some working parents.  I know St. Elizabeth's has theirs on the weekend.  I didn't focus on that when picking a church, but the logistics really becomes important when your kids are in school, if you work.

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