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[quote=Anonymous]As someone who has lived both in Los Angeles and NoVA, I just want to say that the *feel* of a service can vary widely both from one church to another and also geographically.

The Archdiocese of Arlington (which is pretty big, not just Arlington) is the most conservative Archdiocese in the US, I believe.  There are churches that don't allow alter servers to be girls, for example.

When I moved to NoVA and heard that, my mouth hung open because that was changed in my area of CA maybe 30 years ago and I didn't know it was still a "thing."

Some churches are warm and fuzzier than others.  Some get politically preachy (hot topics are immigration(pro), health care(pro) abortion(against), elderly issues (protect them), and end of life issues.  Some don't get into that at all.

Some churches have longer masses (1 hour +) and some are shorter, maybe 45-50 min.  Usually there is a designated time for a Children's Mass (9:30am where I go) and I like this mass better because it's shorter and our priest makes everything pretty simple for the kids.  And I like the music better there, too...guitars vs. organ music.

If your friends have a great priest, OP...a great priest makes all the difference.  Much of the mass is ritual, so the priest's homily (talk) after the gospel is where most people get "the message" of the mass, and the priest's style can make it interesting or not to you.[/quote]

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