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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I actually left the catholic church due to my dissatisfaction with the catholic churches here in fairfax county (arlington diocese). I received a lot of criticism for being unmarried at 24 (the horror!) and never fit in the church. I was districted to St. James, but was very upset that you weren't allowed to pick which church to attend. [/quote]

You get districted only with regards to membership. You're free to attend mass wherever you please. We tried to enroll in St. Mary's because we liked the place, had plenty of young families like ours, has a good school - well plenty of families living outside the area they serve also want to be members for the school but they can't accommodate all those children in their small school so they are strict about membership enrollment. However, we're free to attend mass there whenever we please and we do attend their 5pm service when we miss the 11am one for our parish.

If you're still young and unmarried, then go to church wherever you please. It doesn't matter whether you're officially registered with that parish or not. I think you may have misunderstood what it means to be districted to a particular parish - it's really just a logistical way to manage the demand on Catholic churches in the area. If you're not planning to enroll a child there in the next couple years, no need to establish your membership. [/quote]

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