Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've never seen a church that checks your Catholic card at the door. Why does it matter if your spouse isn't Catholic?

Everyone is welcome to attend a Catholic mass.

but, if you're not christened Roman Catholic in good standing, be ready to be told that you can't receive communion.

(I went anyhow at a church where the priest didn't recognize me).

I’m not Catholic, but this is just total disrespect.

It seems disrespectful to me to tell people that they don't qualify to receive communion with the rest of the people in the church.

Anonymous wrote:Why don't you just become Protestants. That is the ultimate logic of your "I want a Catholic church that is not traditionally Catholic" desire.

True!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've never seen a church that checks your Catholic card at the door. Why does it matter if your spouse isn't Catholic?

Everyone is welcome to attend a Catholic mass.

Sure, anyone can attend, but there are rules for belonging.

Correct. Still wondering why it matters if his wife isn't Catholic.

Nativity in Burke is the only answer to this question.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look for an a Episcopal church.

All the rituals, smells and bells, but none of the guilt!

And none of the sacraments or accompanying grace.

Only if you believe that sacraments and grace are only available from the Catholic Church.

Well, if you believe what the Catholic Churches teaches, then you believe that Episcopal “sacraments” are invalid. Hence, the Episcopal church is not a fungible substitute as suggested in the post responded to.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've never seen a church that checks your Catholic card at the door. Why does it matter if your spouse isn't Catholic?

Everyone is welcome to attend a Catholic mass.

but, if you're not christened Roman Catholic in good standing, be ready to be told that you can't receive communion.

(I went anyhow at a church where the priest didn't recognize me).

I’m not Catholic, but this is just total disrespect.

Anonymous wrote:I've never seen a church that checks your Catholic card at the door. Why does it matter if your spouse isn't Catholic?

Everyone is welcome to attend a Catholic mass.

but, if you're not christened Roman Catholic in good standing, be ready to be told that you can't receive communion.

(I went anyhow at a church where the priest didn't recognize me).

I hear John Neumann in Reston a lot for this. I’ve attended st Mark in Vienna to include my kids in ccd and have not found it overly conservative. I’ve not heard politics mentioned at all not abortion or homosexuality.

Anonymous wrote:Holy Trinity in Georgetown is full of parishioners from northern Virginia who feel their home parishes are too conservative.

This. They are Jesuits and in the diocese of Washington. Diocese of Arlington is one of the most conservative in the us. St Agnes is super maga.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look for an a Episcopal church.

All the rituals, smells and bells, but none of the guilt!

And none of the sacraments or accompanying grace.

Only if you believe that sacraments and grace are only available from the Catholic Church.

Anonymous wrote:I've never seen a church that checks your Catholic card at the door. Why does it matter if your spouse isn't Catholic?

Everyone is welcome to attend a Catholic mass.

Sure, anyone can attend, but there are rules for belonging.

Anonymous wrote:Look for an a Episcopal church.

All the rituals, smells and bells, but none of the guilt!

And none of the sacraments or accompanying grace.

I'm not Catholic and my DH and kids are. We live in McLean and St. Luke's is our parish. I finally told my DH that our marriage suffers every time I have to listen to a homily at St. Lukes. Holy Trinity is a great parish and I always learn something or have something constructive to think about after the service.

As to the above poster, I've been married 25+ years and no one knows if I'm Catholic or not when I attend mass. I call BS on being called a whore because you aren't Catholic. In fact, I call BS that a priest would use that term.

I've never seen a church that checks your Catholic card at the door. Why does it matter if your spouse isn't Catholic?

Everyone is welcome to attend a Catholic mass.

St. Charles?