Looking for less-conservative Catholic Church & School in NoVA

[leighland]

Originally Posted by Old Dominionite

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington (which covers Northern Virginia) is known as a conservative diocese. In fact, friends of mine who live in different parts of Fairfax County and consider themselves progressive Catholics attend Holy Trinity and send their children to Trinity’s school — despite the distance and traffic.

I’m not aware of a progressive parish/school out in western Fairfax or eastern Loudoun.

Agreed

Originally Posted by cdmurphy

I sent you a lengthy PM, but short answer here regarding a church *and* school is probably St. Joseph in Herndon. St. Joseph is staffed by Franciscan Friars (instead of Diocesan priests). [URL="https://sjcherndon.org/"]http://sjcherndon.org/[/URL] | [URL="http://www.sjschoolva.org/"]St. Joseph School | Herndon, VA[/URL]

St Joes is my parish. We offer both Species and I have discussed a possible Ad Orientum Mass. The TORs (Franciscans) who serve there also staff Franciscan University of Steubenville

Have you considered an Episcopalian Liturgy? They are proabortion, procontraception ,have a cult of saints and are very LGBT friendly. You may feel more at home there. And there are many many options to choose from.

[leighland]

St Joseph Parish Church in Herndon is run by the permission of the Bishop by Franciscan TORs. These same TORs also run The Franciscan University of Steubenville (OH),
Here is a video from the new President of Franciscan, brother of our Franciscans in Herndon
Our Parish is faithful to the call of orthodoxy of our Church and Jesus Christ, in spite of what is popular culture
We are not a "Liberal Parish"

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjnCJ7p1CYs&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR10 B01AXNL-0Ki5DIgxGvUkU6C-EWCT6MDZHURBirS2ez2JPD6QVVzRT44[/url]

[Old Dominionite]

Originally Posted by leighland

Have you considered an Episcopalian Liturgy? They are proabortion, procontraception ,have a cult of saints and are very LGBT friendly. You may feel more at home there. And there are many many options to choose from.

I don't want to stray far from the point of this thread, but -- just FYI -- Episcopalians like Catholics are divided on issues related to abortion and sexual orientation. Some have split from the Episcopal Church; others have remained.

[personone]

Originally Posted by Old Dominionite

I don't want to stray far from the point of this thread, but -- just FYI -- Episcopalians like Catholics are divided on issues related to abortion and sexual orientation. Some have split from the Episcopal Church; others have remained.

In terms of parishioners that might be the case, but in terms of official Church teaching and doctrine the two Churches are very different. The Catholic Church is very clear on these issues (and there is no division in teaching/interpretation).

[Annandale_Man]

Originally Posted by UMCanes

Our Lady of Hope, which is the parish that my family and I belong to, is pretty conservative/doctrinaire. While that is what we prefer, I don't think that it's what the OP is looking for.

They could always switch to Episcopal if they want Catholic "light".