St. Joseph Catholic Church — Local services in Herndon

This is my parish church. Thankfully, they are back to having some Sunday masses. To comply with the local guidelines, some changes to the celebration of the mass have been made. No alter boys, no hymnals, no mass reference booklets, No printed handouts at the end of mass, no collections and no congregating in the back of the church at the end of mass. As a lifelong Catholic, I am able to recite all of the Mass's prayers from memory. I'm concerned others may have a problem now that there is nothing to refer to. Even with all the necessary changes, communion is still a part of their mass. This is being offered at some risk to the priests and brothers. They are to be commended for taking such a risk to promote the good health of the parishioners faith. I think that says it all when it comes to the kind of church Saint...

0 stars. My daughter tripped right outside the door and hit the concrete flower vessel. She bleeding out of her ears and crying. I walked inside for the restroom to get some paper towels. The lady in the front told me, "No public Restroom". Then I asked for a "Napkin" and she told me she had none.

It was just my one encounter with the lady at the desk, so the facility might be different. Be...

The conductor seems exceptionally talented both as a conductor and as an organist. However the female Cantors do not seem to be well rehearsed before they sing at the service. It is obvious that these Cantors only want only to get some publicity. There is one particular Cantor who tries to attract attention, even her attire reflects that she has no respect that she is singing in a church....