"Our Lives Gathered in Community" (?!?!?!?!) is an Order parish. St. Joseph's in Herndon is also, and is rather squishier than its purely diocesan neighbors. I suspect that your pastor is more answerable to his superiors in the Oblates than he is to Bishop Loverde. In what manner is your parish "the pits"?
AB
the pastor is strictly a business man. no spirituality detected that i have been able to discern. An $8 mil. new parish center is in the works. Abortion NEVER mentioned from the pulpit. And a left wing visiting academic priest from Catholic U. who makes PC remarks throughout. drives me NUTS>