Playing an active role in the Catholic community has always been important to Fran Pilarcik, a member of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Vienna. When she and her husband of 56 years, Paul, were looking for a home, nearness to a Catholic Church was high on their list. “We bought land in 1958 because it was directly behind the church,” she said. A one-minute walk through the field or five minutes on the road takes Pilarcik to the church, where she is in her 32nd year as sacristan. “When I enter the church, I feel it is my second home and the people my extended family,” she said.