I know people who drive an hour and a half to go to their parishes. Worth it if you are worried about keeping the faith alive in your family. Although I am extremely lucky and grateful to have 5 TLM parishes within an hour (one of them, my home parish, is only 12 minutes away). There are even some non-TLM parishes that offer the TLM occasionally, such as first Saturdays.
Maybe try finding a new priest nearby that is only within a few years of being ordained. It is my experience that they tend to be much more conservative than the older priests and many are passionate about the TLM, even if they aren't able to celebrate it regularly. Most of the young leftists have already left the Church, leaving a smaller but more devout young Catholic population.
Edit: Changed number of parishes from 4 to 5. I forgot about a new one that opened recently.
I think that is heavily dependent on the seminary. My diocese is pumping out tons of trad-minded priests. One diocese over, the seminary is a homosexual cesspool where my friends reported that they had to lock their doors every night out of fear of being raped...
That's what I want to do, but it's a looooong drive.
I know people who drive an hour and a half to go to their parishes. Worth it if you are worried about keeping the faith alive in your family. Although I am extremely lucky and grateful to have 5 TLM parishes within an hour (one of them, my home parish, is only 12 minutes away). There are even some non-TLM parishes that offer the TLM occasionally, such as first Saturdays.
Maybe try finding a new priest nearby that is only within a few years of being ordained. It is my experience that they tend to be much more conservative than the older priests and many are passionate about the TLM, even if they aren't able to celebrate it regularly. Most of the young leftists have already left the Church, leaving a smaller but more devout young Catholic population.
Edit: Changed number of parishes from 4 to 5. I forgot about a new one that opened recently.
Is the new influx of faithful priests due to BXVI’s seminary reforms? Or did I dream that?
I think that is heavily dependent on the seminary. My diocese is pumping out tons of trad-minded priests. One diocese over, the seminary is a homosexual cesspool where my friends reported that they had to lock their doors every night out of fear of being raped...