Author Topic: Father Leo Carley in West Virginia? (Read 19486 times)

Mike Henderson · « **Reply #15 on:** July 18, 2022, 01:17:39 PM »

Quote from: Ladislaus on July 18, 2022, 01:02:50 PM

. . . They actually relocated the SSPX chapel (St. Peregrine) from a West suburb of Cleveland to a Southeast suburb that's actually closer to Akron than Cleveland . . .

If my understanding is correct, St. Peregrine is being upgraded to a priory. This would at least improve the Society's ability to serve Ohio and western Pennsylvania.

At present, for instance, the Pittsburgh chapel is served by priests from the Syracuse priory, more than 5 hours away by car. The new priory in Richfield, Ohio, would be only about 2 hours away.

SimpleMan · « **Reply #16 on:** July 18, 2022, 05:34:33 PM »

Quote from: Ladislaus on July 18, 2022, 11:38:58 AM

Father is going to Wheeling still, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't venture farther out.

Probably true, the Charleston/Cross Lanes TLM ended several years ago. IIRC there were fewer than twenty people in attendance, possibly as few as a dozen. Bishop Taylor's chapel in Beckley (one hour south of Charleston) is also gone, with his death. My son and I went in search of it when we stayed overnight in Beckley in the spring of 2019, and it had been shuttered.

West Virginia is not a good place to be a traditional Catholic. Hate to say it, but it's true.

Ladislaus · « **Reply #17 on:** July 18, 2022, 05:52:46 PM »

Quote from: SimpleMan on July 18, 2022, 05:34:33 PM

Probably true, the Charleston/Cross Lanes TLM ended several years ago. IIRC there were fewer than twenty people in attendance, possibly as few as a dozen. Bishop Taylor's chapel in Beckley (one hour south of Charleston) is also gone, with his death. My son and I went in search of it when we stayed overnight in Beckley in the spring of 2019, and it had been shuttered.

West Virginia is not a good place to be a traditional Catholic. Hate to say it, but it's true.

I think your best shot might be Pittsburgh (1 hour drive from Wheeling). Perhaps in the NW part of the state, Columbus, might be doable, and in the NE part, Washington, DC. But it looks like from the southern half of the state, you don't have a lot of options short of a 3-hour drive.

Ladislaus · « **Reply #18 on:** July 18, 2022, 06:12:39 PM »

There is some Eastern Rite presence (which surprised me) if for some reason a Catholic needs the Sacraments:

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Ukrainian in Wheeling ...
https://tinyurl.com/bdfybr7f

St. Mary's Byzantine in Morgantown ...
https://tinyurl.com/mtdat5b4

and another St. Mary's Byzantine in Weirton ...
https://tinyurl.com/2vatbadv

as well as Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite in Wheeling ... (I don't recommend Maronite since they've Novus Ordized their Liturgy in its externals, but IMO still valid, and their Holy Orders are valid ... in case you have an emergency).
https://tinyurl.com/2p8bd7tm
this one has a website -- https://www.ololwv.com

Mike Henderson · « **Reply #19 on:** July 19, 2022, 02:45:17 PM »

Quote from: Ladislaus on July 18, 2022, 05:52:46 PM

I think your best shot might be Pittsburgh (1 hour drive from Wheeling). Perhaps in the NW part of the state, Columbus, might be doable, and in the NE part, Washington, DC. But it looks like from the southern half of the state, you don't have a lot of options short of a 3-hour drive.

That is true. Southern West Virginia is hilly and sparsely populated; the roads are winding and tricky in bad weather. (As an earlier poster noted, Pittsburgh can be tricky in winter too.)

The new Society chapel in Linden, Virginia, is about an hour from Charles Town and Martinsburg in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.

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