I cannot figure out Fr. Ringrose and don't intend to try. I did attend his chapel once, before the Wuhan flu, and it was packed. That he shut down for the plandemic swayed me to stick with the Society chapel a bit further away, which carried on without missing a week.
Welcome to the forum, Mike! I have friends who go to the Upper Marlboro chapel.
Though I don't agree with Father Ringrose about shutting down completely when COVID happened, I can understand why. He is getting old and wasn't sure at first as to how he could offer Masses and confession within regulations. And if he didn't follow the exact rules the chapel is right off of Route 7 and would probably have been completely shut down forever and everyone involved sued.
It was a LOT easier for the SSPX to do their outdoor Masses in Front Royal and Upper Marlboro because they had a lot of younger priests within a few hours taking turns in the responsibilities. Father Ringrose also lost the help of Father McMahon and Father Ortiz right around the same time and didn't have their help to make things happen as he might have if they had been there. I know even the Upper Marlboro chapel was having issues with constant complaints about not following regulations and fear of being shut down so the SSPX we're advising as many people as possible to go to the outdoor Front Royal Masses as possible.
I know Father Carlisle complains about the strains of having to do two Masses every Sunday and says he looks forward to having only one. But... He is much younger than Father Ringrose and Father Ringrose does 3 every Sunday!
Just saying... I don't agree with everything Father Ringrose says and does but he really is just trying to survive. He was born in 1945, so he must be only a few years shy of 80 now!