Do you have an SSPX Chapel near your college?

Not everyone starts out by a TLM.

But it should be your #1 priority in the coming years, ahead of things like:

* Family lives closeby
* I have friends there
* Better pay
* Close to entertainment, culture, things to do
* I like the state/culture
* I'm familiar with this place

In other words, there are a host of reasons people choose to live in one place instead of another. But if a place had "everything" going for it, but there is no true Mass available -- you need to reconsider that "everything" bit. Without the Mass, you have nothing.

The Mass is of infinite value, and without the Faith and the Sacraments, this whole life is a waste. What does it matter if you are surrounded by all earthly comforts -- a high paying job, all kinds of entertainment just 15 minutes from your house, plus legitimate (not-so-base) comforts like having friends and family nearby, but you end up losing your soul for lack of spiritual direction, confession, and the graces from the Mass? Summed up in one word, it would be: Fail. (Download the MP3 at the bottom of my post for the audio version!)

All things pass. That INCLUDES friends and family. It certainly includes pleasures, enjoyments, money, your house, land, stuff, the people around you, etc. The only things that persist are supernatural treasures.

I realize it's difficult to up and move, especially for a family. But when a family DOES have to move for other reasons (job for the unemployed man of the house?), all the other concerns should be weighed as golf balls, and the presence of a TLM should be represented by a cinder block. Then weigh everything in a balance.

soulguard, we don't know your circuмstances, of course, but this is an excellent book:  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591842980/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1591842980&linkCode=as2&tag=httpwwwchanco-20

It may help you structure your finances so that you can be near a TLM and attend college.  Ask the Holy Ghost to guide you and you will not fail.

Its not something like internet marketing is it?

ps: The government gives grants to pay for college in my country. :cool:
Except if you want to go to certain colleges or do certain courses. Then you must pay.

We have the same problem. Even the "local" NO is twenty miles away, the "local" SSPX is 60 miles away.
But we have a bit if land and if I can figure out how to orchastrate all the resources and approvals, etc. I'd like to build a small chapel and rectory to hold the Latin mass here in town. It might not be much, but the mass is the mass if it's in your living room, an old folks home rec room or a makeshift chapel in my yard.
Now, if I could just get an adventurous priest who's willing to build his parish from the ground up!!  
Must love dogs and kids.

Excellent response, Mabel.  It's more complicated than some young adventurers make it sound.  I'd can't see how God would want one to leave the care of one's parents to fly off to the rocky cliff of some of the present trad scenes.  Also, it's is going to affect any children one might have.

All sanctity does not accuмulate to conquistadors. A good bit of holiness is assumed by those that watch and maintain as much of the faith as possible. I'm not trying to make up a case for home-aloners.

Recklessness is not next to Godliness.