Author Topic: SSPX and rural areas (Read 3466 times)

John Grace · « **Reply #5 on:** June 16, 2011, 01:13:09 PM »

The thread reminded me of this book.

Rural Solution, The: Modern Catholic Voices on going ‘Back to the Land’
http://loretopubs.org/index.php?target=products&product_id=81

LordPhan · « **Reply #6 on:** June 16, 2011, 08:19:09 PM »

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I can think of 2 SSPX chapels that are actually in the city...Kansas City and St. Louis :scratchchin:

And mine in Toronto which is a megacity not much different then NYC.

The school is in a rural area an hour west, the big families live around there.

That would be another reason why they goto rural areas. Better for bringing up children. When(If?) I get married I will move to a more rural environment for sure.

Vladimir · « **Reply #7 on:** June 17, 2011, 01:28:19 PM »

2 SSPX centers in Northern California (Sacramento and Los Gatos) are both in cities. Granted, the chapel in Sacramento (actually Carmichael - but same difference) is not in the center of the city but in a more suburban residential area.

I would think that the retreat center in Los Gatos is in the city as well, since there is not much rural area in that part of the state.

The FSSP has a very stable and large parish in Sacramento as well. It is located in a the middle of a poor, immigrant section of the city and is situated right in a black and mexican ghetto neighborhood. The FSSP also has a very beautiful mission style church in the Los Angeles area.

The Institue of Christ the King has a very small chapel in Santa Clara (which is near Los Gatos) - right in a business section of the town.

I do not know of any sedevacantist chapels in Northern California, although I think I may have heard of one in the Bay Area?

TKGS · « **Reply #8 on:** June 17, 2011, 02:27:11 PM »

You might consider the fact that property in cities are generally much more expensive and building a Church in a city much more regulated. Building and maintaining a Church in a suburban or rural area might be necessary due to costs.

LordPhan · « **Reply #9 on:** June 17, 2011, 02:55:25 PM »

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You might consider the fact that property in cities are generally much more expensive and building a Church in a city much more regulated. Building and maintaining a Church in a suburban or rural area might be necessary due to costs.

Building a church, yes. Buying an old church? No.

Buying an old church is expensive. Maybe not in the US where you had a housing crash or something, but up here definately.

The chapel in Toronto is very small, it is also very old, it used to be a small baptist church. They had also the expense of renovating it.

The city won't allow us to expand it either due to regulations. If I win the lotto or strike oil or something I'd buy us a bigger church. We are quickly running out of room. It is funny, the chapel in St. Catherines is supposed to be double in size but has half or less the parioshioners we have.