hmmm ... food for thought.  Since technically no Traditional chapel has canonical recognition and authorization, does this mean Trad Catholics are not technically / legally obliged to assist at those Masses on Sundays?

This seems to be a position that leads to home-aloneism.

Yes, but I don’t like to spread this thought too openly as I don’t want to dissuade anyone from attending mass and receiving the sacraments. In any event, it is a truth that none of these mass centers technically satisfy our obligation to assist at Sunday mass.

This seems to be a position that leads to home-aloneism.

That is where "God will judge" comes in. On the one hand, we can't compel the conscience of others to assist at any particular lifeboat. On the other hand, home-aloners who foolishly reject GOOD OPTIONS for Mass will have to answer for any fallout that results from their foolishness.

For example, there is a older man in my area (of Italian descent) whose grown daughter married a Novus Ordo man. She has several children, mostly girls. They were older kids, some of them almost teens. He convinced his daughter to take them to Mass at a Resistance chapel (the one I oversee) before Fr. Pfeiffer went off the deep end. Great priests, great sermons, great socialization with other Trads (including kids), and overall a great source of true Catholic influence. Later, when Fr. P went to war against the whole Resistance, this man stopped coming and so did his daughter. Now think about it: what influence will that daughter and her kids have now? 100% Novus Ordo plus a bit of pagan The World thrown in. Where are those children going to get ANY Catholic influence from now on? (Keep in mind Fr. P doesn't exactly come out this way EVER...) How is that wise in any one's book? That man 100% made a foolish move, adhering to his cult leader Fr. P who basically considers himself the de-facto Pope, with de-facto primary jurisdiction over the whole world. He even goes so far as to tell his cult members to avoid Masses with anyone else, even those in the Resistance! Insanity. Pure insanity.

So yes, we are "free" to do what we want, but that's a double edged sword, like any right/responsibility combo. Whenever God gives you a responsibility (like raising children, saving your soul) He will judge you strictly on how you carried out that responsibility. Your rights are given to you so that you can carry out your responsibilities.

So yeah, you have this glorious right to do what you feel is right, but at the same time what a great responsibility it is! Knowing that God knows all, and will judge strictly and justly. So heaven help you if pride, laziness, avarice, convenience, or any other base motive factored into "your decision" about where to attend Mass.

There is no obligation (under pain of sin) to attend any particular lifeboat. We are all obligated to DO OUR BEST to KEEP THE FAITH especially if we have souls under our charge.

But the choice of which lifeboat -- which Mass/Sacraments provider to make use of -- that is left to our own wisdom and prudence.

No one, not even a lay pope on CathInfo, can bind anyone's conscience in this matter. God will judge each of us, that we did our best with what we had (what choices we had, our own particular situation). And no one knows your EXACT situation like you do. That's why we all must give our fellow Catholics the benefit of the doubt, and not try to compel their consciences under threats of mortal sin.

And yes, I believe it highly prudent to avoid Fr. Pfeiffer's cult AT ALL COSTS, as in "even if you have no other option than staying home 365 days a year and getting ZERO Masses".

Because there are worse situations, and worse fates, than having no Mass to attend. Many saints believed a bad priest was worse than no priest, for example. That's where I'm getting my opinion/thinking on this issue.

Let's put it this way: if priests with dangerous errors weren't justification for staying home on Sunday, then WHAT IN THE HECK HAVE WE TRADS BEEN DOING THIS PAST 50 YEARS? Isn't this concept the very foundation and justification for the Traditional Movement? That the Novus Ordo has destroyed souls, and so it is prudent/humble to NOT EXPOSE OURSELVES to such cunning, crafty errors that have deceived many? Wouldn't a Trad cult with a charismatic leader qualify, as much as your average Novus Ordo priest?

See, it's not just about the Mass. It's about the Faith. It's always been about the Faith.

Just like in the 90's, it was a better move to send your kids to public school than a Novus Ordo "Catholic" school. Because NO religious instruction, where your defenses are up against all the pagans, can be BETTER than being sent to a "safe" place like a "Catholic" school where they will imbibe heresy and error, where their defenses will NOT be up.