Three truths of Catholicism: You can't love God too much, you can't praise Our Blessed Mother too much, and you can't criticize Vatican II too much. I mean that literally and I'm dead serious.

Yes, this is so true!

Matthew: The SSPX used to have priests who were quite apostolic, even going door-to-door to make converts. I've met some of those converts who told their story of how they joined the chapel. The SSPX used to have awesome priests among their number (which is why I was a fervent, pro-SSPX supporter for many years!),

I don’t want to be unfair to sspx priests. I can only say that from a pretty active participation with the Society from 2005 to 2012 in Post Falls, we were not aware of priests going door to door. Much less did we ever find priests, of the always 6 or 7 priests stationed at ICC, doing acts of charity like going to hospitals, rest homes , jails, mental health facilities, and doing other acts of mercy outside the parish - with the exception of one. And what he did, for the most part, was to bring Communion to shut-ins from the parish, as well as to visit ICC parishioners in hospitals parishioners occasionally. 
If there are sspx priests currently participating in charitable community service ministries, then it must be elsewhere.

Remember that the Church used to have different Religious Orders for different vocations.

Today, most SSPX young men with a vocation will end up in the SSPX, even if they normally would have ended up Franciscan, Dominican, or Benedictine.

I know there are traditional Dominicans, but some young men have an issue with moving to France and/or learning French. I certainly fit into that category back in the day! I felt no calling at all to learn French, and I was a language nerd -- I loved studying foreign languages! Maybe it's because no part of me is French.

What I'm saying is: what does a priest do in his spare time? Some Dominican-leaning SSPX priests might choose to study and/or write a book -- i.e., teach others. Some Salesian-leaning SSPX priests might want to work with youths as much as they can. Others might choose to spend more time in contemplation, or practicing/recording Gregorian chant. Others want to spend extra time with the Liturgy and that department. Others might want to minister to the public in various ways.

The SSPX vocation is kind of a misc-bucket now. 100 years ago, those vocations would have been divided up among many different Orders.

John McFarland requested that I post:

Would you please inform the Cathinfo membership that Fr. McFarland has advised his mother that he has not asked to be transferred. 

        This was hardly news; the whole idea of him of all people as a quitter in the first inning was a matter of some amusement en famille.

        Father is not a smiley, gladhanding sort of guy, which I presume is where the idea that he does not look happy comes from.    .

        His family did not lovingly groom him for the priesthood.  He come to tradition and the priesthood off his own bat.  As he said at his ordination reception, what we did was to raise him a Catholic.

Because there are so many posts on the parish of Our Lady of Sorrows, my comments will not be in order.  I do wish to commend Matthew on his comments in that he appears to try to give a fair and unbiased view on this subject. I am sure Town Crier will came back to make remarks on what I say, as he cannot seem to just read what someone else says and take it for what it is; more information about what is really going on. So let me address a few things and they will not be in order.
1) The School: Well since the first of the school year, the school has grown with several new families. Also one family from the other school has decided that they did not like the direction that it was taking with its' Novus Ordo principal and has come back. There are not 2 high school students like what was stated but actually 16. I spoke with a high school teacher. While in the prior year $90,000 was raised with the jog -a -thon, even with the reduced enrollment, approximately $70,000 was raised this year when it was all said and done. Going to fold up and go away as a school? Hardly!
2) I was glad to see the information about Father McFarland not asking for a transfer. What a pity that someone started this silly tale! I would think that you Town Crier would say  that you are sorry to Father McFarland until you could prove it true; which it was not. Next time ask him to his face. That is what I try to do.
3) Everyone ( at least I thought they did), realized that Father McDonald was not going to be at this church long. He was sent in to try to straighten things out while a new priest was found to replace Father Stafki. So why the surprise here? He continued to do his other duties as before, so that tells me that he was never going to be here long.
4) On Priests going out in the community. I personally know of one the priests that is sent all over to give people Communion, to hear Confessions, et cetera. He went to Quartzite, Payson, to jails, to hospitals. Along with myself, I know of at least 4 other people that the priests went to see in the hospital. In fact when I was in my accident, the priest was in the operating room to make sure that I was okay, but if not, he was there to give me Last Rites. Another lady I know was in a like situation and the priest had to be told to move out of the way so that the doctors could do their thing!
5) To call Our Lady of Sorrows an  " unfinished glorified warehouse" to me is an insult to all of us that have put time and donations into building this beautiful church. Yes, it is not finished. We that go there are all aware of it. Yet I still think that it is a beautiful church, and I feel so lucky to have it. There was a lady at retreat here recently and she commented on how beautiful the church was. She said at her church that when it rains, that the sewer backs up and sewage is all over the floor.  Yes I want it finished too. We all do! Yet instead of hearing the same story all over again, why do you not see if there is something that you as persons can do to raise money to help put down that debt. I know you head that a recent parishioner that has passed away, donated enough funds to knock about 6.5 years off of the back end of the mortgage!
6) You state that donations and attendance is down. For the last three weeks, two out of three times, we reached new attendance records! Donations were way up. I am not talking in comparison to the dedication first Mass, I  am  talking standard attendance. And yes I have seen the figures; not some rumor.
7) A lot of things that have been stated are true and I will not deny that. I will not deny that we have problems, just like any other parish. Yet, I just wish people would do a little more concrete research before spouting off at the mouth.

Instead of blaming the priests, maybe the blame is the people.  The moral is low in most chapels.   It’s always the same small group of people doing the work.  In several chapels we have visited, young people aren't helping out or doing their share of work.  And maybe there isn’t a high Mass because there isn’t a choir.  There are too many cliques.   Then there are many adults who come to see what they can get for free from going to Church.  Then you have the rude negative people who scare any new parishioners away.  And this is everywhere; not just SSPX.  Stop being snobby know -it -all while looking down on people.  If you treat people with charity, they will want to come back and support the Church financially. You need the Legion of Mary and other lay groups to go door knocking inviting people to come to Jesus.  Take your old church bulletin and place it at your local supermarkets.  Invite family and friends to Mass and fundraisers to convert those who have turned away from God.  

Shame on you for posting such a blasphemous picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe. I hope Matthew removes the picture immediately.

That very well could be. There must be some kind of explanation for the soul crushing turn around that occurred with the building of the new church. We once had a happy and growing community where parishioners participated in church clubs ,3rd order & religious confraternities. We had BBQs and potlucks. We had multiple persessions every year with banners, statues and load speakers with 300+ strong.OLoS was a truly happy, welcoming place All of that is gone now. We all know what happened but we don't really know the why. Why things got so bad so fast. Maybe Incredulous has a valid point. Pablo was all over that property in and out of the priory and church without impediment