Letting the wife work leads to divorce. Eventually. Not immediately, but it's one of the ways the traditional family is attacked.
Groups like the SSPX will now speak of "prudence" in letting your wife work for economic reasons, to better educate the children, etc.
I'm sorry, but, WHAT!
Believe it or not, but living the Faith in America isn't as easy or economically fair as it used to be. It is very difficult to raise and feed a family in America. One paycheck alone is not enough to sustain a family anymore. I wish my wife could stay home and take care of the household chores and the younger children but that just isn't economically feasible anymore. Gas, food, schooling, repairs, life is not the same as it was a few decades ago.
It is very irresponsible for you to make such accusations! First off, your tone and diction is inappropriate. I am not the master of my wife. If she prays and discerns that working outside the home is pleasing to God, her husband, and family, she can do it.
Anyway...
Secondly, I wish to address, once again, the main topic of this thread: the procession. In my home country in the Middle East, participation in any public demonstration of Christianity will get you in trouble in many parts of the country. I remember, growing up, the May processions and the Good Friday processions were the highlight of the seasons because it was an opportunity to show the community and the nation that "We are here, we have not gone away." I believe, in many ways, this procession echos that same message. Many of the neighboring parishes, I bet, get weekly doses of "Beware of Saint Mary's... they are in schism.... they reject the Pope, etc."
Collectively, the procession is a demonstration to the community and the ordinary Bishop that "We are here, we aren't going anywhere." However, individually, it means so much more... The faithful in this procession will be seen by their coworkers, by their neighbors, by their own friends and give their own demonstration of "I am here, this is my Faith, in which I place my trust and I am not going anywhere." It is a reassurance of the people in the other parishes that the SSPX is, indeed, faithful to the real Catholic Faith.
I believe they had to fight very hard to get this procession approved by city officials. I bet it will be even harder for the next few years to come. However, similar to a previous thread about "Our Lady of Sorrows" in Phoenix, Arizona, you must not look at these things with black glasses. It is very uncharitable.
And, to the comment referring to "pageantry." RUBBISH. People who are in love spare no expense to show their affection, their devotion.
Our Lady deserves thousands of torches, fields of roses, crowns of gold....