[royalcello]

Then why not just move an hour and a half down the road and join a Catholic Church in union with Rome in Greenville, SC?

I am moving to Charlotte, NC because that is where my new job is. If I decide to formally pursue my interest in Catholicism, I will be looking for a church within an hour's drive which offers the Traditional Latin Mass every Sunday. The SSPX chapel in Mount Holly meets this description perfectly as no diocesan church does, and since the arguments of traditionalists on this forum and elsewhere have convinced me that Catholics do not cease to be in union with Rome by attending SSPX masses, as a mere inquirer I see no reason not to at least make an exploratory visit there.

[Mershon]

It really doesn't matter what the so-called traditionalists say on this forum. What matters is what the Church teaches. Vatican I and Vatican II in Lumen Gentium 25 make that clear. If you are not attached to the local ordinary (Bishop of Charlotte) who is attached to Rome, then you will not be in full communion with the one, true Church of Jesus Christ, outside of which, there is no salvation. Period. Everyone's opinions on this board notwithstanding.