My family views VII & the atendant changes in ritual as emblomatic of the degredation of the will & constitution of the Church. We, regretably, live just a block from a site of some of the worst preist-child rapes in the US & have yet to see any serious apology to the parishners-the public statements of regret were boiler-plate lawyer-talk for 'please don't sue us again'. Indeed, the bishop was well aware of the problem before the preist was moved to this parish.
Our Church had already become a very active agency for the left-wing, nihilistic, socialist schemes of the federal government-accepting & dispersing vast sums of TAX money to carry out social engineering of the worst sort. Prior to the horrid attacks on the altar-boys, we already had great difficulty with these left-wing policies. The Church aids & assists the very invasion of this country by criminal aliens-& heartily approves of their behavior.
We have looked into the Old Rites, hoping to find the more conservative vein of the Church, but find the policy 'allowing' the celebration of the Rite to be so discriminatory as to appear like a punishment of those who seek to follow in tradition.
Obviously, the Church will endure, but, in Its current state, without our support.
Persevere. Find another parish with a conservative pastor. Check out other rites full communion with Rome. Tell the diocese exactly why they will never get another dime from you (by this you have tremendous power) and give your money to worthy causes.
As easy as it may be, please don't check out. We need real Catholics in the pews. Remember, your suffering is not going unnoticed by Rome or unrewarded by God.
I know the situation is bleak, but offer up you suffering as a sacrifice to God. Get invovled in organizations such as Roman Catholic Faithful whose purpose it is to expose sodomite and pederast clergy. Or get involved with an organization like Una Voce whose purpose is to promote Catholic tradition. Both organizations are in full communion with Rome. Instead of giving money to your local parish, give it to traditional priestly orders such as the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, or the Institute of Christ the King. Check out these websites:
www.unavoce.org www.rcf.org