Frank, I expect the answer is similar to the greater level of vocations we see in other underdeveloped and poorer parts of the world -- a vocation is a certain route out of poverty. Fr.Donald Cozzens
I read a great piece in the Irish Times today about priests coming in from Romania to help Irish dioceses.
The bishop from Romania quoted in the article said there were lots of vocations in Romania.
I
Soline @3 I imagine the purpose of this list is to gather people who have already received the sacrament of ordination and have left formal public ministry.
There is nothing to stop another list being
Pádraig McCarthy @ 15“We must seek the full story”Yes but more importantly we must come to a conclusion based upon Christian morality, unless we do so History 'will' repeat itself.
A brief
And a priest can return when his wife dies?. I know of two men in this position , one man with five children and the other who was going to join the priesthood but opted to marry instead. When his wif
Joe O'Leary @ 3“Peter is modest, down-to-earth, wise, responsible, but open to correction” (whether from the Spirit, as in the Cornelius scene, or from Paul in Galatians 2)…………Do we no
Thank you Brian. For years I had searched for an article that came close that described my own condition. For so long I have been feeling that I needed to forgive and forget. To remember and then f
Good point Tony, @1
I've came across a number of cases where priests who left to get married retuned to ministry when their wife died.
I'm not too sure how some of the other cases that you highlighted
Sorry it's a bit late, but perhaps the following comments will provide context.Isaiah 22: "I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David." Why on this shoulder? John L McKenzie SJ in hi
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Married priests no longer in public ministry
August 26 2017Frank, I expect the answer is similar to the greater level of vocations we see in other underdeveloped and poorer parts of the world -- a vocation is a certain route out of poverty. Fr.Donald Cozzens
Married priests no longer in public ministry
August 26 2017I read a great piece in the Irish Times today about priests coming in from Romania to help Irish dioceses. The bishop from Romania quoted in the article said there were lots of vocations in Romania. I
Married priests no longer in public ministry
August 26 2017Soline @3 I imagine the purpose of this list is to gather people who have already received the sacrament of ordination and have left formal public ministry. There is nothing to stop another list being
Lazy, hazy days with a good book
August 14 2017Pádraig McCarthy @ 15“We must seek the full story”Yes but more importantly we must come to a conclusion based upon Christian morality, unless we do so History 'will' repeat itself. A brief
Married priests no longer in public ministry
August 26 2017And a priest can return when his wife dies?. I know of two men in this position , one man with five children and the other who was going to join the priesthood but opted to marry instead. When his wif
27 August. 21st Sunday in O. T.
August 27 2017Joe O'Leary @ 3“Peter is modest, down-to-earth, wise, responsible, but open to correction” (whether from the Spirit, as in the Cornelius scene, or from Paul in Galatians 2)…………Do we no
Married priests no longer in public ministry
August 26 2017Tony@1,how can this definition be anything but extremely narrow,and sexist,if it continues to exclude women?
Remember and forgive
August 21 2017Thank you Brian. For years I had searched for an article that came close that described my own condition. For so long I have been feeling that I needed to forgive and forget. To remember and then f
Married priests no longer in public ministry
August 26 2017Good point Tony, @1 I've came across a number of cases where priests who left to get married retuned to ministry when their wife died. I'm not too sure how some of the other cases that you highlighted
27 August. 21st Sunday in O. T.
August 27 2017Sorry it's a bit late, but perhaps the following comments will provide context.Isaiah 22: "I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David." Why on this shoulder? John L McKenzie SJ in hi
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