Increasing vocations to the priesthood, improving the way laypeople and priests work together and ensuring that service, not power, motivates the request for ordination are all possible outcomes of a major symposium being planned by ...
According to recent statistics, there are some 36,000 priests, 46,000 men and women religious and 19,000 permanent deacons serving in the United States today. Each of these links to an impressive history of service to ...
Precautions against spreading the novel coronavirus didn't dampen the spirits of five men ordained to the priesthood in the Diocese of Arlington, nor their families and friends. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge ordained the men June 6 ...
The whole time they went to high school together in the early 2000s, Matt Fase and Amanda Vernon were best friends with strong romantic feelings for one another. They just never told each other how ...
While all priests receive a stipend or a salary, it depends on whether they are a part of a religious order or a diocese. Religious priests take a vow of poverty, so their stipend is ...
It’s not easy being the face of the Church. When priests wear a Roman collar in their daily activities, they are bound to attract attention — both positive and negative. Father Jacob Meyer shares ...
Sitting near the chapel at Regina Senior Living in Hastings, Minnesota, Fathers Martin and Leonard Siebenaler — brothers in life and in the priesthood — have many stories about growing up on a dairy farm ...
I feel good. In the last several weeks I have attended two ceremonies in which young men were ordained priests. In my home diocese of Nashville, Tennessee, I saw five fine candidates receive Holy Orders ...
As the three men lay prostrate on the marble floor of the sanctuary, I saw them commit to giving their lives for the Bride of Christ, the Church, just as husbands and wives commit to ...
What comes through clearly from this group of soon-to-be priests is a passion and fortitude that reminds us that Jesus Christ is the way.
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