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April 2015

April 29, 2015

Where are many new priests coming from? You might be surprised

A growing number are coming from the military: Springtime is ordination season for U.S. Catholic priests, and the Class...

April 29, 2015

Where are many new priests coming from? You might be surprised

A growing number are coming from the military: Springtime is ordination season for U.S. Catholic priests, and the Class...

April 26, 2015

Pope to newly ordained priests: No more boring sermons

Details: On Sunday morning Pope Francis ordained 19 new priests, exhorting them to serve the...

April 26, 2015

A prayer to Mary for vocations

Hail Mary, full of grace; all generations call you blessed. Hail Mother of God; when...

April 26, 2015

Pope to newly ordained priests: No more boring sermons

Details: On Sunday morning Pope Francis ordained 19 new priests, exhorting them to serve the...

April 26, 2015

A prayer to Mary for vocations

Hail Mary, full of grace; all generations call you blessed. Hail Mother of God; when...

April 23, 2015

Boom: number of women becoming nuns in UK reaches 25-year high

Details: The number of women becoming nuns in Britain has reached a 25-year high. Some...

April 23, 2015

Boom: number of women becoming nuns in UK reaches 25-year high

Details: The number of women becoming nuns in Britain has reached a 25-year high. Some...

April 20, 2015

“Banns for the diaconate”?

While reading the bulletin for Christ the King Catholic Church in Ann Arbor (see here...

April 20, 2015

“Banns for the diaconate”?

While reading the bulletin for Christ the King Catholic Church in Ann Arbor (see here...

April 09, 2015

Boom: number of priestly ordinations in 2015 climbs 25%

From the USCCB: The 2015 class of men ordained to the priesthood report that they...

April 09, 2015

Boom: number of priestly ordinations in 2015 climbs 25%

From the USCCB: The 2015 class of men ordained to the priesthood report that they...

April 07, 2015

How Make-A-Wish and a bishop gave boy a chance to be “Priest for a Day”

This will be hard to top for uplift and sheer wonderfulness. From the St. Louis...

April 07, 2015

How Make-A-Wish and a bishop gave boy a chance to be “Priest for a Day”

This will be hard to top for uplift and sheer wonderfulness. From the St. Louis...

April 04, 2015

Portrait of a vocation: “It was this kind of awakening”

In a rarity for a secular newspaper, The Day in Connecticut has a profile of...

April 04, 2015

Portrait of a vocation: “It was this kind of awakening”

In a rarity for a secular newspaper, The Day in Connecticut has a profile of a...

March 2015

March 09, 2015

“You’re too pretty to be a nun!”

A woman entering religious life writes in Huffington Post: When I tell people I'm going...

March 08, 2015

Former Philadelphia sportswriter, 60, about to be ordained a priest

Let's hear it for another journalist entering religious life. From The Boston Globe: Kevin Mulligan,...

March 01, 2015

Boom: with seminarian numbers surging, one diocese launches a capital campaign to support them

This is a nice problem to have. From The Wisconsin State Journal: Midway through the...

February 2015

February 20, 2015

How a supporter of women’s ordination left the Anglicans and became Catholic

From The Catholic Herald in the UK: It is always interesting to read the various...

February 08, 2015

Married Catholic priest: “I can’t be a good pastor if I’m a lousy dad or lousy husband”

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a story that will be familiar to a lot of deacons:...

January 2015

January 31, 2015

The need for native-speaking priests and deacons in New Zealand

Danny Karetea-Goddard at his ordination in July 2014, from New Zealand Catholic. From Radio New...

January 30, 2015

Meet the Jewish boy who grew up to be a married Catholic priest

I remember posting on (then-Deacon) Paul Schenck when he was ordained. He's back in the...

January 27, 2015

Jack Maguire, Social Media Coordinator at Ascension Press, dropped me a line today: Ascension Press just...

January 24, 2015

Meet Fr. Joshua Johnson, Baton Rouge’s youngest priest—and a rapper. UPDATED

January 23, 2015

Ordination update: 11 new deacons for Arlington

Photo by Ashleigh Buyers | Catholic Herald Following up on the beautiful photo from last...

January 18, 2015

Galveston-Houston copes with declining number of nuns

From The Houston Chronicle: The decline in the numbers is a bit of a paradox....

January 14, 2015

Son to vest his father at diaconate ordination

I received the following e-mail yesterday from the Diocese of Arlington: I wanted to be...

January 10, 2015

In praise of altar girls—UPDATED

As you may have heard, Cardinal Raymond Burke is not a fan of female altar...

January 08, 2015

One seminarian’s journey: “I was angry with God. I told him, ‘I hate you. I don’t want to believe in you.'”

Photo: by Aprille Hanson / Arkansas Catholic From Arkansas Catholic: When he was around 12...