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July 2014

July 06, 2014

“Your vocation is not about you”

Good stuff here: It is quite traditional and correct to speak of “discerning a vocation” –...

June 2014

June 29, 2014

A priest—or two or three—in the family

An impressive vocation story from Pennsylvania: Kyle Sahd was in the second grade, preparing for...

June 28, 2014

A great day for Brooklyn

Today, we welcome 13 new priests for the diocese, the largest ordination class in the...

June 24, 2014

Boom: Brooklyn preparing to ordain 13, largest class of priests in the United States

From the In My Backyard Desk, some sensational news, via The Brooklyn Eagle: The Most...

June 23, 2014

Know hope: some heartening news about vocations—UPDATED

This is pretty encouraging, from Tim Muldoon via Elizabeth Scalia: Today Boston College has released the...

June 16, 2014

Identical twins ordained priests in Michigan

When was the last time this happened? Details: Working on weekends as a deacon at St. Agnes...

June 12, 2014

A widower who was angry at God set to become a Catholic priest at 60

You never know who God will call—or when. From The Ottawa Citizen in Canada: At...

June 12, 2014

“Behind every successful ministry, there is private pain”

Preach it, Rick: Sharing how he has coped after his son’s suicide last year, megachurch...

June 11, 2014

Boom: Louisiana bucking the trend of priest shortage

Photo: Leslie Westbrook/LAGNS Details from The Shreveport Times: They describe their childhoods as like...

June 09, 2014

A vocation 55 years in the making

The remarkable story of Louisville's newest priest, from the Louisville Record: Deacon David A. Cockson...

June 04, 2014

Archbishop: only two priests in Dublin are under the age of 40

From The Irish Times: Just two Catholic priests in Dublin are under 40, while a...

June 02, 2014

History: one Mass, three generations of clergy at the altar—and a fourth serving his first Mass

I posted on this extraordinary event in San Francisco over the weekend: three generations of clergy...

May 2014

May 28, 2014

Quote of the day, from a woman seeking ordination

"I don't work for the Church anymore. My real job now is to give witness...

May 27, 2014

What’s it like being married to a Catholic priest?

With this item from Pope Francis making news, the usual debates about priestly celibacy are...

May 18, 2014

Report: Italian women write to pope, asking for review of priestly celibacy

This is, in a word, unusual. From Vatican Insider: The Pope has received a letter...

May 14, 2014

New order of nuns takes root in Wisconsin

Photo: William Glasheen/Post-Crescent Media Details from The Green Bay Press Gazette: If a young soul...

May 12, 2014

Pope to seminarians: Do not become “businessmen priests” or “princes” and avoid “boring homilies”

Sharp and funny words of wisdom from Pope Francis today: Pope Francis told seminarians not...

May 05, 2014

Vatican reports steady growth in worldwide church

The barque has sometimes hit turbulent tides, but there's no sign that it's sinking. And...

May 05, 2014

Worth a thousand words

Vocation ad from the Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa. I'm pleased to report they just...

May 03, 2014

Liturgical dance? Check out these tap-dancing seminarians in Rome—UPDATED

From the North American College (via Joan Lewis of EWTN) comes this demonstration of terpsichorean...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

20-year-old seminarian dies on feast of Divine Mercy

Sad news from Charlotte this weekend: Michael Gerard Kitson, 20, of Waxhaw, passed away on...

April 23, 2014

Jesuits report big jump in vocation inquiries

From CBS News: Sean McCreight has a passion for teaching. But the 25-year-old California native...

April 01, 2014

On call: a doctor studies for the diaconate

From Seton Hall University: Despite a busy medical practice, pediatrician Michael Giuliano has embarked on...

March 2014

March 26, 2014

Pope reflects on Holy Orders

Image: The Ordination of St. Lawrence by Fra Angelico From Vatican Radio: Greeting thousands of...

March 21, 2014

Battling the problem of pornography among future priests

Here's an issue you don't hear about very much, from the National Catholic Register: Fifteen-year-old...

March 18, 2014

What more could women do in the Church? Here are some ideas.

Some intriguing possibilities here from Msgr. M. Francis Mannion, via PrayTell: The Church continues...

March 18, 2014

“You don’t have to like your priest”

An interesting observation via Word on Fire, from Dominican Br. Patrick Mary Briscoe: It may...

March 14, 2014

“Formation on steroids”: the life of a seminarian about to be ordained a priest

A young deacon I know who will be ordained a priest in June sent me...

March 13, 2014

Seminarians on celibacy: “We’re saying ‘yes’ to Christ”

CNS's Robert Duncan produced this fine video, featuring seminarians from the North American College in...

February 2014

February 13, 2014

“Clericalism is bad for priests and laity”

Vatican Insider spoke recently with the Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, Beniamino Stella,...