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September 2013

September 30, 2013

Making history: In St. Patrick’s see, Irish archdiocese ordains its first permanent deacons

Details: History was made in the Archdiocese of Armagh yesterday when the Primate of All...

September 29, 2013

Catholic seminary enrollment highest in two decades

From Religion News Service: After decades of glum trends—fewer priests, fewer parishes—the Catholic Church in...

September 16, 2013

“Why celibacy is right for me”

A prominent Jesuit writes in the Washington Post: There has been much talk recently about...

September 12, 2013

Big news in Little Rock: record number of vocations

A couple weeks back, I posted on the surge in vocations in Little Rock. Now...

September 10, 2013

Womenpriests say excommunication doesn’t bother them because “most of us just ignore it”

They ignore all the other demands of the Church, so why not that one, too?...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

Boom: Little Rock diocesan seminary enrollment at highest level in nearly 50 years

Details: The Diocese of Little Rock’s seminarian count is getting back to levels it enjoyed...

August 29, 2013

Study: clergy at higher risk for depression, anxiety

Details: Clergy are often relied upon to guide others through difficult times, but a new...

August 13, 2013

Family affair: the five sisters who became Sisters

An amazing saga, from the Louisville Record: Sister Mary Emily Burks, a Louisville native who died...

August 08, 2013

Fore! One man’s journey from putting to the priesthood

From the National Catholic Register: If things had gone according to the dream of his...

August 05, 2013

It’s a big Church

A friend posted this intriguing link on her Facebook page the other day, and it...

August 04, 2013

Want to promote vocations? Try this.

Fr. Paul, center, with clergy from the parish before Mass. For several years now, my...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

Where Can an Older Man Study for the Priesthood?

Here: Blessed John XXIII National Seminary, located in Weston, Mass., is a unique institution helping...

July 15, 2013

A Jesuit Says Goodbye

Here's something you don't see every day: in a letter, a priest nearing his 80th...

June 2013

June 30, 2013

A Divorced Father of Two Becomes Seattle’s Newest Priest

Amazing but true. Details: There aren't a whole lot of priests in the Latin Church...

June 27, 2013

A Seminarian’s Long Road Back

Keep this man in your prayers! From Arkansas Catholic: Dr. Joseph Chan, 48, a second-year...

June 15, 2013

For Father’s Day: Father-Son Clergy in Kansas!

Details: The ordination of 10 men as permanent deacons in the Diocese of Salina includes...

June 09, 2013

A New Priest Looks Back: “This Year Has Been the Best of My Life…”

My friend and blog neighbor Fr. Michael Duffy marks a milestone: One year ago today...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

A Priest’s Advice to the Newly Ordained

There's a lot of wisdom here—and a lot of it, I think, could apply to...

May 29, 2013

“My Heroes Were Visiting Missionaries…”

That's how Msgr. John E. Kozar, president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA)...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Embattled chaplain sparks small vocations boom at George Washington University

You probably remember the controversy surrounding this chaplain at George Washington University. Here's something else...

April 28, 2013

Indiana copes with priest shortage

From the Post-Tribune newspaper, which toward the end makes mention of deacons: Early in his...

April 21, 2013

Pope Francis at priestly ordinations: “You are pastors, not functionaries”

To mark the 50th World Day of Prayer for Vocations —which falls every year on...

April 11, 2013

Advice to seminarians: “About that sermon, keep it short…”

This is some sage advice from a Lutheran minister in First Things: First: Sheep have teeth...

April 11, 2013

A priest writes: “This is why I wear a collar…”

A couple years ago, when he was a mere seminarian, my blog neighbor Fr. Michael...

March 2013

March 30, 2013

Lovely video: Holy Saturday at the seminary

Here we have a brief but beautiful glimpse at a service this morning at St....

March 21, 2013

God’s army: overflow crowd attends discernment retreat for military chaplains

Very impressive turnout: Twenty-six (26) men from every service branch of the U.S. armed forces...

March 11, 2013

Married priests: “Why such aversion?”

An alert reader sent this my way: another interesting voice, from Sean Connelly, in the...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

“I am a Catholic priest,” she declared

California blogger Marissa Nichols writes of a surprising encounter she had not long ago with...

February 17, 2013

In Philadelphia, deacons will witness marriages and wear the collar—UPDATED

A deacon in the City of Brotherly Love sent me an e-mail about a little...

February 07, 2013

Benedictine artist Father Maur van Doorslaer dies

You have probably seen his work in gift shops or churches and not even realized...