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Another former Protestant clergyman (who also happens to be married) is taking his final steps toward the priesthood, this time in Arkansas. Details: The goal is in sight. Hours of seminary study are winding down. Very soon, George W. Sanders Jr. of Hot Springs hopes to fulfill what he says is his life calling. He…

Is the tide turning? The numbers from at least one archdiocese are very encouraging: The nation’s sixth-largest Catholic seminary is reporting its highest enrollment in two decades as more men flock to the southern Indiana campus to pursue the priesthood. The influx of students has left the St. Meinrad School of Theology straining to find…

What makes a man want to become a military chaplain? A Wisconsin paper has one moving answer: Capt. Matt Foley hasn’t presided over any weddings or christenings since he arrived here in April – not much call for those services in a war zone. But the Army chaplain and Catholic priest who spent much of…

The above photo is from the event I attended this morning: the ordination of five new transitional deacons at the Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, Long Island.  The gentleman in the picture, Alonzo Cox, is scheduled to be ordained a priest next June.  (Oh: the hands belong to Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn.) Congratulations! Photo…
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