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This amazing news probably got little notice when it happened last week, but attention must be paid: The world’s oldest Benedictine monk died today at St. Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad, Ind. Father Theodore Heck, 108, died in the monastery’s infirmary. Born Jan. 16, 1901 in Chariton, Iowa, Heck was ordained to the priesthood May…

Leave it to The Anchoress to capture, beautifully, the power and poetry of what it means to wear the habit, on this World Day of Prayer for Vocations: In the late 1970’s I heard a teaching sister say that the shedding of religious habits was a good thing, because it emphasized that sisters were “nothing…

It’s that time of year again: ordination season. Soon, men will find themselves face down on marble floors, a storm of saintly invocations raining down on them. We have three men about to be ordained priests here in Brooklyn, and about two dozen heading into the diaconate — praise God! (It’s the first deacon class…

In an editorial this week, the editors of America are taking a hard look at a hard question: what can we do to alleviate the shortage of priests? With June bringing us the Year of the Priest, and this weekend marking the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, it’s a timely topic for discussion. A…
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