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“Part of our job here is to challenge guys to make sure they are not floating into the priesthood, to make sure they are asking the tough questions. So sometimes we say—as much as we hate to see a guy leave—when a guy leaves the seminary thoughtfully and prayerfully, you rejoice. If the seminarian has…

You may remember the sad story of Deacon Adam Crowe, who died suddenly, just a few months before his scheduled ordination to the priesthood. A reader alerted me to this touching tribute from a local paper in upstate New York: Deacon Adam Crowe was counting the days until his ordination as priest. “But God had…

Everything’s up to date in Kansas City — and they’re reporting a surge in seminarians there. This comes from the Catholic Key, the archdiocesan paper: Abbot Gregory Polan of Conception Abbey led nearly 700 voices in a round of “Holy God We Praise Thy Name” at the Downtown Marriot January 30. “We bless and we…

The diminishing vocations to the priesthood have had an effect not only in the United States, but in mission countries, particularly Latin America. Reuters takes a look: They avoid taking buses, make sure friends know their schedules, and rarely go out when it’s dark. For the three foreign-born Roman Catholic bishops under death threat in…
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