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Ireland’s surprising priesthood boom
By
deacon greg kandra
Just when you thought vocations in Ireland were dead, along comes this surprising piece of news, from the Irish Times: IT IS “a myth” to say there is a continuing dearth of vocations to the Catholic priesthood in Ireland, the church’s national co-ordinator of diocesan vocations, Fr. Paddy Rushe, has said. Noting that 30 men…
“If you want to know what God wants you to do, ask.”
By
deacon greg kandra
Time for another great vocation story. This one comes to us from Louisville, where a young woman intent on having a husband and eight children (!) found her plans suddenly changed: Sister Michelle Sinkhorn, a Sister of St. Benedict of Ferdinand, Ind., received the call to religious life a couple of days after attending the…
The most happy fella…
By
deacon greg kandra
…just might be your parish priest. Take a look at this list of America’s happiest workers.
Just don’t confuse them with “Judas Priest”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Could the latest music sensation in Europe be…three singing priests? CNN has a fascinating report about this trio at this link. The story: You could call them New Clergymen on the Block: three Roman Catholic priests from Northern Ireland who on occasion swap their rosary beads for microphones and their parishes for studio time. The…
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