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I got a nice e-mail early today from Ireland — where, wonder of wonders, there is a group of Cistercian nuns maintaining their beautiful and holy way of life. And they are tiptoeing into the 21st century. They have a lovely website devoted to their abbey, St. Mary’s. And their vocations director, Sister Eleanor, has…

That is how Thomas Merton beautifully described his ordination to the priesthood. Any man receiving the sacrament of Holy Orders would have to agree. And I suspect the fellow below is thinking that, too. He is one of the 29 men that Pope Benedict ordained to the priesthood Sunday at St. Peter’s. (H/T to American…

Well, in New York City, the answer seems to be yes. A reader sent this my way, from the New York Daily News: A clergy-starved Archdiocese of New York was facing a crisis – until Pope Benedict arrived. For the first time in 108 years, St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers was preparing for a year…

Anyone who thinks of World Youth Day as just a “Catholic Woodstock,” should read this inspiring account from the site of the next WYD, Australia: It was eight years ago in a crowded park on the outskirts of the Vatican that Melissa Dwyer arrived abruptly at the crossroads of her life. One path offered to…
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