Recently the youngest of three brothers was ordained the the priesthood. The oldest and first to be ordained to the priesthood, as a priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, was Fr. Luke Strand. Fr. Luke was briefly on the national news after his ordination because a company was
Some time ago I published a series of three articles on why the Catholic priesthood is not open to women. (Since this continues to be an important issue, they can be found under the Priesthood section of this blog). Recently, a woman wandered over to our blog because she was looking for an answer to [...]
BENEDICT XVI: SIXTY YEARS OF MEMORIES, GRATITUDE AND HOPE
VATICAN CITY, 2 JUL 2011 (VIS) – At the end of a luncheon today, offered by the College of Cardinals to the Pope to mark the sixtieth anniversary of his ordination as a priest, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College, congratulated the Holy Father and, [...]
When a priest is ordained he traditionally issues a commemorative prayer card. On this, the 3rd year anniversary of our ordination to the priesthood, I thought it appropriate to reflect on the prayer cards that my brother and I had made. Even though we are twins, you’ll notice that our cards are about as different [...]
Recently in conjunction with a Prayer Vigil for priests, the Holy Father took questions from five priests. Here is his response to a question about celibacy:
“A great problem of modern Christianity is that we no longer think of the future of God: the present moment of this world seems sufficient. … In this way [...]
Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 11 June 2010
The Holy Father presided at a Eucharistic concelebration in St. Peter’s Square to mark the close of the Year for Priests which was called to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the death of St. John Mary Vianney, the holy “Cure of Ars”. The Eucharist [...]
There is an African proverb that says, “He who chases two rabbits will catch none.” Recently I cut my finger because I was talking on the phone and trying to trim the wax off a candle at the same time. Because neither of the tasks needed my full attention, I [...]
Saturday, June 5th, the Diocese of Green Bay will ordain two men to the priesthood:
Jose Castaneda and Dan Viertel. Please join me in praying for them. You can read more about their journey here:
www.gbvocations.org
Novena of Prayer for Priestly Ordination
God our Father,
you appointed Jesus Christ High Priest of the new [...]
Many, many people favor married priests. They believe that the Church started priestly celibacy for practical reasons: priests are too busy to have a family, it used to cause problems with inheritance of church buildings, and most Catholics don’t give enough to the church to support both a priest and his family. They believe that [...]
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