►6/17/2007 - Diocesan Clergy
'A worthwhile vocation': Advice for a new generation
Rhode Island Catholic
Today’s priests enter a society that is, to some extent, skeptical of the priesthood. Sex abuse scandals have changed the way that many people look at priests, but Msgr. Varsanyi warned against these young priests feeling that they must spend their careers atoning for the mistakes of men who came before them. “They are a different generation, better prepared. They should not be ashamed,” he said, adding that the failings of previous generations should serve only as an inspiration to do better for the young men who will soon be ordained.
►11/15/2007 - Diocesan Clergy
Good, happy priests--best way to promote vocations
The Long Island Catholic
Showing the people good and happy priests is the best way to promote vocations, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, told a gathering of priests from the Rockville Centre and Brooklyn Dioceses last week. “Probably the best thing you can do is smile a lot” and develop a relationship with the people that gives them a sense of hope and a connection with God, Cardinal McCarrick told graduates, students, and faculty of the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception.
►11/7/2007 - Priesthood
Priesthood is more than a 9 to 5 job
Fermanagh Herald, Northern Ireland
Life as a priest is much more than simply a job, explains
Lisnaskea curate Fr Ian Fee, it's a twenty-four-seven, 365 days a year commitment. He is adamant coming to Religious Life is most definitely a 'calling''. Fr Fee explained: "It has to be a vocation, you must be dedicated to it completely, like parenthood, or a job in the health profession, it is so much more than a 9-5 job. It is an attitude of living.
►11/1/2007 - Diocesan Clergy
Priest recruiting pays off for Diocese of San Bernardino
Inland News
Marketing works, even when it comes to recruiting priests. Efforts to promote priesthood are paying off in the
Diocese of San Bernardino, where the number of priests-in-training has reached an all-time high of 34. "We're not ho-hum about vocations anymore," said Sister Sarah Shrewsbury, the director of vocations for the diocese. "... Nuns and priests aren't going to fall from heaven."
►10/30/2007 - Diocesan Clergy
'Father Rich' celebrates 25 years with God and community
New York Daily News
He's battled toxic nightmares, greedy developers and indifferent bureaucrats for 25 years, both as a priest and as a member of a Bronx community board. Though not an official chaplain, the Rev. Richard Gorman is also known to cops across the Bronx for being there when they've needed him. "Father Gorman has been a resolute, combative priest who worked for his community," said former boss, Stephen Kaufman.
►10/28/2007 - Diocesan Clergy
Deacon training seen as helpful to priests,
community at large
The Virginian Pilot
Ministry by deacons is mentioned in the New Testament, but it was only with the reforms of the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s that the modern Roman Catholic Church revived the position of permanent deacons.
►10/26/2007 - Diocesan Clergy
Call to priesthood came early for monsignor
Green Bay Compass
►10/11/2007 - Diocesan Clergy
Orlando Diocese's first permanent deacons reach 25-year mark
Florida Catholic
They were the class of '82. Thirteen men, sent forth by their pastors at the behest of their bishop into unexplored territory, the first men in the Orlando Diocese to answer a biblical calling made new: restoration of the permanent diaconate. "They were giants," said Deacon Bob Kinsey, permanent diaconate program coordinator, “stepping forward in faith with no job descriptions. Our heroes. Real pioneers; they led the way.
►10/11/2007 - Diocesan Clergy
Prison ministry challenging but rewarding
Florida Catholic
Father Dennis O’Brien, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Parish in Milton, celebrates Mass at the prison twice each month. “The poorest people in the world are incarcerated,” he said.
