Category Archives: Priests and Priesthood

Seminarians! Keep calm and carry on.

Posted on 8 March 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

My friend Fr. Tim Finigan, the great P.P. of Blackfen, etc., has posted a letter from the Vocations Director of the Archdiocese of Southwark, Fr. Stephen Langridge to the seminarians of same, in the wake of the problems that are … Continue reading →

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Opus Bono Sacerdotii: Helping priests who have no one else

Posted on 2 March 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Opus Bono Sacerdotii (OBS) is a lay organization that assists Catholic priests having difficulties.
Their motto:
A Catholic Priest Needs Your Help Right Now!
From the website:

We turn no priests away who need our help when we can help them.
OBS has been a … Continue reading →

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Archbp. Sample interviewed. Well done.

Posted on 2 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

His Excellency Most Reverend Alexander Sample, the next Archbishop of Portland, was interviewed by The Oregonian.  They didn’t lob him softballs.
After an introductory paragraph or two in which they tee the reader up with the news that he is a … Continue reading →

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Women Priests? No. An explanation.

Posted on 31 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

CNS has posted a video of an interview with the Theologian of the Papal Household, Fr. Wojciech Giertych, OP. He talks about male only priesthood.

Technorati Tags: Fr. Wojciech Giertych OP, women’s ordination

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Seminarian with brain tumor – good news!

Posted on 31 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From time to time I have asked you to pray for a seminarian, Philip Gerard Johnson, who has had an inoperable tumor in his brain.
Here is an update:
Medical Update
Thanks for everyone’s prayers during my doctor visit on Thursday. Since I stopped … Continue reading →

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Opus Bono Sacerdotii – help priests who have no where else to turn

Posted on 31 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have posted before about the Opus Bono Sacerdotii.  They help priests who have no one else to whom they can turn.  I know the people who started this organization and I have the highest confidence in them.  I have … Continue reading →

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Bp. Olmsted (D. Phoenix) issues pastoral letter to priests about importance of Confession

Posted on 28 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the onset, Fr. Z Kudos to His Excellency Most Rev. Bp. Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix for his new Pastoral Letter on CONFESSIONS!
The letter is called “Apostles of Mercy” and it is directed to the Priests of the Diocese of … Continue reading →

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Changes in the Roman Curia affecting catechesis and seminaries

Posted on 26 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I was busy yesterday and missed this at News.va.  The Holy Father changed the “competence” of some dicasteries of the Roman Curia.
He moved responsibility for Catechesis from the Congregation for the Clergy to the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization by … Continue reading →

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NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo – excommunication? Can. 915?

Posted on 24 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Prof. Ed Peters, canonist (whom I still think is wrong about a question concerning Mass obligations – but I digress), has posted something instructive about catholic politicians who truly need some medicinal help from Holy Mother Church.
We enter in medias … Continue reading →

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Dissident Irish priest about to get hammered into the ground by the CDF.

Posted on 22 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s process is slow and patient and respectful, to a fault, when certain people and their odd theological notions come under study.  It takes a lot to get scrutinized by the CDF in … Continue reading →

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