He Was in a Coma for 50 Days Due to COVID — and He Was Just Ordained a Priest
The news of his priestly ordination was received with great joy in the local Church and among those who prayed for his health.
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Ordinations ’22: How Seminaries Prepared the New Class of Priests
Clergymen’s calls differ, but they hold in common a desire to share the Gospel.
Serving Christ and His People: 2 Franciscan Friars of the Renewal Become Priests
The sun was shining down on the walled monastic garden of the Most Blessed Sacrament Friary in Newark, New Jersey, as two men waited for a moment they have been working toward for decades.
‘We Will Be Priests’: Ordinations Continue Despite Coronavirus
What does it mean to become a priest at this time?
The St. Mary’s Seven: How One Parish Gave the Church Seven Priests in Seven Years
Amid the Church’s tumults, St. Mary’s parish in Hudson, Ohio, has a culture of vocations, drawing good men to serve Jesus Christ and his Church through the priesthood.
There Is a Vocations Boom in Wichita
The diocese has ordained 10 men to the priesthood for the second year in a row, upping the priestly population there by about 20%.
New Priests: Orthodoxy Among Key Factors in Ordination Numbers
What makes a diocese fertile ground for encouraging men to follow a path to the Catholic priesthood?
The Priestly Story Dioceses Tell: Reasons for Optimism in the US
Commentary for a Register Special Report on Vocations in the United States
Study: Encouragement a Strong Factor in Priesthood Discernment
CARA survey found that most of the men being ordained this year have Catholic parents. More than one-third are also related to priests.
Holy Cloth for Mom
There is an old custom of presenting the manutergium, used to soak up the chrism oil after the bishop anoints a new priest’s hands, to the priest’s mother.
