by Tom McFeely
Monday, June 22, 2009 9:19 AM
St. Thomas More
Here’s another Internet-based prayer campaign, launched today on the feast of St. Thomas More.
It’s a campaign to pray for the conversion to pro-life of pro-abortion federal politicians, initiated by the One Nation Under God organization:
The campaign features an interactive screen that allows you to choose among offering Masses, decades of... READ MORE
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by Tom McFeely
Monday, June 22, 2009 8:43 AM
Archbishop Eijk of Utrecht. (futurepriests.com)
The Archbishop of Utrecht in the Netherlands has launched a global Twitter campaign for new vocations.
The initiative was inaugurated by FuturePriests.com on Friday to coincide with the start of the Year for Priests, with a call for prayer posted on Twitter by Archbishop Willem Jacobus Eijk.
Said Archbishop Eijk, in a press release posted here... READ MORE
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by Tim Drake
Monday, June 22, 2009 7:04 AM
Father Vakoc celebrates Mass in the field.
Five years after being wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq, Army chaplain Father Tim Vakoc has died.
In a letter to his sister, he said, “The safest place for me to be is in the center of God’s will, and if that is in the line of fire, that is where I will be.”
Register readers will recall getting to know Father Vakoc through previous... READ MORE
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by Tom Hoopes
Sunday, June 21, 2009 12:56 PM
Tulsa, Okla., 2007 ordination. cns/David Crenshaw, e-OK Catholic
A last resource for the Year of the Priest ... our 2007 list of what works for dioceses that get vocations.
Six Habits of Highly Effective Dioceses
Why are some dioceses better at attracting vocations than others? In Tim Drake’s recent story “Vocations Surge,” the Register provided some answers to that question.
Based on what we learned,... READ MORE
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by Tom Hoopes
Sunday, June 21, 2009 6:31 AM
Fr. Joseph Fitzgerald's ordination. cns/G.A. Shemitz, LI Catholic
More resources for the Year for Priests ... our January 2008 editorial gives these reasons to be a priest:
The seven
sacraments are the original, and best, seven reasons to be a priest. But here
are seven that incorporate recent news headlines about the priesthood.
First: The World Needs Heroes
That’s the title of NYPriest.com’s new movie ad,... READ MORE
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by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, June 20, 2009 9:30 AM
flickr commons/intron
In our “Guide to Sunday,” for Father’s Day, my wife and I ask: Why not celebrate the man you actually call “Father” — your priest?
In Faith & Family magazine, April shared priests’ four tips about what they want when laypeople have them over for dinner:
1. Be normal, and do what you normally do. (“The last thing a priest wants is an... READ MORE
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by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, June 20, 2009 5:02 AM
cns
We’re collecting resources for the Year for Priests. Here is our editorial thanking priests.
Thank You, Father
As the Year
for Priests begins, we lay editors of the Register want to take a moment to
thank priests.
We want to thank not only the
priests who have been our friends, but also those we barely knew, who did more
for us than our friends... READ MORE
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by Tom Hoopes
Friday, June 19, 2009 3:05 PM
Danielle Bean's F&F profile page.
Go check out Faith & Family LIVE! — faithandfamilylive.com. It’s the website for Faith & Family magazine (where I’m editorial co-director), but it’s way more than that.
Danielle Bean runs the site and has launched an online social networking component.
As she says in her introduction: “It’s like Facebook on a smaller, more intimate scale... READ MORE
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by Tom McFeely
Friday, June 19, 2009 1:30 PM
The First Father with daughters Sasha and Malia (Reuters)
Signed yesterday by President Barack Obama:
FATHER’S DAY, 2009
- - - - - - -
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
The journey of fatherhood provides unique and lasting joys. Cradling a baby in his arms, a father experiences the miracle of life and an unbreakable bond. Fathers imagine a world of possibilities awaiting... READ MORE
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by Tom McFeely
Friday, June 19, 2009 12:41 PM
Cover of Archbishop Weakland's memoir.
We haven’t reported on the recently released memoir of Archbishop Robert Weakland, who retired in disgrace in 2002 following revelations of sexual and financial misconduct while serving as archbishop of Milwaukee.
The sexual misconduct involved a homosexual relationship the archbishop had with a young male graduate student in 1979. The... READ MORE
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