Seminary Document Planned
Posted by Edward Pentin
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 9:31 AM
The Vatican is planning on issuing a new document on the formation of seminarians that could be published to coincide with the end of the Year for Priests.
Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, intends to hold a meeting of various permanent Vatican inter-dicastery commissions concerned with the formation of candidates to the priesthood.
“The purpose... READ MORE
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Year of the Priest Begins Friday
Posted by Tim Drake
Sunday, June 14, 2009 5:07 AM
This Friday, June 19, begins the Year of the Priest, as announced by Pope Benedict XVI back in March. That means that for 10 days, between June 19 and 29, the Church is celebrating both the Year of St. Paul and the Year of the Priest.
What’s planned for the Year of the Priest? Many dioceses and seminaries are planning special events and activities to highlight the year. Here are some examples.... READ MORE
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U.S. Seminary Report Released
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:01 PM
Archbishop Edwin O'Brien (CNS)
The findings of the Vatican’s apostolic visitations of U.S. seminaries have been made public by the Vatican.
The seminary visitations were ordered by Pope John Paul II in 2002 as part of the Church’s response to the sexual abuse scandals involving Catholic clergy in the United States. They were conducted under the leadership of Archbishop Edwin O’Brien of Baltimore, a former rector of both... READ MORE
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The Courage to be Catholic
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, December 18, 2008 9:50 AM
Nun teaches at a Catholic school in Bethlehem. (CNS)
Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, says he is “continually concerned” about a lowering of Christian identity in Catholic schools and colleges.
Speaking to Register Correspondent Edward Pentin in Rome last week, the Polish cardinal said that in some Catholic educational institutions “we don’t have the courage anymore to really say that we are... READ MORE
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Seminary Revival in Boston
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, December 15, 2008 10:40 AM
St. John's Seminary
Boston was the epicenter of the sexual abuse scandals that rocked the Church in the early part of this decade.
During the same period, the Archdiocese of Boston also wrestled with the contentious issue of church closings necessitated by diminishing numbers of Catholics in some parishes.
But there are unmistakable signs of renewal evident at the archdiocesan seminary in Brighton, Mass., as noted... READ MORE
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How to Form Holy Priests
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:59 AM
Seminarians greet the Pope April 19 at New York's St. Joseph Seminary. (CNS)
The Vatican weighed in today on the subject of using psychological methods in seminaries.
Many Vatican-watchers have concluded erroneously that today’s new Vatican document is intended primarily to address the question of how to avoid ordaining men who might become sexual abusers.
That’s obviously a crucial matter in itself, but the Vatican knows the bigger issue for the Church is whether the... READ MORE
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