Year for Priests Convention
Posted by Edward Pentin
Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:59 PM
The Congregation for the Clergy has announced the official program for a large international convention of priests. The meeting, to be held in Rome June 9-11, 2010, will conclude the Year for Priests that began June 19.
The event, punctuated by moments of prayer, celebrations, and conferences, will see the attendance of Pope Benedict XVI on the evening of Thursday, June 10, and on the morning... READ MORE
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How to Get More Priests
Posted 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, here are
six questions successful dioceses all... READ MORE
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7 Reasons to Be a Priest
Posted 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, and it
makes the essential point. God has shown... READ MORE
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How to Eat With a Priest
Posted 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 awkward, self-conscious evening where he feels like... READ MORE
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We're With You, Priests
Posted 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 ever could.
We want to thank not only the
priests... READ MORE
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Top 10 Priest Movies
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:40 AM
For the Year of the Priest, here are the “Top 10 Priest Movies” from our Top 100 Catholic Movies List (the full list, the result of an online poll of 1,000 people, is always under “Resources” above):
1. The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
2. The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)
3. The Mission (1986), mature audiences
4. Going My Way (1944)
5. The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
6. On the Waterfront... READ MORE
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