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Deacon Marín said one of the most important moments in the discovery of his vocation was the death of his father, something that he described as “a blow that made me consider my vocation more thoughtfully and prompted me to say ‘yes’ to the Lord and enter the seminary.”
The brothers were both ordained to the priesthood May 30 at Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile— in a private Mass, because of the pandemic.
What does it mean to become a priest at this time?
Men are proceeding with their ordinations in the post-McCarrick era.
The diocese has ordained 10 men to the priesthood for the second year in a row, upping the priestly population there by about 20%.
What makes a diocese fertile ground for encouraging men to follow a path to the Catholic priesthood?
CARA survey found that most of the men being ordained this year have Catholic parents. More than one-third are also related to priests.
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.
As the Society of Jesus’ numbers in the U.S. and Canada stabilize, a new generation of Millennial priests is coming into its own.
COMMENTARY: The gift of reconciliation arising from the witness of new ministers of the Divine Mercy.
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