Vocations
‘If You Build It, They Will Come’
Father Michael Rossmann Comments Off on ‘If You Build It, They Will Come’
We talk a lot about praying for vocations. And it is right and just! We must pray for vocations. Still, it’s also important to pay attention to who is doing the praying. Priests and older Catholics are often great about praying for vocations. And we need it. But while continuing to pray for vocations, we Read More
An Argument Against the Church’s ‘Vocations Crisis’
Father Chad Arnold Comments Off on An Argument Against the Church’s ‘Vocations Crisis’
Recently, I was going over Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Sacerdotalis Caelibatus (On the Celibacy of the Priest). Written in 1967, its relevance and insight have not dimmed with the passing of 50-plus years. And though it is a treasure-trove of wisdom, I found myself returning many times in prayer and thought to one particular paragraph, Read More