CATHOLIC NEWS: Two years after World Youth Day, Sydney sees upsurge in vocations and ordinations... PLUS 3 MORE |  |
- Two years after World Youth Day, Sydney sees upsurge in vocations and ordinations
- The Perfect Priest
- On Lenten Sundays: Rejoicing in the Lord Must Be Your Strength
- The Countdown Begins
| Two years after World Youth Day, Sydney sees upsurge in vocations and ordinations Posted: 28 Feb 2010 05:02 AM PST A record number of men are entering seminary for the Archdiocese of Sydney and up to six men will be ordained to the priesthood this coming June, a rise that observers partly attribute to the influence of World Youth Day 2008. |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2010 06:35 AM PST The entry here reminded me of an old chestnut about a chain letter: The Perfect Priest The results of a computerized survey indicate the perfect priest preaches exactly fifteen minutes. He condemns sins but never upsets anyone. He works from 8:00 AM until midnight and is also a janitor. He makes $50 a week, wears good clothes, buys good books... |
| On Lenten Sundays: Rejoicing in the Lord Must Be Your Strength Posted: 27 Feb 2010 09:40 PM PST Every Sunday in Liturgy of the Hours during Lent we read a significant reminder that although Lent is a time of penance, nevertheless Sunday remains a day of Joy. The Sundays of Lent are not numbered among the forty days of Lent. Between Ash Wednesday are 46 days. The extra six days are the Sundays of Lent. And... |
| Posted: 27 Feb 2010 07:35 PM PST As our friends out West are well aware, today is Cardinal Roger Mahony's 74th birthday... and at this hour, the curtain formally rises on the most significant Stateside transition of B16's pontificate as a prayer for Mahony's successor debuts at this weekend's Masses in the 288 parishes of the nation's largest local church. |
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