Personal encouragement and Eucharistic adoration are crucial in fostering vocations to the priesthood, according to data from a newly released report.
On April 15, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University released the 2024 "Survey of Ordinands to the
Life as a parish priest is a "Eucharistic adventure" that involves serving God's people under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, Pope Francis told transitional deacons.
It is about living "This is my body, given for you" each day, he wrote, and it
An independent film called "Trinity's Triumph," written and produced by a Newark archdiocesan priest, brings Catholic priests into the everyday landscape, peeling back the stained-glass curtain on the priesthood.
Father Stephen Fichter, pastor at St. Elizabeth of Hungary in Wyckoff and episcopal vicar
The only way to carry out the new evangelization called for by Pope Francis is to adopt the pastoral style of a compassionate, humble, patient and simple priest who walks at the same pace as his people, Cardinal Pietro Parolin told seminarians.
Compared to their older peers, younger priests are far more likely to describe themselves as theologically orthodox or conservative, politically conservative or moderate, and prepared to be "first responders" to the abuse victims they encounter in their ministry. Furthermore, researchers noted "a
The first four African Americans to be ordained Catholic priests at St. Augustine Seminary in Mississippi in 1934 "stood tall in the midst of segregated times," said retired Bishop J. Terry Steib of Memphis, Tennessee.
"They were the men who stood tall, who
In a world where the demands of priestly ministry are ever-increasing, what can we do to ensure priests live rich interior lives? During a recent conference for vocation directors and seminary formators, Father Patrick Briscoe had the opportunity to discuss and reflect
Alabama priest Father Alex Crow, who fled the country with a recent Catholic high school graduate in July, will be laicized, Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi of Mobile, Alabama, announced on the archdiocese's website. The 30-year-old priest, who was ordained in June 2021
Deacon Andrew Crabtree, a former musician with hit songs on the Billboard Christian charts, is set to be ordained as a priest for the Diocese of Knoxville. His journey began when he offered his life to God during a moment of frustration
With ordination season upon us, seminary professor Kenneth Craycraft draws a parallel between the High Priest Melchizedek of the Old Testament, the unnamed priest in Graham Greene’s “The Power and the Glory” and so many diocesan and religious priests who minister to