Catholic World Report’s Jeff Ziegler takes a second look at vocations across the country.
Download the Catholic World Report article here. |
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'God or the Girl' television series gets attention from various media outlets:
Read the USCCB review here
(review is midway down the page)
Read the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article here
Read the New York Daily News review here
Read the reviews accumulated on the 'God or the Girl' website |
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Variety of Vocation Promotion Programs Emerging Around Country.
Read the National Catholic Register article here. |
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Toledo's Father David Nuss calls God or the Girl the 'depths of tastelessness.'
Read his National Review Online article here. |
Fr. David Nuss |
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Fr. Mark Catalana senses 'great hope' in the growing number of Asian seminarians.
Watch the CBS News video here. |
Fr. Mark Catalana |
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Providence’s Fr. Najim suggests a deliberate and consistent approach when working with discerning men.
Read The Priest article here. |
Fr. Najim |
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Fr. Ronald D. Witherup, S.S., comments on current status of the Apostolic Visits.
Read the article from America magazine here. |
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Immigrant families contribute greatly to priestly vocations, notes Fr. Clint Ressler.
Read the Our Sunday Visitor story here |
Fr. Clint Ressler |
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Milwaukee's Fr. Jim Lobacz says, "Young men show more interest in priesthood."
Read the article here |
Fr. Jim Lobacz |
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Manchester Mass for Vocations attracts 1,100.
Read the article here
Want to learn more? Contact Fr. Jason Jalbert, Associate Director of Vocations, Diocese of Manchester, N.H. at jjalbert@rcbm.org. |
Fr. Jason Jalbert |
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Our Sunday Visitor: Readings of Vatican instruction vary in specifics
Read the article here |
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OSV: 'Deep-seated' homosexuals not priestly material
Read the article here |
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Crisis Magazine, “Homosexuality and the Seminaries: How to Read the New Vatican Instruction” Rev. Robert J. Johansen
Read the article here |
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Fr. Leon Biernat’s interview with the Buffalo News on the Vatican Instruction
Read the article here |
Fr. Leon Biernat |
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Vocation Directors Receive Vatican Document on Homosexual Candidates 'In Good Faith.' (Press release from NCDVD Nov. 29, 2005)
Read the article here |
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Toledo's Fr. David Nuss shares his reaction to Vatican's Homosexual Document on NPR's 'Talk of the Nation.'
An archived audio copy of the 'Talk of the Nation' interview with Fr. Nuss is available here |
Fr. David Nuss |
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USCCB President Calls Vatican Instruction 'Timely'
Read the article here |
Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane, USCCB President |
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Confraternity of Catholic Clergy Wholeheartedly Supports Vatican Letter on Seminarians
Read the article here |
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CNN: Vatican issues gay policy document
Read the article here |
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USA Today: Vatican publishes, defends gay priest document
Read the article here |
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Rueters: Vatican restricts gays in priesthood
Read the article here |
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Los Angeles Times: Vatican Document Bans Active Gays as Priests
Read the article here |
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New York Times: Directive Banning Gay Priests Is Released by Vatican
Read the article here |
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"For Christ's Sake, Father. Light that fuse-the priesthood is a box of vocational dynamite," by Fr. John Acrea, former vocation director for the Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa
Read the article here |
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"Hundreds attend national vocations conference in Tampa"
Linked with permission, The Florida Catholic newspaper, www.thefloridacatholic.org.
Read the article here |
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"Vocations don't seem to fit into today's materialistic society"
Linked with permission, The Florida Catholic newspaper, www.thefloridacatholic.org.
Read the article here |
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“Priests: Men of Word, Sacrament & Invitation,” by Fr. Edward Burns.
Read the article here |
Fr. Edwards Burns |
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Archbishop O’Brien, others discuss seminary apostolic visits on PBS’ Religion and Ethics Newsweekly.
Read the article here |
Archbishop O'Brien |
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Pope Benedict XVI’s address to seminarians during World Youth Days, Cologne, Germany, August 2005.
Read the article here |
Pope Benedict XVI |
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Fishers of Men encourages pastors to invite men to the priesthood.
Read the article here |
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Celibacy is the Issue. NCDVD members Fr. Marcel Taillon and Fr. Mike Najim, who are vocation directors in the Diocese of Providence, R.I., wrote this article for the OpEd page of the The Providence Jounal after the paper ran an article critical of the Church's teaching and tradition on the celibate priesthood.
Read the article here |
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Celebrate Priesthood Sunday
www.priestsunday.org |
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Archbishop Sees Genuine Renewal of Priests.
Read the article here |
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Archbishop John P. Foley's article, "What a bishop hopes for, The Future of the Priesthood." Linked with permission, The Priest magazine, www.osv.com
Read the article here |
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Fr. Jon Meyer was interviewed by MSNBC about the "Matrix" priest poster.
Read the article here |
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Priestly Vocations in America:
A Look at the Numbers," By Jeff Ziegler
Reproduced with permission from Catholic World Report, June 2005. All Rights Reserved. |
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Pope Benedict XVI's recent speech to Italian clergy on the issue of vocations (July 2005):
Meeting With Diocesan Clergy of Aosta
Address of His Holiness Benedict XVI |
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