Yes, JLK, this seems to be the case for Bishops in England and Wales for many years. Ordinations to the diocesan priesthood have been grim since 2000 - 20 or 30 a year for 22 dioceses. And they look likely to drop lower.
Yet there is hardly a word from the Bishops to encourage good young men to step forward. It seems years since I heard t…
Yes, JLK, this seems to be the case for Bishops in England and Wales for many years. Ordinations to the diocesan priesthood have been grim since 2000 - 20 or 30 a year for 22 dioceses. And they look likely to drop lower.
Yet there is hardly a word from the Bishops to encourage good young men to step forward. It seems years since I heard the topic mentioned. Appeals and prayers for vocations were common back in the 1970s and 1980s.
Could their Graces be looking for an excuse to have married priests? Or is there some other obscure motive?
That is true. The Francis cynic in me has also led me to wonder if bishops shy away from getting too many vocations as this has led to Apostolic Visitations for some bishops and religious orders that are doing a little too well.
Only because they happen to be pesky trads who have the audacity to prefer our ancient culture and traditions and oppose the watering down of the same.
Yes, JLK, this seems to be the case for Bishops in England and Wales for many years. Ordinations to the diocesan priesthood have been grim since 2000 - 20 or 30 a year for 22 dioceses. And they look likely to drop lower.
Yet there is hardly a word from the Bishops to encourage good young men to step forward. It seems years since I heard the topic mentioned. Appeals and prayers for vocations were common back in the 1970s and 1980s.
Could their Graces be looking for an excuse to have married priests? Or is there some other obscure motive?
That is true. The Francis cynic in me has also led me to wonder if bishops shy away from getting too many vocations as this has led to Apostolic Visitations for some bishops and religious orders that are doing a little too well.
Only because they happen to be pesky trads who have the audacity to prefer our ancient culture and traditions and oppose the watering down of the same.