tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312222472717527597.post3717488354402791271..comments2023-09-18T05:26:34.444-04:00Comments on Called by Name: Could He Be Next?Father Schnippelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04731842661336037433noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312222472717527597.post-4199674953084612962008-06-13T21:38:00.000-04:002008-06-13T21:38:00.000-04:00Thanks for the reflection! Very well done!Thanks for the reflection! Very well done!Padre Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04287681931799759902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312222472717527597.post-50907247748840606752008-06-13T06:59:00.000-04:002008-06-13T06:59:00.000-04:00do religious orders recruit better than dioceses? ...do religious orders recruit better than dioceses? do they seem to have more to offer? do they market it differently?<BR/><BR/>look at the front page of the Toledo Blade newspaper yesterday ... another priest in a sex scandal.<BR/><BR/>doesn't that dissuade and deter men from considering a vocation to the priesthood? are religious orders subject to the same scrutiny?<BR/><BR/>what are you doing so successfully in Cincinnati that is different?<BR/><BR/>many dioceses are closing churches due to declining numbers of priests available to serve them ... AND declining numbers of Catholics to fill them.<BR/><BR/>our country is now receiving missionaries from other countries to minister here. are religious orders here sending our young priests overseas when there is great need here?<BR/><BR/>as a lay man, i just wonder sometimes if the right hand and the left hand ever get together.uncle jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01879341171634900790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312222472717527597.post-68162781328750366012008-06-13T05:56:00.000-04:002008-06-13T05:56:00.000-04:00I'm reminded of a conversation overheard between m...I'm reminded of a conversation overheard between my father and one of my freshmen students the other day. My dad asked him what his career interests were, and my student made me proud by saying, "I either want to be a priest or on the S.W.A.T. team."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312222472717527597.post-28874077142130776722008-06-13T00:48:00.000-04:002008-06-13T00:48:00.000-04:00I don't think it's an issue between diocesan vs re...I don't think it's an issue between diocesan vs religious at all. <BR/><BR/>Legionaires have been sanctioned here as well, and it put a lot of people up at arms. But I've learned a lot about them since then. They're cleaning up...but have a ways to go. I've also looked into Regnum Christi, even by accident, and EVERY SINGLE Vocation story there that I've read has made me cringe. REALLY cringe. And that little red flag screams at me, "CULT!"<BR/><BR/>I know of a couple consecrated virgins, outside of that order, and their stories are beautiful. But the above...no. Something is wrong. <BR/><BR/>I imagine an Archbishop and VoD is very interested in making sure that those who think they have a Vocation don't end up completely destroyed by an order-turned-cult. Now in the process of reparation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312222472717527597.post-59195399924050125032008-06-12T22:34:00.000-04:002008-06-12T22:34:00.000-04:00so, Father, what is your take on the goings on in ...so, Father, what is your take on the goings on in Baltimore between the archbishop and the Legionairies of Christ?<BR/><BR/>Is your Diocese 'losing' young men, vineyard workers' to various orders?<BR/><BR/>How can a Diocese counter, or should a Diocese counter, the works of ordered priest in order to attract Parish Priests?<BR/><BR/>any thoughts or comments?uncle jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01879341171634900790noreply@blogger.com