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| The Priest-most Important Person In The Parish?; Two tier laity? | |
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| Topic Started: Wednesday, 11. October 2006, 23:24 (1,517 Views) | |
| Ned | Monday, 30. July 2007, 22:15 Post #76 |
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Looking at it from that angle then it is the 'lost sheep', the lapsed catholics, who are the most important. |
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| Deleted User | Thursday, 2. August 2007, 19:21 Post #77 |
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In a radio reflection for the feast of the Cure d’Ars, patron of Parish Priests,Argentinian Archbishop Jose Maria Arancedo said that the first requirement of a parish priest is to be “an authentic disciple of Jesus Christ, because only a priest in love with the Lord can renew a parish.” Catholic News Agency he went on to say
Seemed relevant to this thread so I thought I would post the above link to the article KatyA |
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| Rose of York | Friday, 10. August 2007, 00:19 Post #78 |
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Ned in the situation you describe, the churches were only three miles apart. In English rural areas, a priest can have three churches, with one of them twenty miles away in one direction and the other twenty miles away in the other direction. Sadly there are moves afoot to persuade the punters that all are members on "One Single Worshipping Community". In other words, everything is centralised. The clergy look upon us as little outposts. Catechesis for the sacraments takes place in "the parish" premises, so little children preparing for First Holy Communion are taught by strangers, with whom they will lose touch after First Communion Sunday. Prospective converts are expected to travel up to twenty miles, after a day at work, for RCIA catechesis. Our rural parishes (oops, sorry, communities - we are no longer parishes) are grossly neglected. The only solution is MORE PRIESTS. Where do we get them from? How can we foster vocations when the youngsters only see their own priest once a week, for Sunday Mass? Many churches do not even have scheduled confession times. |
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