Tag: priests

Melkite Eparchy of Newton considers ordaining married men in US

From Catholic News Service, by Mark Pattison, Washington, & Cindy Wooden, Rome, 16 November 2011 To address a shortage of priests in his nationwide eparchy, the Melkite Catholic bishop of Newton, Mass.,…

Ukrainian Catholic Seminaries are full

SAMBIR, Ukraine, FEB. 4, 2011, with thanks to Zenit.org. Ukrainian Greek-Catholic seminaries are having to turn away up to half of the young men seeking to become priests due to a lack of…

Review: “If you see George Herbert on the road, kill him”

Radically Re-thinking Priestly Ministry By Justin Lewis-Anthony, published by Mowbray. No price. Paperback Fr John Salter writes in Chrysostom, November All Saints 2010: But why should Justin Lewis-Anthony wish to encourage Herberticide? Well, because…

French Seminary Trains for Orthodox Resurgence

Ecumenical News International reports from Epinay-sous-Senart, France, January 5th 2010: Inside a plain stone building that was once a Catholic convent in the center of town, a dozen black-robed seminarians struggle over…