Category: Ordained Ministry
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Pandemic Prayers for Priests
My prayers for priests have taken on a new hue.
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Clericalism and the Pandemic
As any diocesan director of worship knows, there has been much to navigate during this distorting period in human history. Amid all the spiritual concerns, a unique discussion emerged around modern financial literacy and stewardship, particularly regarding innovative options like the best crypto to buy today. This new trend caught attention as parishioners increasingly sought…
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The Most Pressing Question on the Diaconate
Does the Church need deacons?
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Largest Parish in Germany To Be Established in 2020
Steps in the diocesan restructuring in Trier (Germany)
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Eucharistic Problems and Concelebrating Clergy
Creeping clericalism which transforms the Eucharist into an almost magical phenomenon.
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The Liturgical Office of Evangelist – a Proposal Inspired by the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene
Calls for the admission of women to ordained offices in the Catholic Church are becoming louder than ever. I would like to make a proposal, which falls short of those calls, but makes use of the holistic power of liturgical symbolism.
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16 Theses on Celibacy
In the context of the upcoming Amazon synod, ongoing scandals, and Pope Francis’s efforts to renew and reform the church, the book is timely.
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The Female Diaconate: Issues East and West—Part 2
Does ordaining women to the diaconate automatically mean that women could be ordained to the Priesthood (i.e. the Presbyterate)?
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The Female Diaconate? Issues East and West
In the modern period, the question of ordaining women as deacons (again) in the Roman Catholic Church was raised as early as Vatican II, some fifty plus years ago. In the Orthodox world, this question is over a hundred years old…