Comments on: Bishops Aren’t Important

By: maryelizabeth

maryelizabeth — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:47:17 +0000

Arlington diocese is ordaining no priest this year. That stat explains all you need to know. Has Bishop Loverde confronted any dissenters ever? Young men follow strength not politicians. They don’t give up their lives to pursue mediocrity.

By: claiborne

claiborne — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:38:54 +0000

How about the diocese of Memphis’s priest/parishioner ratio?

By: Alabama Improper

Alabama Improper — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:34:23 +0000

Catholic Carnival

I’m sorry, I have no idea what number to give this carnival but on with the show because we have a lot of submissions.

By: angelic doctor

angelic doctor — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:54:36 +0000

How about Chicago? With Cardinal George I’d like to think there is reason for hope.

By: Philip

Philip — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 04:04:39 +0000

Wow…. look at the amount of St Louis Seminarians…. that is unreal! Very impressive.

By: Marco Frisbee

Marco Frisbee — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 22:01:48 +0000

Vocations have evaporated in Louisville. All one has to do is look at the outgoing archbishop, and his priorities over the last three decades, for the cause. Pray for us!!

By: wolftracker

wolftracker — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:10:49 +0000

Ian,

Thanks for the link to Kansas City Catholic in this post and for the link in the sidebar. Next time I am in Denver, I’ll stop by the store and say hello.

We are hoping that Bishop Finn’s presence in Kansas City increases vocations here. It was not uncommon for men with a vocation to leave and study under the auspices of a more orthodox bishop prior to Bishop Finn’s arrival. At the very least, such men will not be leaving the diocese now.

God Bless,

Wolftracker

By: Ed Cobb

Ed Cobb — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 18:58:43 +0000

This seems a lot to ask and might be more than you wish to undertake. If so, I certainly understand. But here it is.

Here in Virginia, in the Arlington Diocese, we had a strong and orthodox shepherd in Bishop Keating. And he had a strong and active Director of Vocations. This attracted many good men to the diocesean priesthood and we have been truly blessed by them. On this was our reputation built.

After the death of Bishop Keating we were given Bishop Loverde as his successor. My impression is that Bishop Loverde is less orthodox. This might be somewhat unfair and he is certainly no Mahony. But he is no Keating, either. He put in his own Director of Vocations, which is certainly his right. But I have not seen him in the parish making appeals. There has been an ongoing case wherein the priest (Father Hanley?) seems to have been wronged and continues to be so. Just a few months back, Bishop Loverde approved altar girls, leaving Lincoln as the last holdout. He simultaneously granted permission fot two indult Masses. So the message is moderate if not outright mixed.

Anyway, what I am wondering is how the change from the orthodoxy of Keating to the mixed moderation of Loverde has affected vocations in Arlington. I have no idea how to learn the answer. Perhaps you do?

Thanks for the offer and thanks for listening.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 18:42:05 +0000

What are the stats for all diocese in the state of NY?

By: Steven Cornett

Steven Cornett — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:34:03 +0000

O.K. I’ll bite.

The Archdiocese of Cincinnati and Chicago versus the Diocese of Stuebenville.