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A reader (and newly ordained deacon!) alerted me to this happy news: 23 men were ordained last week in N’ahlins. The Clarion Herald newspaper has a full write-up, including biographies of the men and more pictures (in a pdf file) in its December 6 and December 13 editions. Congratulations! Ad multos annos!

Some very bright news during this dark season: vocations in Beantown are up. Way up. From the Boston Globe Enrollment at St. John’s Seminary has doubled over the last two years, a stunning turnabout for an institution that seemed to be spiraling toward closure in the wake of the clergy sexual abuse crisis. The stone…

The recession is growing — and so are the needs of the faithful. The Catholic Review in Baltimore offers a glimpse at what is happening in that archdiocese: Not so long ago, Oredolapo Roberts lived in a four-bedroom house, owned a successful business and drove her kids around in a new Chevy Tahoe. Then the…

From our Down Under Desk, news of a married man (and convert) being ordained a Catholic priest: Former Anglican priest Bavin Clark, a married father of four, is to be ordained as a Catholic priest for the Brisbane archdiocese. The Wynnum Herald reports the novice deacon is living proof times are changing, when he becomes…
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