Below, the first published snapshots (forgive the miserable quality — deacon photographer at work!) of the new priests for the Diocese of Brooklyn, ordained Saturday June 26, 2010 at the Basilica Cathedral of St. James. Below, Fr. Nixon Jean-Francois, Fr. Alonzo Cox, and Fr. Michael Bruno are vested.  Ad multos annos! 

Busy weekend here at The Bench: I’ll be attending the ordinations of three new priests for the Diocese of Brooklyn Saturday morning, then on Sunday, serving as deacon at the Mass of Thanksgiving for one of them, Fr. Alonzo Cox. You can read about our new priests right here. (We profiled them on “Currents” last…

This popped up over at The Anchoress this morning, and I was flabbergasted. I know this gal! Mary Anne Marks is in my parish! Now, a degree from Harvard under her belt, she’s about to enter religious life, joining the order featured recently on Oprah. Check this out. You can also read the text right…

Corporations may be downsizing in other departments, but some are beefing up in one unexpected area: spiritual counseling. From the Wall Street Journal: Marisol Corrales, an operations manager for a Dallas housecleaning service, doesn’t attend church regularly or see herself as a religious person, she says. But she calls regularly on a workplace chaplain provided…

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