tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066331.post1006811366901891034..comments2023-10-10T19:25:48.956+08:00Comments on Life's Crosses: A Good Case For More...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802637147209284332noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066331.post-45359902093404915892011-08-27T22:07:18.731+08:002011-08-27T22:07:18.731+08:00What about revisiting the perennial question of al...What about revisiting the perennial question of allowing married men to be Roman Catholic Priests? I don't mean, ALL priests must be married but those who are married and who have a certain 'calling' could still consider priesthood a vocation .. I read in various sites e.g. http://www.fathervince.com/mpfacts.htm, that a man who's a priest will always be a priest; sacraments they provide, even if they're married will still be valid sacraments.. The only difference is a married priest cannot be a Cleric. Everyone knows celibacy isn't something that was made mandatory by Christ ..though it's touted to have many, many, many benefits .. However, if this is hindering many more good men to come forth and preach and spread the good news, why can't this be relooked at again? We don't just need many more priests but we need many more good priests who can, through their charismatic and very relatable sermons, help bring many more people to our faith.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066331.post-7002082526203914592011-08-15T17:32:52.559+08:002011-08-15T17:32:52.559+08:00But we are still maintaining our total number of p...But we are still maintaining our total number of priests at around the average of 130, both religious and diocesan. But not all are fully functioning in the parish and we have others who are away on leave (study or medical) and some who have retired. So, you can do your math to see how overworked the clergy is, in living out their ministry in the Archdiocese.<br /><br />you are right father out of 88 priests (diocesan priests include MEP and CICM exclude jesuits, SSCC, carmelites and franscicans priests) we have only 88 priest of which 8 have retired, or sick or left for studies abroad which leave us only 80 or even less <br /><br />That works out to 2.9 priests per parish for the 27 diocesan parishes exclude parishes affliated to religious orders eg. BSC, st ignatius, st. mary's. <br /><br />Taken that into a/c, that surely tax the priests both mentally and physically. <br /><br />some bigger parishes do need at least 3 or 4 priests namely, OLPS, Holy trinity, divine mercy, holy cross. etc. CTK. cos these are heartland parishes that normally have a lot of ministries and parishioners.. <br /><br />a suggestion is to loan or "borrow" priests from religious orders eg fransicans, jesuits to be priest in residence to those parishes in need of more priests. Or alternatively, the bishop can invite other orders eg the columbans or salesians to establish an order here or have their priests attached to parishes. <br /><br />These will solve the shortage of priests. Some parishioners forget that priests are human too. they need to rests and they can't be at parish forever. <br /><br />So we need more prayers for more vocations to the priesthoods. <br /><br />cheers<br /><br />catholicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com