[Magdalen] Location, Location, Location.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Without reading further than this, I would think that married former RC priests would not be considered the same as simply retired priests "in good standing," so to speak. I think once they marry, they are considered to have renounced their orders. And that being the case, they couldn't simply revert to a diaconal ministry.

> On Jun 5, 2016, at 1:07 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> In a message dated 6/5/2016 8:03:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> michaudme at gmail.com writes:
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> I was  thinking ... how sad that the RCC doesn't have the vision of married
> former  priests excercising their diaconal ministries in the  
> parishes.>>>>>>
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> I'm not sure exactly what you mean here, I guess, but I can tell you  that
> retired RC priests are generally kept very busy liturgically, and also  perf
> orm
> hospital visitations, etc.  In fact a number of such retirees have  said 
> words
> to the effect that they are busier since retirement than before.
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> David Strang.