[Magdalen] Those Who Stay/Depart

[Christopher Hart]

They do, of course, ordain married men as deacons. That probably encourages
more vocations. The ordinariate, like the eastern rite Catholic churches,
also allows married men to be priests.

On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 3:48 PM, cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> It's interesting that at least locally, the RC's are making up for the
> dearth of priestly candidates with large numbers of deacons.  Women,
> of course, are not on the horizon.
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> The RCC priestly ordinations are so unusual now that such a liturgy
> makes headline news.  Such an event for 2 priestly candidates, the first
> in two years, was front page in the local journal.  One of those priestly
> ordinands is 65.
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> There were 12 deacons at the same liturgy, and that was just this year's
> crop.
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> David S.
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> In a message dated 6/12/2018 3:39:20 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> michaudme at gmail.com writes:
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> RCs ordain women.
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