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Year for Priests "Did you know?" Series
Year for Priests "Did you know?" Series
Three Diocesan seminarians received Admission to Candidacy on November 4, 2009 in a ceremony held at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia. The new Candidates are Nick Cottrill, Michael Bu...
United with the bishop in the care of souls within a geographical area, a diocesan priest is ordained to proclaim God's word and administer the Sacraments. By the grace of his ordination, he is able ...
A priest's primary responsibility is to pray for the people entrusted to his care and for the whole Church. The prayers of the Divine Office, personal prayer, practice of devotions root a priest in th...
The person who prays opens himself to God speaking. Since a vocation to the priesthood is a personal call from Christ, the one who prays should strive for intimacy with God, a virtuous life and Ho...
The Church is looking for Candidates who have: “a right intention… a sufficiently broad knowledge of the doctrine of the faith, some introduction to the methods of prayer, and behavior in confor...
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