Year for Priests
Year for Priests…a few more resources to get started
Friday, June 19th, 2009And a few more resources as we begin this Year for Priests: A letter from Pope Benedict XVI proclaiming the Year for Priests A special section of the Vatican Web site dedicated to the year A special section of the USCCB Web site dedicated to the year
Pope John XXIII on St. John Mary Vianney
Friday, June 19th, 2009In 1959, for the 100th anniversary of St. John Mary Vianney’s death, Pope John XXIII gave the Church this encyclical, Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia. It is addressed to priests, but it provides all the faithful both insights on St. John Vianney’s life and wisdom for the spiritual life. Pope John XXIII describes how St. John Vianney [...]
Starting the Year for Priests Right…
Friday, June 19th, 2009…with a prayer for priests: Jesus, I pray to You for Your faithful and fervent priests; for the unfaithful and tepid; for those laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields; for tempted priests; for the lonely and desolate; for young priests; for the aged, sick, and dying; for the souls of Your priests [...]