A new priest joins ranks amid an old problem

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This is so sad and truly pathetic. A huge archdiocese like Detroit produced only one ordination this year. šŸ˜¦

Iā€™m not too surprised, however, because I know the Detroit area tends to be very anti-clerical and with little emphasis on vocations, IMHO. :banghead:
 
šŸ˜¦ Thats not good, hopefully it is just a bad year, and it isnā€™t a trend. Overall, I think that ordinations are up this year.

Letā€™s pray for this one priest and pray that there will be more in future.
 
Hopefully Michigan is seeing a greater number of ordinations for the order priestsā€¦like Franciscans, Dominicans, Salesians etc. God is in charge and I know he is calling men to the vocations, even though they are not responding to the call. As one who bucked the vocation to the diaconate for about 10 years, I know how that call getsā€¦when you donā€™t respond to it. God never gives up. Letā€™s all pray for vocations.
 
Maybe this is for the best. Itā€™s not that their are no vocations. God is still speaking to hearts. Obviously there is something about the seminary process in this diocese that isnā€™t right. I wonder how many young men have left in disgust?
 
Nohome said:
There were 13 in Chicago, but only one was born in the USA.

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Rockford has less population than Chicago.šŸ˜‰
chicago said:
Are there profiles available online?
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Canā€™t find it at the Observer. The webmasterā€™s last edit was 04/26/07. There were 2 guys who were foreign. There were 2 that were later-life vocations. The other three were young fellas- if I recall correctly.
 
dympnha said:
Maybe this is for the best. Itā€™s not that their are no vocations. God is still speaking to hearts. Obviously there is something about the seminary process in this diocese that isnā€™t right. I wonder how many young men have left in disgust?
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Disgust about what? Do you know something that we all should know about?

I do know that there have been several young men that my organization (www.kofpc.org) has sponsored over the years. Some have gone on to ordination, and others, sadly, did not.

Although, not that sadly. I would rather that they discern this is not the life for them before they take vows intended for a lifetime, than to change their mind later.
 
I think it would be hard to use Michigan as a thermometer for the health of vocations nationally or globally. The automobile industryā€™s struggles have stricken the entire state, and I think it is only indicative of the way most people up there must feel (depressed and hopeless).

I and my husband both have family up there. My cousin is, in fact, a priest for the Diocese of Detroit in Flint, MI, at a parish that faces closing for the very reason I mention.
 
vluvski said:
I think it would be hard to use Michigan as a thermometer for the health of vocations nationally or globally. The automobile industryā€™s struggles have stricken the entire state, and I think it is only indicative of the way most people up there must feel (depressed and hopeless).
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True. I donā€™t think that any where in this country, at this time, is a good judge for the state of the entire country. Detroit, however, should still have more than one ordination.

Honestly, didnā€™t someone notice when there were so many empty seats? Didnā€™t some one notice when the number of applications for the Seminary dropped?

When they noticed, why arenā€™t they doing something? Getting young priests to go and talk to people that are at cross roads in their lives, and let them know what vocational life offers! Offer Scholarships to attend National Catholic gatherings. There are many that are held!

We have CYO and other activities for young peopleā€¦ someone should be talking up religious life at these events!
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I and my husband both have family up there. My cousin is, in fact, a priest for the Diocese of Detroit in Flint, MI, at a parish that faces closing for the very reason I mention.
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Okā€¦ I got a few corrections for youā€¦

Detroit is an ARCHdiocese. Flint is in the Diocese of LANSING.

Still, I would like to know where he is a priest. I have a few contacts at Christ the King. Is he perhaps there?
 
We have several young men in seminary from our parish, in fact I believe St. Cyrilā€™s supplies most of the seminarians for the Detroit Archdiocese. We also have around 150 altar boys at our parish -every boy gets asks by our priest. And many large families belong to Cyrilā€™s -those big families can spare a few boys šŸ˜‰ . We are the one of the most traditional parishes in the Archdiocese and we have the most vocations. The crisis is not because women and married priests arenā€™t allowed but because most of the parishes in our archdiocese are heterodox, touchy feely type parishes -which do not foster vocations.
 
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We have several young men in seminary from our parish, in fact I believe St. Cyrilā€™s supplies most of the seminarians for the Detroit Archdiocese. We also have around 150 altar boys at our parish -every boy gets asks by our priest. And many large families belong to Cyrilā€™s -those big families can spare a few boys šŸ˜‰ . We are the one of the most traditional parishes in the Archdiocese and we have the most vocations. The crisis is not because women and married priests arenā€™t allowed but because most of the parishes in our archdiocese are heterodox, touchy feely type parishes -which do not foster vocations.
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Wow. Has your parish always been that way, or is it some kind of transformation story? Do tell.
 
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Wow. Has your parish always been that way, or is it some kind of transformation story? Do tell.
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You know weā€™ve only belonged to the parish for three years but as far as I can tell itā€™s always been that way. There are several other Cyril members on this board they may know more info. It is an ethnic parish -Itā€™s called St. Cyril & Methodias Slovak Catholic Church but a large portion of the parish are not Slovak. Itā€™s a traditional ā€œoasisā€ in the middle of a heterodox desert.

We have a fantastic young priest (young being mid-thirties). Our Mass is Novus Ordo as traditionlist refer to it but Novus Ordo as it was intended to be before the happy-clappy ā€œfree-thinkersā€ got a hold of it. We have two daily weekday Masses, (three on Tues & Thurs)and six Sunday Masses. Confession is before every Mass and also two hours on Saturday.

After being a heterodox parish for years I felt like I had found a piece of heaven on earth. Last weekend we celebrated Corpus Christi Sunday with an outdoor procession. The little girls in our parish walked before the monstrance throwing flower petals and the monstance (and priests) were followed by at least twenty altar boys. Absolutely beautiful.
 
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We have several young men in seminary from our parish, in fact I believe St. Cyrilā€™s supplies most of the seminarians for the Detroit Archdiocese. We also have around 150 altar boys at our parish -every boy gets asks by our priest. And many large families belong to Cyrilā€™s -those big families can spare a few boys šŸ˜‰ . We are the one of the most traditional parishes in the Archdiocese and we have the most vocations. The crisis is not because women and married priests arenā€™t allowed but because most of the parishes in our archdiocese are heterodox, touchy feely type parishes -which do not foster vocations.
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Hooray for St. Cyrils ā€“ but honestly, it is pathetic and very telling if most of the seminarians of Detroit come from only one parish. Doesnā€™t Detroit have any other parishes from which to drawn seminarians? This is truly pathetic. Something must be wrong with Detroitā€™s seminary program, but blaming it on the economy is plain silly.
 
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