Father and son join Catholic priesthood – together

[MugenOne]

The Revs. Chuck Hough IV and Chuck Hough III have more in common than just their names. The two have become a rarity in the Catholic Church – a father and son who became ordained Catholic priests at the same time.

Both men are both former Episcopal priests, each with a wife and children.

The younger Hough grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with his father as a leader in the Episcopal Church and ended up following in his footsteps, joining the church when he was 25.

religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/18/father-and-son-join-catholic-priesthood-together/?hpt=hp_c2

 

[The_Scott]

Congratulations to them both!!

So, now, the son is now called Father. So when the father calls his son Father, does the son become his own grandfather? :hypno:

just kidding

 

[SaintPatrick333]

out of curiosity why does the Church allow so many married episcopal ministers to become Priests? Do they have a special privilege for coming into the Church, kind of like the anglicans? Obviously the Church would not require the men seeking to be Priests to separate from their wives, but with the discipline of Priestly celibacy being enforced on seminarians who come from the Roman rite primarily, the option of celibacy is mandatory otherwise they get turned away (in most cases of course there are exceptions). I am not against Priestly celibacy, in fact I am for it. Which is why I am genuinely curious why so many episcopal ministers who want to come into the church get to go right into being Priests? It’s confusing u_u Being a Priest is a very demanding job. They can not fully be fulfilling their vocation to Holy Orders if they are also fulfilling their vocation to Matrimony. And obviously for them, their family takes precedence over their functions as a Priest. So why not keep the Priesthood for unmarried men?

 

[YoungTradCath]

out of curiosity why does the Church allow so many married episcopal ministers to become Priests? Do they have a special privilege for coming into the Church, kind of like the anglicans? Obviously the Church would not require the men seeking to be Priests to separate from their wives, but with the discipline of Priestly celibacy being enforced on seminarians who come from the Roman rite primarily, the option of celibacy is mandatory otherwise they get turned away (in most cases of course there are exceptions). I am not against Priestly celibacy, in fact I am for it. Which is why I am genuinely curious why so many episcopal ministers who want to come into the church get to go right into being Priests? It’s confusing u_u Being a Priest is a very demanding job. They can not fully be fulfilling their vocation to Holy Orders if they are also fulfilling their vocation to Matrimony. And obviously for them, their family takes precedence over their functions as a Priest. So why not keep the Priesthood for unmarried men?

I am quite sure that the Church considers, for all intents and purposes relating to Anglicanorum Coetibus, Episcopals to be Anglicans.

 

[SaintPatrick333]

I am quite sure that the Church considers, for all intents and purposes relating to Anglicanorum Coetibus, Episcopals to be Anglicans.

oh ok that makes sense then. I thought they were, for all intents and purposes, the same Church, episcopal being used in america and anglican being used in europe. But I read on another site an episcopol denying that they were anglican, so it threw me off. I started thinking maybe their theology was similar but were separate faiths. I was confused by the protestant world WHEN I was a protestant, I guess its not surprising it still confuses me now. I thank God for the clarity I found when I came to His Church.

 

[twf]

oh ok that makes sense then. I thought they were, for all intents and purposes, the same Church, episcopal being used in america and anglican being used in europe. But I read on another site an episcopol denying that they were anglican, so it threw me off. I started thinking maybe their theology was similar but were separate faiths. I was confused by the protestant world WHEN I was a protestant, I guess its not surprising it still confuses me now. I thank God for the clarity I found when I came to His Church.

Episcopalian is pretty much unique to the United States - everywhere else they are called Anglicans…including Canada, Australia, Africa, etc.

 

[Tigg]

How beautiful that the Lord will always provide workers for His vineyard.

This piece reminds me of a former parish, when after we left, a married Episcopal priest converted to the faith, and after his priestly formation, celebrated his first Mass. A friend told us it was quite a trip to see him up on the altar with his five kids and wife watching in the front pew!

 

[TheDoors]

Well said.

 

[loozcannon]

Congratulations to them both!!

So, now, the son is now called Father. So when the father calls his son Father, does the son become his own grandfather? :hypno:

just kidding

It’s probably the same result you get when you divide by zero!

But, this is GREAT news!

 

[gus]

No post revolution American Church could have the King of England. as its head. Hence the split
In Connecticut there was suspision of their loyalty.
I believe Churches were even burnt.

 

[Rich_Olszewski]

Congratulations to them both!!

So, now, the son is now called Father. So when the father calls his son Father, does the son become his own grandfather? :hypno:

There’s a sly definition in Poland that says that a priest is a man whom everyone calls “Father” except for his own kids who call him “Uncle.”

 

[Erich]

So, now, the son is now called Father. So when the father calls his son Father, does the son become his own grandfather?

Reminds me of something I read years and years ago, when the Queen Mother was still alive. Reportedly, the high point of the Buckingham Palace switchboard operator’s day was when she put the Queen through to the Queen Mother. ‘Your Majesty? Her Majesty, Your Majesty.’