Interesting Article about Vocations

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Interesting read. Their methodology isn’t quite correct in my opinion (by only looking at dioceses ranking in top 20 overall ordinations, they exclude smaller dioceses that might have higher rates of ordination), but still interesting to see which dioceses are doing well. Hopefully other dioceses are looking to incorporate some of these practices to increase vocations in their areas.

 
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It seems like they looked at ordinations per 100,000 people. I don’t see the problem in methodology you cite.
 
I am shocked that Lincoln, Nebraska isn’t on this list. They ordain about ten men a year, in a diocese of only about 100,000 people.

Ditto for Wichita, Kansas. I think they ordain about ten a year and have the same kind of population.

These aren’t a recent phenomena. It’s been happening for years. They have more priests than parishes, which is unusual any more. So, why aren’t they on these lists? Of course, if they were added, it would only make a stronger case for the author of the article.

I would like to see some data on how many traditional priests are ordained in the U.S. each year, given as a rate per 100,000 or 1,000,000 or whatever rate is easiest to use. I’d also like to know how many of these young men being ordained know both Masses. Seems like half of them in my diocese, much to the chagrin of our bishop. I could piece together some stats for the traditional priests, but I don’t think it would give a fully accurate view.
 
Oops! Just noticed the original poster mentioned that the smaller dioceses were intentionally left out, which begs the question, “Why?”
 
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