Category: Year of the Priest 2009–2010

Saint Ephrem said . . .

Honour the priests with diligence, as good stewards of the household. Give due honour to their degree, and search not out their doings. In his...

Priests Called to Conversion of Life

The Letter to Priests Archbishop Mauro Piacenza’s letter should be communicated without delay to all priests. He invites priests to prepare for the opening of...

For the Sanctity of Priestly Life

The image is Adé Béthune’s Christ the Priest. The vine and branches of John 15:1-8 surround the wood of the Cross. Christ is depicted in...

The Old Man Who Gives You Flowers

And, for Mother’s Day, another touching excerpt from E. Boyd Barrett’s autobiographical A Shepherd Without Sheep: In spite of his rebellion, his confusion of mind,...