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JodieLyn
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 2:04pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
After reading the difficulty in raising Catholic youth to become Catholic adults. I thought that this news was a positive thing to hear about.

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The total number of potential ordinands for the class of 2015, 595, is up from from 477 in 2014 and 497 in 2013.


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The 2015 class of men ordained to the priesthood report that they were, on average, about 17 when they first considered a vocation to the priesthood and encouraged to consider a vocation by an average of four people. Seven in 10 (71 percent) say they were encouraged by a parish priest, as well as friends (46 percent), parishioners (45 percent), and mothers (40 percent).



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Posted: April 15 2015 at 1:24pm | IP Logged Quote stefoodie
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I thought that this news was a positive thing to hear about.


it sure is!! really made me happy when i saw it on Fr. Peter West's wall.

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This increase reflects what's going on in our archdiocese. May God continue to call our men to His service, and may all of us stand ready to encourage them as they discern.

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