Sunday, December 20, 2009

The Year for Priests Opens: A Time for Rediscovering the Beauty and Importance of the Priesthood

Commentators from The Maximus Group are Available on Formation, Perspective, Life and Role of Priests Faithfulness of Christ, adherence of priests present, identifiable and apparent – for their acumen of faith, claimed virtues and accoutrements – in the fields of ability and of alms which accept consistently been at the affection of the Church’s mission. priests are important not alone for what they do, but aswell for who they are. is appreciative of her priests, loves them, ceremoniousness them, admires them and recognizes with acknowledgment their pastoral plan and witness. celebrate and appearance acknowledgment for priests.

Atlanta, GA (Vocus/PRWEB ) June 20, 2009 -- Pope Benedict XVI will accessible the "Year for Priests" today, June 19 in St. Peter’s Basilica. “Faithfulness of Christ, adherence of priests” is the affair for a year that ends on June 19, 2010 in St. Peter’s Square at a World Meeting of Priests. The year aswell marks the 150th celebration of the afterlife of St. John Vianney, accepted as the “Curé of Ars.”

According to the Vatican announcement, Pope Benedict fatigued that priests charge to be “present, identifiable and apparent – for their acumen of faith, claimed virtues and accoutrements – in the fields of ability and of alms which accept consistently been at the affection of the Church’s mission.” The Vatican’s ambition for the “Year for Priests” is to clean able apostolic airy identities, acquainted that “priests are important not alone for what they do, but aswell for who they are.”

In a letter to priests, the Holy See fatigued that the Church “is appreciative of her priests, loves them, ceremoniousness them, admires them and recognizes with acknowledgment their pastoral plan and witness.”

The prefect for the Congregation for the Clergy, Cardinal Claudio Hummes, is auspicious bounded dioceses and parishes to plan contest that will “celebrate and appearance acknowledgment for priests.”

The Maximus Group, the arch Catholic communications aggregation in the United States, has accumulated a array of spokespersons to allege on assorted aspects of the Catholic priesthood. Here is a sampling of accessible commentators:

 

    Fr. Richard Gabuzda – Executive Director of The Institute for Priestly Formation; Fr. Gabuzda can allege on the adherence of the priest in today’s world; Dr. Christine Mugridge – Theologian, amusing communications able and editor of Called by Name: The Inspiring Stories of 12 Men Who Became Catholic Priests; Deacon James Keating – Director of Theological Formation for The Institute for Priestly Formation, and columnist of Resting on the Heart of Christ, a new book that guides seminary theologians in their accumulation of adolescent priests; Jeremy Stanbary – International aerialist and Founder of Epiphany Studio Productions; writer, ambassador and brilliant of Lolek, a accepted one-man ball about the adolescent adolescence of Pope John Paul II, absorption on his vocation and alarm to the priesthood; Fr. Michael Najim – Vocations Director for the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island and columnist of Radical Surrender: Letters to Seminarians (Released July 2009); Fr. Robert Barron – Francis Cardinal George Chair of Faith and Culture at the University of St. Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary, and columnist and architect of Word on Fire Ministries; Fr. Barron can allege on the vow of abstention and abode the altercation it evokes in the culture; Dr. Pia de Solenni – Moral theologian, cultural analyst and able on women’s issues can abode the Church’s position on women in the priesthood; Fr. John Bartunek, LC – Author of Inside the Passion and The Better Part: A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer, Fr. John can allotment his claimed alarm to the priesthood, a alarm that drew him abroad from a career as a archetypal and actor. Fr. David Toups – Associate Director of the Secretariat of Clergy at the USCCB, and columnist of Reclaiming Our Priestly Character (Released January 2008); Fr. Toups can allege to abreast apostolic activity in ablaze of a anxious analysis of the crisis surrounding apostolic character in the ability Fr. Thomas Berg – Executive Director of the Westchester Institute for Ethics and the Human Person, Fr. Berg can allege on the avant-garde role of priest in the accessible square; Dr. Art Bennett – Director of the Alpha Omega Clinics and columnist of The Temperament God Gave You; is a analyst who helps priests in their role as advisor to the accustomed Catholic adverse crisis’ apropos to chastity and sexuality.
    Full biographies of these commentators and their capacity are available.

    For account requests or added information, amuse acquaintance Schicker at 404-610-8871 or Walker at 678-990-9032, both with the Maximus Group.

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