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Half of new priests ordained in US this year will be 31 years old or younger

April 17, 2024

Half of the men scheduled to be ordained as priests in the United States in 2024 are 31 years old or younger, according to the latest research from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University. The Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations of the United States Conference of Catholic

Ireland’s vocations crisis reflects lack of ‘initiative’ and ‘evasion of issue’ by Church

February 01, 2024

The Irish Catholic Church was seen for generations as the jewel in the crown of the English-speaking clerical world. Scores of parishes in Great Britain owed their development to Irish priests. The same applied in the United States, Australia and in many mission lands throughout Africa and elsewhere. Ireland boasted many seminaries, with the main

Detroit Archdiocese New Parish Grouping Places 216 Parish into 51 ‘Families’

December 10, 2020

The new groupings include all current 216 parishes, and no closures were announced.