RECENT COLUMNS
-
Fr. Paul D. Scalia
-
Fr. Raymond J. de Souza
-
Auguste Meyrat
-
Michael Pakaluk
-
Francis X. Maier
NEWS
COMMENTARY
NOTABLE
RECENT COLUMNS
-
Fr. Paul D. Scalia
-
Fr. Raymond J. de Souza
-
Auguste Meyrat
-
Michael Pakaluk
-
Francis X. Maier
NEWS
COMMENTARY
NOTABLE
America’s vocation crisis continues
Brendan Hodge, The Pillar
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Without the example, encouragement, and invitation of a priest, young men may never take seriously the possibility of a vocation. And that experience is lacking, given that among the 21 largest U.S. dioceses, the average ratio of parishioners to priests in 2022 was 7180 to 1. Even among the smallest dioceses the ratio was 1138 to 1.