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From baseball to priesthood: Hays priest's journey to campus ministry
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1255+ words) What began as a simple suggestion from his mother eventually led the Rev. Andy Hammeke to the priesthood and a ministry serving the next generation of Catholics in Hays. Hammeke was born in Great Bend in 1989 but considers Hays home…...
Clergy Transitioning at Local Episcopal Churches
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (219+ words) By Door County Pulse, May 14th, 2026 The Episcopal Church of Christ the King in Sturgeon Bay and Holy Nativity in Jacksonport are preparing to bid farewell to their priest and welcome another." Leaving the congregation is Reverend Olin Sletto, installed in…...
Convert Duwan Booker: From Baptist to Catholic Priest
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (555+ words) Duwan Booker will be ordained with four other men on May 30 in Little Rock Wherever the priesthood takes Duwan Booker, Conway will always have a special place in his heart. He first arrived in Faulkner County from Fort Worth, Texas,…...
Archdiocese of Cincinnati to celebrate ordination of 9 new priests Saturday
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (104+ words) The Archdiocese of Cincinnati is celebrating the ordination of nine new priests to the Catholic priesthood. On Saturday, May 16, archbishop Robert G. Casey will celebrate the Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains. Casey will perform the ordination…...
From Football to Faith: Elser's Path to Priesthood
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (646+ words) Elser will be ordained as a priest with four other men May 30 in Little Rock Growing up at Christ the King Church and School in Little Rock, Christopher Elser had many moments where he felt God calling him to be…...
Clergy appointments
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (1081+ words) Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointments effective June 25, 2026, unless noted otherwise. Reverend Kevin J. Beres from Pastor at Saint Peter Parish in Washington to Pastor at Saint Patrick Parish in Fredericksburg. Reverend Richard T. Carr…...
150 years after creation of the first seminary in America, HUC celebrates last Cincinnati ordination
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (910+ words) HUC President Andrew Rehfeld laments that the hubbub around the program's closure has diverted attention from the students, stresses school's future Hebrew Union College's Cincinnati campus ordains its final class of rabbis on May 9, 2026. On Saturday, when professors, students and…...
Official " Clergy receive new appointments, effective summer 2026
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1736+ words) Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre has made the following new appointments, effective July 1, 2026, except where noted. All parish assignments are in the Archdiocese of Louisville. Reverend John J. Stoltz has been appointed the vicar for priests while remaining pastor of St. Aloysius Church…...
Abandoned Shepherds: Fear, Fatherhood, and the Crisis of Episcopal Support in the Contemporary Catholic Priesthood
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Diocese of Tyler launches 'Called by Name' to inspire future priests
3+ week, 6+ day ago (207+ words) The program focuses on single Catholic men between 15 and 35 years old. Want to take a proactive approach to it, to really encourage these I mean, there's so many things vying for the attention of our. .. The Diocese of Tyler is…...