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Priests, Religious, Vocations
Challenges to Consecrated Life
A Contribution on Priestly Celibacy in Filial Obedience to the Pope
Deacons: Emissaries of the Kingdom
Clericalism, Abuse, and the Identity of Priests
When a Priest lives in Public Sin
A World of 400,000
What Is A Religious Vocation?
Vocation Prayer
The Catholic Church
The Rule and the Life of the Brothers and Sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis
Marian Profile of Ministry Is Basis of Woman's Ecclesial Role
Synod 1994: 'Consecrated Life'
The Rule of the Secular Franciscan Order
Msgr. Richard J. Schuler
Sacrifice and Vocations
About AID
Why A Priest Should Wear His Roman Collar
Prayer in the Life of the Diocesan Priest
The Priestly Life
Thou Art A Priest Forever & The Beautiful Hands of a Priest
No Timid Spirit: The Priest and Pro-Life
Fathers, Let's Face Our Fears About Abortion
The Poor Clares in North America
Abbot Ladilas K Parker, O. Praem
Blessed Gerard Tonque and His 'Everlasting Brotherhood': The Order of St. John
The Ordained Priesthood
Open-Heart Surgery for the Church
The Dominican Soul
Franciscan Rule of 1223
Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm
Retreat for Priests
Father Rawley Myers
Fr. William G. Most
The Monastic Vocation
Some Recommended Men's Communities
Priest According to the Order of Melchisedech
Fr. Douglas McNeill
Manana - Poor Clare Colletine Vocation Newsletter
Legionaries of Christ
The Story of a Repentant Psychologist
About the Institute on Religious Life
Holy Orders
Fr. John Hardon
A Habit for Life
Franciscan Missionaries of Jesus Crucified
The Prayer of Lady Macbeth: How the Contraceptive Mentality Has Neutered Religious Life
Consecrated Life in the Ecclesiology of Vatican II
Fr. Robert J. Fox
Poor Clare Federations in North America
The Sacrament of Reconciliation: Thoughts of a Confessor to Confessors
The Faith Mystery of the Permanent Deacon
St. Dominic Priory Retreat
The Deposit of Faith and the Priesthood
Changes in the Permanent Diaconate?
A Quiz About Deacons
We Overcame Their Traditions, We Overcame Their Faith
Confession and Vocations
Our Lady's Coat of Arms
The Clostered Life of a Poor Clare
Beloved Disciples
The Fundamental Constitution
Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J.
Rule of St. Augustine
What Went Right?
Four Centuries of Spousal Love for Christ
Order of Trinitarians
The Maurists
The Florians
The Council of Florence
Dogmatic Facts
Rule of St. Benedict
Former Lutheran Pastor Debunks Women's Ordination
Women Religious in the New Evangelization
6 Effective Habits of Vocational Recruiting
Trinitarians Rescue New Slaves
Super-priests and 21st Century Challenges
Russian Monasticism After Communism
On the Removal and Transfer of a Parish Priest
The Priesthood and the Mass
Address on Priestly Life
Priestly Identity: Crisis and Renewal
Study: Most Priests Are Happy, Appreciate Celibacy
The Priest in the Communion Rites
Priestly Celibacy and the Vocation to Love
The Priest's Preparation and Thanksgiving for Mass
Aristotle, Priests & The Art of Teaching
The Priest and the Canon of the Mass
Archbishop Piacenza: Formation for Priests Is a Key Priority
Cardinal Piacenza on Women Priests, Celibacy and the Power of Rome
Clergy Congregation Leader on 21st-Century Priests
Personal Example of the Parish Priest Is What Attracts Vocations
Order of Nuns Using Art to Open Door to Faith
A U.S. National Campaign for Priestly Vocations
Will Married Priests Solve the Vocations Problem?
A Bishop's Experience with Married Priests
Married Priests Will Always Be an Exception
A Life Rich in Love and Grace
Serving Christ in the Holy Land
Archbishop Suppresses Intercessors of the Lamb
Cardinal Hummes on the Church's Love for Priests
Confessions of a Gypsy Priest
Diocesan Priests Who Opt to Live in Fraternity
Curé d'Ars: Model Priest
Is Priestly Celibacy Psychologically Dangerous?
3rd Advent Sermon, 2009
2nd Advent Sermon, 2009
1st Advent Sermon 2009
3rd Lenten Sermon 2010
2nd Lenten Homily 2010
1st Lenten Homily 2010
Good Friday Homily 2010
Extraordinary Ministers and Both Species of Communion
4 Lessons on Divine Mercy from the Woman at the Well
The Affective Formation of Seminarians
Some Recommended Women's Communities
Trinitarian Order Celebrates Eighth Centenary
Opus Dei
Jesuits and Jesuitesses
Msgr. William Smith
Seal of Confession Goes on Trial
Mens and Womens Religious Communities
Reflection on Father Edward Flanagan, Founder of Boys Town
Reflections on Consecrated Life
Interview with the Rector of the Roman Major Seminary
Summary of Cardinal Ratzinger's Commentary on 'Ordinatio Sacerdotalis'
Full Time for a Different Life
Paul VI and Sacerdotalis Caelibatus
John XXIII and the Encyclical Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia
Pius XI and Ad Catholici Sacerdotii
Why Priests Should Study Latin
Prayer with No Bounds
John Paul II and Pastores Dabo Vobis
Priestly Celibacy in the Teachings of the Popes
Pius XII and Sacra Virginitas
Benedict XVI and Sacramentum Caritatis
Preaching on Abortion From Scripture
THE POOR CLARES IN NORTH AMERICA
Priest as Pastor, Servant and Shepherd
Holy Hour for Priests
Both Ordinary and Extraordinary
A Royal Crown
Sr. Nirmala Joshi of the Missionaries of Charity
Joining the Militia Immaculatae of St. Maximilian Kolbe
Three Mysteries to Ponder on Holy Thursday
Priests Mediate Between Heaven and Earth
The Priesthood in Light of the Eucharist
World Movement of Prayer for Priests
Celibacy and Crisis of Faith, by Dietrich von Hildebrand
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
The Eucharist and Vocations
The Consecration of a Virgin
Commentary on the Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum
Commentary on the Holy Priesthood
Carmelite Order
Priestly Celibacy in Light of Medicine and Psychology
The Logic of Priestly Celibacy
Poor Clares
Finish Your Life on the Cross
The Rule