[Armando Guerra]

Advise and counsel from someone who has actually "been there and done that" is a lot more meaningful.

One of my favorite priests at my Church is a grandfather. He entered the seminary as a young man, dropped out, married, raised children, had grandchildren, became widowed, re-entered the seminary and is now ordained a priest. He has lots of experience in marriage and child-rearing.

Interestingly enough, his advice on the catechism is the same as his fellow priests without the experience.

[Salvation]

**Interestingly enough, his advice on the catechism is the same as his fellow priests without the experience.**

Bumpt that thought!

[Tamar1973]

One of my favorite priests at my Church is a grandfather. He entered the seminary as a young man, dropped out, married, raised children, had grandchildren, became widowed, re-entered the seminary and is now ordained a priest. He has lots of experience in marriage and child-rearing.

The exception does not negate the general rule. Celibate men are in control of the Catholic Church and as such have little real life experience on issues of marriage and children yet presume to pontificate about these things to the rest of us. That's why Paul's advise to Titus is so important, IMO. He advised Titus to find godly older women to instruct the younger women on these issues, which is how it should be. Single, celibate men should be careful about presuming to tell women how to run their households.