[NYer]

Prayers answered bump!

[NYer]

Prayers answered bump!

[starfish923]

St. Thomas the Apostle church in Smyrna holds nine masses each weekend, five in English and four in Spanish, Chivers said.

The 12 million illegals, many of whom are Catholic and Mexican, aren't total losses to our culture. They are filling the Catholic Churches.
I have always bashed the illegals. Darn. Now I see great value to them in this respect.

[Salvation]

Some numbers for you:
**The Archdiocese of Atlanta, which covers north Georgia, will need as many pastors as it can churn out. Catholic adherents here more than doubled in the last ten years, growing from 256,000 to an estimated 600,000.**

BTTT!

[marshmallow]

All the work of the previous Archbishop, Donoghue. A much beloved and very orthodox bishop.

Now of course, we have the Bernardin protege, Wilton Gregory as the incumbent.

If he does absolutely nothing and just leaves things as they were, he'll be doing the archdiocese a great favor.

[Dumb_Ox]

Ballman said the influx of Catholics has helped bring many young men who are interested in becoming priests, and the archdiocese has traditionally had a strong emphasis on religious vocations.

So perhaps the vocations crunch in other parts of the country is reflective of population decline as young residents move to cheaper, economically opportune areas.

[AnAmericanMother]

All right!

Fr. Luke used to be our parochial vicar! He heard everybody's first confession (except mine!) and he's great. A really nice young man, no nonsense about him, very devout, also a "man's man" - runs marathons and plays basketball. We really are sorry to lose him to being vocations director, but he's a great leader and a good example for the young men, he's a perfect fit for the job and he'll encourage vocations like mad.

The fact that he's every bit as handsome as Msgr. Gänswein is just icing on the cake!