Catholic Word of the Day: REORDINATION, 12-27-10

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REORDINATION

The repetiton of an ordination ceremony for a bishop, priest, or deacon because there are serious grounds for doubting the validity of a previous ordination. The term is inaccurate, since sacred orders, once conferred, cannot be repeated.

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I have never heard of this before. Anyone else?

Is this sort of like being baptized in some church (invalid baptism) and being re-baptized in the Catholic Church?

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Here are four pages about the Sacrament of Holy Orders from the Catechism of the Catholic Church."

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The Priesthood (Holy Orders) [Catholic Caucus]
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Of priests and possible priests to be
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Catholic Biblical Apologetics: Opportunities of Grace: [Holy] Orders
From Krishna to Christ: The Conversion Testimony of Father Jay Kythe
'Come Follow Me': Grant Desme Lays Aside Baseball Career and Responds
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Former Protestant Minister Pursues Priesthood

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A Father and Son Swim the Tiber and become Priests [Ecumenical]
Cardinal Arinze discusses the priestly vows of obedience, poverty and chastity (Catholic Caucus)
Pope Gives Key to Being Highly Effective Priests [Ecumenical]
Priests: Ordinary Men Made Extraordinary by Grace [Holy Orders/Chrism Mass]
7 Reasons To Be a Priest
The Nature of Priestly Ordination: Theological Background and Some Present Concerns
The Priesthood of Jesus Christ - Body and Blood (Confessional ... Consecration ... and Calvary)
What You [Catholics] Need to Know: Priesthood (Holy Orders) [Catholic-Orthodox Caucus]
What You {Catholics} Need to Know: Celibacy [Catholic/Orthodox Caucus]

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Debt, the Vocation Killer [Catholic Caucus]
Identical twins become Green Bay priests
A Modern Roman Rite Priest reports on Classical Roman Rite Training
Number of new priests expected to rise in 2007
Father, Mother, Sister, Brother [Part One of a series on Celibacy] -- Catholic Caucus
It Takes a Village of Vocations [Part Two of a series on Celibacy] -- Catholic Caucus
Living Single and Celibate in God’s Service [Part Three of a series on Celibacy] -- Catholic Caucus
Brothers and Sisters in Christ [Part Four of a series on Celibacy] -- Catholic Caucus

The Adventure of the Priesthood [Part Five of a series on Celibacy] -- Catholic Caucus
This Is the Body of Christ [Part Six of a series on Celibacy and Vocations] -- Catholic Caucus
14 men are ordained into the priesthood (at St. Patrick's Cathedral NYC)
To Know, To Love, To Lead (Pope Benedict XVI ordains 22 new priests)
The Indispensable Priesthood -- Holy Thursday, [Catholic/Orthodox Caucus]
Why Does the Catholic Church Ordain Only Men to the Priesthood? Part Three[Cath/Orth/Angl Caucus]
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Why Does the Catholic Church Ordain Only Men to the Priesthood? Part One [Catholic/Orthodox Caucus]
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Ordinatio Sacerdotalis

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I have never heard of this before. Anyone else? Is this sort of like being baptized in some church (invalid baptism) and being re-baptized in the Catholic Church?

Yes, it can be kind of like that, but other conditions may require redoing a sacrament as well. (For instance, if a bishop confers the sacrament of orders secretly with no witnesses or if a sacramental minister's changes the matter, intent, or form of a sacrament in such a way to draw its validity into question.

As you know, the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders leave an indelible character upon the soul of the recipient. Consequently, each of these may only be received once. (In the case of Holy Orders, one can only be ordained to each specific office within Holy Orders once). It is a sin and sacrilege to knowingly repeat one of these sacraments if it has already been validly received.

As mentioned above, sometimes people can receive these sacraments under odd conditions where the validity of the sacrament is questionable. Consequently, there are certain situations where baptisms, confirmations, or ordinations can be repeated to guarantee that they were validly conferred. However, when these sacraments are repeated they are conferred only conditionally. In other words the one conferring the sacrament will say something like: If you are not baptized then I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the son, and of the Holy Spirit. Likewise for ordination. This method of conferring sacraments conditionally prevents duplication unrepeatable sacraments and guarantees that one has validly received the sacraments.