[sinkspur]

Any priest who is striving to fulfill Christ's Great Cmmission to go out and baptize and teach all what He commanded them,is aware that it is impossible to serve two masters. Or more accurately,"you can't serve both a master and a mistress".

Better come up with something else. I can't get ahold of any of our priests unless somebody's dying. They're at a workshop, or doing a pastoral in-service somewhere. Our Hispanic associate needs to be taking remedial English classes somewhere, but he immerses himself in Spanish ministry every chance he gets.

And deacons, who are married and most of whom have full-time jobs, seem to be twice as available to do marriage preparation, or baptism prep, or preside at a wake service, or visit someone in the hospital.

Priests aren't available now. I don't see where having a wife would make them any less available.

[saradippity]

Well,I think an end to the pastoral inservices and conferences and committee meetings all with each other should come to a halt.The only ones who are really excited about going are the "ones" who enjoy each others company so very much.

Actually, the need for this continuing education is a testimony to the crappy education provided in the seminaries. I have not noticed anything but the same old modernist interpretations of Catholic teaching and scripture following attendance at all these time consuming activities.