[St.Chuck]

This is an interesting analysis. Thanks for sharing it.

For those of us who live in more "progressive" doiceses, where parishes are being closed and the priest shortage is widely lamented, this report might prove instructive were the bishop to see it.

[american colleen]

The bishops would never, ever acknowledge an article like this one. But Bruskewicz's diocese (and a few others) is a glaring reminder to them.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

The bishops don't care. They are part of the problem.

[Antoninus]

For those of us who live in more "progressive" doiceses, where parishes are being closed and the priest shortage is widely lamented, this report might prove instructive were the bishop to see it.

Doubtful. Those bishops in dioceses with vocations "crises" know what they're doing--They have absolutely no interest in increasing vocations.