I come from a small but very orthodox parish. Fruits of labors that began in 1990 are abundant. We have ordained six men, five to the priesthood and one to the permanent diaconate (over the past six years) with two more to be ordained to the priesthood in the next three years. If every parish was doing this there would be absolutely no shortage of clergy in the Church. There are many vocations to Holy Orders but we are not cultivating the fields for harvest. BTW, all these clergy I mentioned are very orthodox and faithful to Mother Church.
Thanks for all your work, wish I lived closer so I could send my kids to your parish school and attend Mass in a parish where I don't worry about having to clear up the dodgy stuff after Mass or (before I yanked them out) from the CCD classes.
Yesterday's homily lamented the fact that the taxes have been cut so much (and the priest actually said "read my lips - no new taxes" in a sarcastic manner) that families have to dish out $65 to enroll their kids in baseball.
OY!