[NYer]

LOOKING UP - Father Gerard C. Francik, director of vocations for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, is optimistic about priestly vocations. (CR Staff/Owen Sweeney III)

[NYer]

The former high school football player told Father Francik how he faithfully makes a holy hour in front of the Blessed Sacrament, attends Mass or Communion services, prays the rosary and observes the liturgy of the hours – every day.

Those qualities would send up a red flag in the Dioceses of Albany and Rochester. This is "not our prayer style", according to the Diocesan Office for Liturgy and Worship.

No kidding!

[Pyro7480]

It could be because of the the new Archbishop as well.

[Thorin]

Thanks for posting. It’s great to read good news for a change!

[Mrs. Don-o]

I'm delighted to hear this. I know a man (now in his mid-50's) who was in the seminary in the Baltimore Archdiocese some 30+ years ago. He tells me that at that time it was overrun with men who were deviates in every sense. Normal Catholic men left as soon as they caught a whiff of what was going on.

I keep seeing little sprouts of sound growth. It brings to mind the saying, "The smallest living thing is more powerful than the most powerful dying thing." It gives me hope. It's like "We're BACK. We're CATHOLIC. And this time WE'RE SERIOUS."