Tag: Priesthood

Diocesan bishops and vocations directors are largely satisfied with their seminaries' formation programs – but some gaps remain between clergy and mental health professionals as to the role of ongoing psychological services in assessing candidates' readiness for ordination, according to a new report.

I was asked to speak about what lay people want in their clergy, with an option how to avoid becoming burnt out. What a good question - what DO lay people look for in a priest? And is there any such thing as a "typical lay person?"

That’s the priest. Especially at the parish level, he’s the playmaker – the one entrusted with leading his flock.

As the US Army approaches the 250th anniversary of its Chaplain Corps on 29 July, Catholic military chaplains are in critically short supply.

Catholic bishops in Kenya are demanding a full investigation into the suspicious deaths of two priests within days of each other, calling the incidents deeply disturbing.

Six months after becoming a deacon, Tai Pham will be ordained as a priest at St Mary’s Cathedral at 10.30am on 31 May. Deacon Pham, a Vietnamese national, arrived in Australia in 2018 after discerning that God wanted him to carry out his ministry overseas. He says he wishes to serve people as a priest and follow “after the heart of Christ."

Known affectionately as "Father Bob the Builder," Fr Hayes did not just build churches; he built community. Yet, as he and the other 58 retired priests supported by the Priests’ Retirement Foundation (PRF) navigate their golden years, they now need your help.

Peter is helping build the church here in Sydney, having joined the Good Shepherd Seminary in 2017. As a future leader of the faith, he is now helping to welcome 14 young men who are entering the seminary in 2025.

The Seminary of the Good Shepherd has welcomed its largest intake of first year seminarians since 2017. The seminary received 14 first year students into its ranks, bringing the total number of men preparing for the priesthood at the seminary in Homebush to 46.

A priestly vocation is not merely a path toward salvation for the one who is called but should be a continuous self-gift that aligns each priest's life with God's plans for them, Pope Francis said.

The Church in Sydney has been blessed with two new priests after Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP ordained Luis Alejandro Giraldo Alvarez and Nonie Tiburan at St Mary’s Cathedral on 30 November.

This is the first of a semi-regular page, where we look beneath the collar of a priest from the Sydney Archdiocese and discover a bit about his life and his road to priesthood.