Tag: holy orders
Question Corner: What role might AI play in our faith? Could...
Q: Can an artificial intelligence program licitly receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders? And regardless, what role do you think AI might be able...
‘Amazed, grateful and in awe’
Even after more than 40 years as a priest I find myself amazed and surprised in the ministry. The amazement comes from the types...
The priesthood: A ministry not my own
The most meaningful day of my priestly career began with a call from a former student. Her grandmother had been lying in bed at...
The sacrament of holy orders: At the service of communion
Over the course of 2,000 years, the church has canonized myriad bishops, priests and deacons. Certainly each of these men lived an exemplary life...
Living Our Faith: Sacrament Series — Holy Orders
The rite of ordination bestows on the new bishop, priest or deacon a special gift of the Holy Spirit, which
enables him to exercise a...