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Why Can't Women Be Priests?

By Carl E. Olson. The Church's teaching about priestly ordination. (Subscription required)

Website gives priestly discernment a new twist

By Carlos Briceno. How one diocese uses technology to open the door to conversations

'We need the ordained. But we need lay ministers'

By Carlos Briceno. As supply of priests dwindles, unprecedented meeting focuses on challenges of lay ministry

Vocations testimonials: Receiving ‘a gift from our Lord’

Though the path hasn’t always been straight, two priests and three sisters value their vocations.

Understanding roles of brothers, deacons and monks

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Each has a unique charism, whether that involves contemplative or active life in a community

Tomorrow’s challenge

This column has free access for all visitors. By Greg Erlandson. Even with a vocations’ surge, the number of priests certainly will plummet. Here’s what we need to do

The Priest as Evangelizer

By Vincent J. O'Malley. Four qualities for priests to consider. (Subscription required)

The powerful witness of the priesthood

By Gretchen R. Crowe. Priests are few and far between in not only remote parts of the world, but in a large chunk of the U.S. as well.

The Meditation of the Priest

By Msgr. Edward V. Rosack. The vocation for the eternal salvation of people.

The Communal Life

By Father Patrick M. Carrion. Teach, break bread, pray, but what about community life? (Subscription required)

Symposium sheds light on pastoral difficulties

By Russell Shaw. Clericalism and being spread too thin add stress to priest-laity relations, participants say

Survival (Thriving) Skills

By John E. Forliti. For young priests

Summer program shows young men the way to priesthood

This article has free access for all visitors. By Eddie O'Neill. Quo Vadis Days camps offer recreation and a close-up look at priestly life

Study finds priests leading happy, healthy lives

By Scott Alessi. Polling thousands of clerics, new book refutes common misconceptions regarding priesthood

Strong leadership creates lasting ministries

Special section by Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. A bishop, a brother, a priest and a sister reflect on their long years of service to Christ and his Church.

Source of (Religious) Priesthood

By Paul Dominic. Choose Christ unconditionally. (Subscription required)

Signs of renewal, but still far too few priestly ordinations

By John Norton. The future is encouraging.

Siblings support one another in priestly and religious life

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Priests, sisters from homes with multiple vocations credit parents’ witness

Seminaries serve men of all ages who hear God’s call

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Older candidates bring wealth of knowledge from life experiences. Subscription required

Renewal of the Priesthood — Go Back to Square One?

by Anthony Dao. The Church needs to explain more not only about role but also about the nature of ordained and non-ordained. (Subscription required)

Religious population aging, but many stay productive

Special section by Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. By 2019, retired religious to outnumber wage-earning religious by four to one.

Regret Being a Priest?

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. Time for silver line to extend invitations to fill the black line in an irreligious country. (Subscription required)

Receiving the Priestly Vocation of Fatherhood

By James Keating. Address by Dr. Keating to a gathering of seminarians at the North American College in Rome.

Raising up generations of religious leaders

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Two Dominicans bring different gifts to vocations, but share a common passion for the priesthood

Publicizing the priesthood

By Carlos Briceno. Organization reaches out with promotional tools to inspire young men to the call of discernment

Priestly Identity and Vocation

By George Dmitry Gallaro. Steady attention to vocation essentials necessary. (Subscription required)

Portraits of dedication

By Karen Callaway. Bishop, priests and religious who have lived out their devotion to Christ through prayer, service.

Pope: Promoting vocations is everyone's responsibility

He highlights local Church’s role in helping young people hear God’s call to priestly, consecrated life. Subscription required

Pope: Follow with courage the vocation God maps out for us

During August’s World Youth Day, the pontiff urged young people to grow in friendship with Christ so that they would live the life to which he is calling them. Subscription required

Pope addresses Europe's priestly discontent

By Austen Ivereigh. In Holy Thursday homily, pontiff supports Church renewal but through ‘radicalism of obedience’

Parsing good news in the numbers of the world’s Catholics

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. The Catholic Church is growing slowly but surely

Parishes, dioceses and communities plant seeds

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Youths encouraged to listen for God’s call through conferences and interactions with priests, religious

Out of the ashes of 9/11, a call to serve Christ

By Mary DeTurris Poust. How the terrible events of that fateful 2001 day spurred the vocations of a deacon who survived the attacks, a priest and a woman religious

None Is the New Statistic

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. Countering the culture of selfishness in the vocations equation.

New book: Priestly character counts for quite alot

Deeper appreciation of gift priests receive in sacrament encouraged

My First Year as a Priest

By John Eckert. Better than I ever imagined. (Subscription required)

My First Weekend

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. In the 1960s Father XYZ’s ‘problem’ was thought to be simple loss of inhibitions. (Subscription required)

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Worthy candidates

Whether preparing for priesthood or married life, Catholics must constantly remain rooted in Christ. Subscription required

Lost seminarian

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. Death of a talented young seminarian sheds light on the strengths of the men entering priesthood today

Lord, Your Kingdom Come

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. No generation gap can veto the fact that priests are with Christ and in Christ. (Subscription required)

Life behind the rectory walls

By Steven J. Rolfes. Top five challenges priests face as they bring the light of Christ to a dark world

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor for July 18, 2010

Introducing the priests of the U.S. class of 2010

This Openers column by John Norton has free access for all visitors. U.S. bishops' conference releases study of the men who will be ordained to the priesthood this year

Greg Erlandson: As the world turns

Back to the future? A middle-aged Catholic sees something familiar in next generation of priests

Former OSV editor scores his ’87 predictions for American Church

Robert Lockwood revisits prognostications made in OSV’s 75th anniversary issue. See how well he did

For the majority of new priests, Church is a 'second career'

By Michelle Martin. Ordinands were professors, scientists, architects and more, but ultimately discerned a different call

Eucharist and Motherhood

By Christopher Rengers. Vatican's two-prong spiritual plan to boost priestly vocations and fight clerical sinfulness

Enrollments on rise at seminaries across country

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Many dioceses, too, are seeing an increase in men who are attracted to the ordained life. Subscription required

Editorial: Vocations — a lifetime of service

There is something powerfully affirming in the fact that the vast majority of priests ordained today report extraordinary rates of satisfaction. The same holds true for many women religious, for religious brothers and even for bishops.

Editorial: Vocation solution

‘I always say to priests, “We’ve got to be men of joy, or else what parent is going to want his or her son to be a priest?”’

Developing clergy means forming the whole person

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Process can take five to seven years, and varies for diocesan and religious candidates to priesthood. Subscription required

Celibacy is a sign of total commitment to Church

By Brian Fraga. The celibate priesthood is a representation of Christ’s spousality to the Church, says priest

Catholic schools, organizations 'adopt' seminarians

By Carlos Briceno. Program highlights the need for whole Church to nurture vocations

Cardinal Dolan's tips on building culture of vocations

By Matthew Bunson. Archbishop of New York speaks of the importance of discovering God’s will for us and role of family

Building a Culture of Vocations

By Matthew E. Bunson. An interview with Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York

A Young Priest Considers an Ideal Pastor

By Peter P. Finney. Priesthood can never really be prepared for; it must be lived. (Subscription required)

A snapshot of America's priesthood class of 2009

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. Highlights of USCCB survey of the men who will be ordained priests this year in our country.

A Priest

By John Singarayar. The light, salt and leaven. (Subscription required)

A century of faithful service

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Centenarian religious brother uses computer to spread devotion to Mary

‘Blessed, Broke and Gave’

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. We are authentic when — and only when — we give ourselves to God and to our vocations