Sentences with phrase «priest at his ordination»

In the Church of England at the Reformation, the priest at his ordination was given a Bible instead of a paten and chalice.

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Just so, the priest is «alone» but not lonely because through the character of soul he receives at ordination, Christ is always with him.

Soon after his ordination as a Catholic priest, Joseph R. Windle, then the Catholic bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, took advantage of Richard's annual return to Canada, the land of his birth, to invite him to dine at the cathedral....

They have been at a church for a very long time, they have served, and yet not once has their priest tapped on the shoulder to say, «Have you thought of ordination?»

To make the point more strongly, I know of at least four priests who have come from families who were not practising when they were brought for baptism as infants, but who through the influence of a school, or priests, teachers or grandparents were led to strong and deep faith and then to ordination.

«At the time, Kicanas headed the seminary where (Daniel) McCormack attended and could have blocked or delayed the priest's ordination but did not.

Catholic priests take the title «Father» because they put on the person and character of Christ at their ordination.

When Father Roger Nesbitt celebrated the 40th anniversary of his ordination in 2007, he was presented with a scroll signed by almost forty priests, each of whom owed his vocation, at least in part, to Fr Nesbitt's example.

At ordination, he calls every priest to a special relationship of friendship with himself and service to his people.

Every priest freely chooses celebacy (at ordination, that is).

Soon after his ordination as a Catholic priest, Joseph R. Windle, then the Catholic bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, took advantage of Richard's annual return to Canada, the land of his birth, to invite him to dine at the cathedral rectory.

We are all called to give generously: parents, in the efforts they put in for their children; young adults, in recognising that their bodies are «for the Lord» and should be considered as something holy; consecrated religious, in giving themselves in prayer out of a perfect love for God; and especially priests, who are told at their ordination that they must imitate what they celebrate at the altar.

As a young person he was, he tells us, himself propositioned by a priest, though that did not deter him from proceeding towards ordination, studying first at Oscott then at St Benet's Hall.

While dissidents within the Church may try to use this year's low numbers in New York to bolster their calls for women's ordination and a removal of the celibacy requirement for priests, the latest data from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) reveals that ordination rates to the priesthood are at a 20 year high.

What the Church needs is a new Pentecost, with priests claiming the grace of their ordination to carry on Christ's mission, and demonstrating to the Catholic faithful and to the world at large that their calling remains valid and essential to the Church.