tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post5613807522465971151..comments2023-06-18T05:01:03.708-05:00Comments on Popin' Ain't Easy: An Honest Question.Throwbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896446477292839087noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post-52150470439514317742010-12-09T08:18:13.927-06:002010-12-09T08:18:13.927-06:00Here where I live (Portugal), it's hard to fin...Here where I live (Portugal), it's hard to find doctrinally sound priests. The seminarians that actually are traditional minded (i.e., that adhere to the teaching of the Church) are generally threatened with being expelled from the semminary if they get too uppity. Hopefully it will get better...someday.Marco da Vinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092410765851812842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post-10604645839811048192010-12-08T09:09:32.592-06:002010-12-08T09:09:32.592-06:00Interesting items.
The young priests I'm ref...Interesting items. <br /><br />The young priests I'm referring to are all in TLM parishes or in rural backwaters. To use Louisiana as an example, the Diocese of Shreveport was a very hipster diocese. It's also produced something like 1 seminarian in the last decade.<br /><br />Places like Lincoln and Phoenix are allegedly churning out seminarians. They are way more traditional.<br /><br />Again, I go back and forth on all this. I know that we can't sacrifice for popularity, so this might be another example of things reaching that point where they don't get better.<br /><br />The definitive word for that, as mentioned throughout Scripture, is "remnant."Throwbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14896446477292839087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post-71211819396269508682010-12-08T08:39:10.189-06:002010-12-08T08:39:10.189-06:00I attend a conservative Polish parish. While we do...I attend a conservative Polish parish. While we don't have a Tridentine Mass, there are plenty of traditional rituals including daily prayer of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. <br /><br />Unfortunately, this parish can be described as nothing other than dying. <br /><br />We occasionally attend a Franciscan parish that is much more modern in its interpretation of the liturgy. The musicians play guitars and are often seated at the side of the front altar, there's lots of focus on everyone feeling welcomed, lots of Haugen and Haas, usually the only male on the altar is the priest. Many more young people attend this parish, but they don't really participate in the masses. <br /><br />I don't see these young priests who you're referring to, but I hope that they're out there. The Church might be better off losing a lot of cultural Catholics for a while and closing some parishes if it means that the remaining Church is stronger and we start to see an increase in vocations again. With no vocations, there will be no Church. <br /><br />Overall, I'm pretty pessimistic about the Church's future, but I don't think it's because of the reasons in the quoted paragraph in your post.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05008515647735957831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post-21749574648350459042010-12-07T12:15:31.441-06:002010-12-07T12:15:31.441-06:00It's not true for me. I want a church that cl...It's not true for me. I want a church that clings to truth and dogma and not that is wishy-washy with what is trendy.haskovechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535758827874653627noreply@blogger.com