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During Times of Plague, Priests Do What Priests Need To Do

March 5, 2020 Filed under: Leave a Comment

by Terry Mattingly The second wave of influenza in the fall of 1918 was the worst yet. By the time Father Nicola Yanney reached Wichita, Kansas, a citywide quarantine was in effect. A 16-year-old girl had already died, creating a sense of panic. The missionary priest -- his territory reached … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Pastoral, Priest

Going to Heaven, Piece by Piece

August 8, 2019 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Be attentive, and you will learn the deep mysteries available to you in pastoral work.  By Father Steven Belonick Over the course of thirty-four years as an Orthodox priest, I have visited countless people with varying degrees of sickness—some with curable ailments and others with grave … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Pastoral

Abbot Tryphon: Narcissistic Clericalism

August 26, 2018 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Narcissistic Clericalism August 17, 2018; Abbot Tryphon, The Morning Offering Clericalism shouldn’t have anything to do with Christianity   The recent release of the findings of the District Attorney of Pennsylvania, have resurrected the memory of the failure of the hierarchs of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Featured, General, Pastoral, Priest Tagged With: Abbot Tryphon, clergy abuse scandal, Morning Offering

The Role of Narcissistic Personality Disorder in the RC Scandal

August 24, 2018 Filed under: Leave a Comment

The revelations of decades of abuse and cover-ups in the Roman Catholic Church is gut-wrenching.  It calls for recognition, repentance, and penance on a massive scale.  It also calls for serious study so that reforms (and reforms MUST come!) are effective.  One of the challenges is that no one is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Featured, General, Leadership, Pastoral, Priest, Seminary, Vocation Tagged With: Abuse, Catholic, Scandal

Rod Dreher: Letter from a Frustrated Priest

July 17, 2018 Filed under: Leave a Comment

In the article excerpted from below, Rod Dreher is writing specifically about the culture of the Roman Catholic Church.  Therefore many of the points that he and the priests he quotes make do not apply to the Orthodox Church.  However, to the extent that the problem is really about power, then any … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, General, Pastoral, Priest, Tentmaking, Vocation Tagged With: American Conservative, Dreher

FB Live: How to Choose a Seminary (and succeed in Distance Learning)

June 14, 2018 Filed under: 1 Comment

  There are several seminarians (not to mention theological programs; which is different).  Just in the United States, we have: Resident Seminaries: GOARCH Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology - Brookline, Massachusetts; Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, General, Pastoral, Seminary, Vocation Tagged With: Facebook, FB Live

Episode #34 – Understanding Uncooperative Parents

February 22, 2018 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Finding Gratitude for Parents, Fr. Anthony Perkins Good Guys Wear Black (Ancient Faith Radio) 22 February 2018 In this episode, Fr. Anthony shares some metaphors (enemy, man half-dead, and publican) for understanding parents and then offers some advice on how to serve (and evangelize) them. It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Pastoral Tagged With: Youth Ministry

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