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A Service of Love to the Catholic Priesthood

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O Lord Jesus Christ, Eternal High Priest and exemplar of priestly holiness and dignity, we are grateful to You for having chosen certain men for the ministerial priesthood by which You continue to instruct, admonish, forgive, nourish and strengthen Your Church. We are sorely aware of the great need of priests in our time to be confirmed in their sacred calling so that they may continue confidently in their ministry of mediating Your graces to men and of representing them before Your august majesty. Relying on the intercession of Holy Mary, Mother of priests, and of Saint Joseph, Her beloved spouse, we beg Your help for the priests who are the most troubled, tempted, discouraged and suffering. May the noble and sacred office of the priesthood, which has too often been reviled and scorned, regain its admirable stature in the sight of all men for Your greater honor and glory and for the sanctification and salvation of Your people. Amen.

• Aretakis sanctioned again in lawsuit against diocese
  Daily Gazette, Schenectday, NY August 20, 2008
  The controversial Albany attorney who has represented several alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse has been sanctioned a second time for bringing what a federal judge called "scurrilous allegations" against the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese in a lawsuit filed by a survivor of Hurricane Katrina.
  
• Mercy Toward Our Fathers
  Sr. Camille DArienzo August 18, 2008
  Maher argued that a large number of accused priests are innocent and that, abandoned by bishops and laity, they are denied the resources to clear their names. He spoke also of the need to give culpable priests opportunities to reform and return to active ministry. And he said that many victims who claim abuse are merely seeking financial gain, and argued against the suspension of statutes of limitation in cases of sexual molestation.
  
• Notifying insurance firm useless: former bursar
  Trevor Pritchard, The Cornwall Standard Freeholder July 24, 2008
  But Rev. Gordan Bryan said it would have been “useless” from a financial perspective for the Alexandria-Cornwall Roman Catholic Diocese to contact those insurers after striking a $32,000 settlement with David Silmser. “I should have,” said Bryan. “But I also know once you’ve made a (settlement) your insurance company doesn’t cover it. So it would have been useless.”
  
• Media crucifying innocent priests
  Shaun Inguanzo, Star News Group July 24, 2008
  “I think it is unfair that only priests are being highlighted in this,” Fr Guelen said. “Most child abuse happens in home life, and it’s never highlighted that it happens in other professions. “No one else gets the same publicity, and yet 98 per cent of Catholic priests you couldn’t say anything bad about.”
  
• Closed churches are 'hot properties'
  Joseph Fuisz, The Morning Call July 24, 2008
  He says that the closings are the necessary result of an aging clergy and a lack of vocations to replenish the ranks. He says that missionary priests from abroad should not and cannot be brought to bolster the ranks of priests. The Father, Bishop Cullen tells us, will provide.
  
• Is Anti-Catholicism Dead?
  Sewell Chan, The New York Times July 24, 2008
  It was only during the question-and-answer session that the church’s child sexual-abuse scandal came up. Mr. Steinfels said the scandal put fundamental issues about “sexuality, celibacy and the priesthood” before the public, while Father Neuhaus received applause when he said that Catholic bishops should have responded early in the scandal by acknowledging the extent of the scandal and begging for forgiveness.
  

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