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The Quality of Candidates for the Priesthood
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The Quality of Candidates for the Priesthood
August 18, 1983
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Origins
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Vocations
Introduction
In this article published in Origins, Bishop Murphy identifies and explains the essential characteristics a quality candidate for the priesthood must possess. He says, “Moreover, in recruitment of candidates for priesthood, there is a growing consensus on the part of religious communities and diocesan presbyterates, as well as lay persons in the church today, that the quality of candidates for priesthood is a priority for the church of today and tomorrow. There is less and less the temptation to be conscious of the numbers ordained in contrast to the quality of those ordained.”
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August 18, 1983
|
Origins
|
Vocations
In this article published in Origins, Bishop Murphy identifies and explains the essential characteristics a quality candidate for the priesthood must possess. He says, “Moreover, in recruitment of candidates for priesthood, there is a growing consensus on the part of religious communities and diocesan presbyterates, as well as lay persons in the church today, that the quality of candidates for priesthood is a priority for the church of today and tomorrow. There is less and less the temptation to be conscious of the numbers ordained in contrast to the quality of those ordained.”