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Year of the Priest

Father Owen Kearns Commentaries

Pope Benedict XVI will inaugurate a special Year of the Priest starting on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Register plans to help equip readers to properly appreciate it.

We do so in this issue with several stories about trends in the priesthood, challenges of priests, and suggestions to encourage priests.

Online, we will offer more, including materials that previously ran in the Register. Go to NCRegister.com to find:

• How to Raise Priests and Nuns (10 suggestions)

• Excerpts from St. John Vianney’s Catechism on the Priest

• 7 Reasons to Be a Priest

— 6 Habits of Highly Effective Dioceses (regarding vocations promotion)

• Top 10 Priest Movies (from our top 100 pro-Catholic movies list)

Enjoy …

Father Owen Kearns

Father Owen Kearns

Karl Geiger, “Via Crucis,” 1876, St. Johann der Evangelist

The Lord Has Need of It

‘The Lord has need of it’ — a small detail in the Passion narrative that reveals the boundless humility of our Savior and his longing for union with us.

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