An American Organization called Rentapriest has an interesting history and offers services from Priests who left the Roman Catholic Church. I hope this will give more encouragement and light over the issues of celibacy and married Priests who can serve as Priests no matter of their circumstances.
Check the link for Rentapriest.
Lumiere
Yes. They have inspired me to start this kind of work. We have excellent relations with this organization. It’s not for priests who have left though. Its for priests who work as married priests! Once a priest always a priest. We work independently. There is no interference from any bishop.
Yes we do help priests who are thinking of leaving active priesthood towards marriage. Obviously we need to talk to see the particular and personal aspects.
i am following this blog because I am catholic and i thought about having a relationship before with a priest. but then again, my heart and my mind changed. i do not want priests to be married. lust is one reason for it. i cnnot imagine priest being lustful in some way. there is a thin line between admiration and the urge of wanting to be one with your woman and lust.
As a product of ordination they receive gifts to help them minister to the Church, they are given strength to overcome their temptations with constant prayer and submission to God’s will. The fact is that in marriage you devote your life to the betterment of your spouse and it takes up lots of time, how can they serve their spouse when their primary purpose has become the good of the Church?
I don’t understand one thing: why do we single out the priest in the world today where there are many jobs which sometimes require the husband and the wife to live away from each other for some days/months? Do you wish to inflict guilt upon them too?
Let’s leave the words aside and speak from FACTS. How many times non-married priests visits families? How many times you’ll phone a parish and there is an answering machine? How long does it take you so that a priest accepts you for a private talk? Have you ever asked for the working timetable of a non-married priest?
I’ll bet, you’re in for surprises. In some countries it’s easier to contact a married priest than a non-married one! But you have to be open to FACTS and not repeating the same old message.
An American Organization called Rentapriest has an interesting history and offers services from Priests who left the Roman Catholic Church. I hope this will give more encouragement and light over the issues of celibacy and married Priests who can serve as Priests no matter of their circumstances.
Check the link for Rentapriest.
Lumiere
Yes. They have inspired me to start this kind of work. We have excellent relations with this organization. It’s not for priests who have left though. Its for priests who work as married priests! Once a priest always a priest. We work independently. There is no interference from any bishop.
Rentapriest or your organisation has any way of helping out priest who wants to leave
Yes we do help priests who are thinking of leaving active priesthood towards marriage. Obviously we need to talk to see the particular and personal aspects.
i am following this blog because I am catholic and i thought about having a relationship before with a priest. but then again, my heart and my mind changed. i do not want priests to be married. lust is one reason for it. i cnnot imagine priest being lustful in some way. there is a thin line between admiration and the urge of wanting to be one with your woman and lust.
Keira Welcome to our blog. Could you please explain why an unmarried priest is in a better position in order to overcome lust?
As a product of ordination they receive gifts to help them minister to the Church, they are given strength to overcome their temptations with constant prayer and submission to God’s will. The fact is that in marriage you devote your life to the betterment of your spouse and it takes up lots of time, how can they serve their spouse when their primary purpose has become the good of the Church?
I don’t understand one thing: why do we single out the priest in the world today where there are many jobs which sometimes require the husband and the wife to live away from each other for some days/months? Do you wish to inflict guilt upon them too?
Let’s leave the words aside and speak from FACTS. How many times non-married priests visits families? How many times you’ll phone a parish and there is an answering machine? How long does it take you so that a priest accepts you for a private talk? Have you ever asked for the working timetable of a non-married priest?
I’ll bet, you’re in for surprises. In some countries it’s easier to contact a married priest than a non-married one! But you have to be open to FACTS and not repeating the same old message.