English heritage. The eight new priests have promised obedience to Bishop Keith Newton, the head of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. Two of the ordained priests were fully formed for the priesthood [...] beautiful fruits of Our Lady of Walsingham On Saturday, June 30, 2018, in Birmingham, England, eight priests were ordained for the personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. They received the priesthood [...] priesthood within the Ordinariate. Six other priests are former Anglican ministers who have decided to join the Ordinariate. This is good news for this growing institution, and is a sure sign of vitality in
the Bread. This is why I decided to become a priest too. In 5 th grade, I confided to a nun in Europe, Sister Marie Pierre, my intention to become a priest. She told me: "Entrust your vocation to the Blessed [...] Blessed Virgin I was born and baptized on March 5, 1959, in Bafoussam, Cameroon. I was later ordained a priest by Bishop André Wouking on July 1, 1989, in the same town. My parents were very religious. As a family [...] going to morning Mass, and every evening before going to bed. I had plenty of opportunity to watch priests closely, and was always struck by their sense of service to everyone. During Mass, I was moved by
priesthood in Portugal, although there are other blind priests in that country who lost their sight after ordination. The day after his priestly consecration, Fr. Tiago went to Cova da Iria to celebrate [...] wanted to come to consecrate also my priestly ministry in Mary’s hands, because I know that, with her, I can be united to Jesus more easily.” The newly ordained priest had already visited the shrine while [...] disability, and about how the loss of his sight may give him a unique experience in exercising his priestly ministry. “Not being able to see allows me not to get so distracted by external things, although
Riou, a parish priest from the diocese of Puy-en-Velay (France), was returning from a journey on horseback, saying the Rosary. A violent storm broke out—the night became so dark that the priest could no longer [...] instantly killed as its head dashed on a rock … but Father Riou rose up to his feet unscathed! The priest rightly credited the Blessed Virgin for saving him so miraculously from death on that night. Bishop
Catholic. Mustering up his courage, the priest asked him for a rosary. In the middle of the night, he heard a key in the lock again. The same guard approached the priest and whispered: "Father, are you asleep [...] have a rosary for you!" The priest was greatly surprised. "Yes, Father, it was a gift from my mother. You can use it until I buy you a new one. Good night!" The happy priest was left alone with his rosary [...] were walking in a line inside the Nazi prison yard in Berlin, Germany. A voice whispered to a German priest, "Father, do you have a rosary?" The Jesuit provincial, Father Augustin Rösch, a prisoner too, did
Freemason was dying, his family and friends kept close watch of the house to prevent any priests from entering. A priest tried to come three times but was sent away without the knowledge of the dying man. The [...] give me time to confess!" Then, addressing his brother and his wife: "You were the ones who sent the priest away three times, he who came to visit me to close the gate of hell and open Heaven for me! You, [...] brother, I’ll let you know that you are not the master in this house! Let my wife go find that priest immediately! I want to confess!" He made his confession full of joy, then breathed his last breath
Lady of Consolation, and later was ordained a deacon and a priest in the parish (today basilica) of the Puríssima (Mary Most Pure). The priest for whom I used to serve Mass belonged to the Congregation [...] Missionaries of the Nativity of Mary, but I attended a Marist primary and secondary school. When our priestly ordination approached, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe was still under construction. I wish [...] but it wasn’t finished yet. Twenty-one years later, I was ordained a bishop in it. When I became a priest, my mother told me that when I was a baby, she had been very worried about a condition that I had
Vianney, universal patron saint of priests), rattling his bed at night and once even setting it on fire. “You have taken 80,000 souls!” he shouted at the holy priest one day through the mouth of a possessed [...] I am stronger than you!” And suddenly, in a transport of fury, Satan, “the grapnel” as the holy priest of Ars called him, let this confession escape: “Ah… if she didn’t guard you, this * (he uttered a
distant village. The priest stopped and said: "They are calling us. Let’s go!" The catechist answered: “No, don’t go! It's a village full of witches, you’ll fall into a trap.” But the priest insisted: "There [...] the women took the priest to a hut where a teenage girl was dying. They told him: "She's asking to receive the baptism of Catholics, so she can go to a beautiful lady!" The priest knelt down next to the [...] who urged him: "Baptize me quickly! Please hurry!" While the assistant prepared everything, the priest asked the girl some questions about the faith. She was able to answer without hesitation. Surprised
a young man walked towards the altar, held up a gun and shot the priest at point-blank range. But to everyone's surprise, the priest continued to say the prayers as if nothing had happened. At first they [...] Immaculate Heart of Mary (1952) How Jesus and Mary protect us At the outbreak of WWI in 1915, a French priest was on his way to celebrate Holy Mass at a Marian shrine in eastern France, when he realized that
