New Spring: Paulist Fathers See the End Coming
The Paulist Fathers, a religious community founded in New York City in 1858, announced on Paulist.org (26 February) that they are currently discerning which ministries and parishes to close or leave. …More
The Paulist Fathers, a religious community founded in New York City in 1858, announced on Paulist.org (26 February) that they are currently discerning which ministries and parishes to close or leave.
The number of priests in active ministry, ordained but not retired, has fallen from 98 in 2004 to 85 in 2014 to 50 in 2024.
The last time they had 50 active men in their community was in 1910, but at that time the community was young and growing.
Of the current fifty active members, almost two thirds are in their 60s, 70s and 80s. In ten years' time the group expects to be down to about 20 active members.
It is clear to the Paulist Fathers that their current situation is unsustainable.
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The number of priests in active ministry, ordained but not retired, has fallen from 98 in 2004 to 85 in 2014 to 50 in 2024.
The last time they had 50 active men in their community was in 1910, but at that time the community was young and growing.
Of the current fifty active members, almost two thirds are in their 60s, 70s and 80s. In ten years' time the group expects to be down to about 20 active members.
It is clear to the Paulist Fathers that their current situation is unsustainable.
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The Paulists mostly specialize in “alphabet ministry” these days, as well as promotion of yoga and other demonic things. Certainly not a loss.
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@John A Cassani Once they start on the 'gay' stuff, it is a sure death warrant for any Order.
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It's the same with so many of these Orders. One that is near to where I live is imploding - the last vocation in the UK was in the 1980's. Although they are a religious Order, the few remaining elderly priests are now back-filling parishes, because of the lack of novus ordo vocations. I'm sure when they die, there will be few or no local NO Masses and the charitable work of the religious order will …More
It's the same with so many of these Orders. One that is near to where I live is imploding - the last vocation in the UK was in the 1980's. Although they are a religious Order, the few remaining elderly priests are now back-filling parishes, because of the lack of novus ordo vocations. I'm sure when they die, there will be few or no local NO Masses and the charitable work of the religious order will be taken over by a secular organisation, as has happened so often before in the UK. I think we have to witness this death before the phoenix can rise from the ashes of Vatican II.