tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post111814913290633486..comments2024-03-28T09:54:55.115-05:00Comments on Dad29: When "Shortage" Means "So What?"Dad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-1118587738725378612005-06-12T09:48:00.000-05:002005-06-12T09:48:00.000-05:00I'll buy the logic that since a large number of Ca...I'll buy the logic that since a large number of Catholics are downtown every day, that there is increased 'demand' for the sacraments in that location.<BR/><BR/>I'm not as easily persuaded that those who live in the city center are 'more Catholic,' but I'm open to the discussion.<BR/><BR/>Given that, this Archdiocese' unwillingness to employ priests from other countries on a part/full-time basis is still mystifying.<BR/><BR/>Interesting that one of your posts deals with Abp Dolan's goal of increasing the use of Confession--<BR/><BR/>How does one DO that without increasing the AVAILABILITY of the Sacrament? (Hint: "controlling" the number of priests is not helpful...)Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-1118538698092910932005-06-11T20:11:00.000-05:002005-06-11T20:11:00.000-05:00I'll be a little sassy-cynical here:Maybe it's bec...I'll be a little sassy-cynical here:<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's because Catholics who are in the city center, such as Gesuians and Cathedralites, are somehow naturally more observant than Catholic exurbites?<BR/><BR/>and more seriously:<BR/><BR/>the fathers at the Gesu are Reconciliation and spiritual direction specialists, and a lot of folk who on Sundays are in the exurbs are taking advantage of those Jesuits' special talents during the week when they come to the city to work --- and slipping in an occasional weekday Mass at Gesu or Cathedral on their way to or from work or on their lunch hour, when they are far away from their exurban parishes<BR/><BR/>karen marieKaren Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090780291629471131noreply@blogger.com