A lack of vocations must lead to the examination of the priorities of the Catholic community itself, said the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, reports the Catholic Weekly."Some Catholic communities unfortunately are not life giving," said the Cardinal in his homily as five young men were ordained to the priesthood in an "historic celebration for the Church" at St Mary's Cathedral last Saturday.
"Some Catholic communities can be contraceptive, even while Catholic life seems on the surface to continue vigorously.
"This phenomenon of different growth rates deserves examination and discussion, although focusing energies on the promotion of faith, on encouraging the recognition and love of Jesus as the son of God as well as the son of Mary on regular prayer, Catholic orthodoxy, and an explicit and regular explanation to young people of the need of priests and Catholic leadership and service in many areas is essential; and sometimes missing or obscured."
The new priests are Simon Apablaza, 29 (Chile), and Luca Infantino, 31 (Italy) – the first two candidates to be ordained from the Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Sydney (Neo-Catechumenal Way) – and Emmanuel Seo, 34, Peter Kwak, 30, and Gregory Morgan, 24, from the Good Shepherd Seminary, Homebush.
Cardinal Pell said the ordinations are "significant for the history of the Archdiocese
of Sydney, because for the first time we have vocations from three life-giving Catholic communities, very different one from the other, but united in serious faith and Catholic loyalty".
of Sydney, because for the first time we have vocations from three life-giving Catholic communities, very different one from the other, but united in serious faith and Catholic loyalty".
"I refer, of course, to the Sydney Catholic Korean community, the Neo-Catechumenal Way and the Pared (Parents for Education) Schools, inspired by the Opus Dei movement."
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