tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213316015209503694.post7680742747272509073..comments2024-01-22T01:52:37.473-06:00Comments on RENEGADE TRADS: The Root of All EvilA Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083094677310915678noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213316015209503694.post-89648416620730735482012-07-07T22:02:28.159-05:002012-07-07T22:02:28.159-05:00This is one of the best assessments of change for ...This is one of the best assessments of change for the priesthood I have ever read. There is a lot to think about here and I am very glad you left a ling to this on my blog.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213316015209503694.post-33516144818364547382010-04-04T17:59:38.535-05:002010-04-04T17:59:38.535-05:00I'm not sure a priest is strictly speaking req...I'm not sure a priest is strictly speaking required to live in a rectory, is he? I know of priests with vacation homes and such, so I'm not sure. I agree, this notion that keeping them on a tight leash is actually accomplishing anything is ridiculous; all it does is annoy the good ones while not stopping the bad at all.A Sinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083094677310915678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213316015209503694.post-36054544494287782372010-04-04T13:24:54.256-05:002010-04-04T13:24:54.256-05:00Sorry that this is mega long combox entry. I agre...Sorry that this is mega long combox entry. I agree that a non-stipendary (volunteer) vocational model for married priests would work well overall. As you've suggested, money is an excellent way to enforce loyalty, group cohesion, and ideological unity. Are bishops willing to part with strong ideological control through rectories in return for more healthy priests?<br /><br />Maybe there should be a division of labor in the presbyterate to accommodate a married volunteer clergy. <br /><br />Volunteer married priests with children may be parochial vicars (assistants) in a parish. An adequate supply of married assistants could cover parishes when married priests depart the diocese. Hopefully bishops would offer married priests the opportunity to serve in churches within their own community. <br /><br />Older married priests of retirement age and with grown children might be offered a non-stipendary pastorate within the diocese. This arrangement might work with smaller parishes that successfully delegate some admin tasks to others. <br /><br />Celibates would often (but not always) be offered long-term pastorates after some years of service as parochial vicars. They would head parishes that require undivided priestly attention. <br /><br />Bishops should also allow celibates the option to live outside a rectory in exchange for a pay raise that would consist of the rectory room and board that would have been allotted to him. Associate priests with higher degrees might view “off-campus life” as an opportunity to take an adjunct position at a local college for example. (Most likely celibates would be pushed into hospital ministry or circuit-riding.) As seen, rectories don't stop priests from bar cruising and hooking up anyway. Rectories strike me as places of unhealthy psychological development. A true vocation to celibacy shouldn't require surveillance.sortacatholicnoreply@blogger.com