[Tax-chick]

We were in the same Archdiocese as Mr. Mallon at the time he writes about. The dear old Archbishop was firmly orthodox, but there was an entrenched group of priests (perhaps from before his time) who were loopy leftists. And some of the more conservative priests were even older than the Archbishop, and frankly in need of retirement. A pastor with dementia is not what a parish needs, even if his theology is solid!

That said, although there were not a lot of new priests ordained in the years we lived there, those who were ordained then, or were seminarians and ordained after we moved, were excellent men.

[RobbyS]

Lord Jesus, we are surrounded by wolves in Roman collars!

[Thorin]

A great article. Thanks for posting.

[Salvation]

** The plain simple answer was that the bishops of those dioceses, Bishops Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln and the late John Keating of Arlington, were both explicitly, vocally and publicly committed to orthodoxy in Catholic teaching and practice.**

It makes a difference!

[redhead]

Well, file THIS one under, "DUH!!"

[Petrosius]

Amen! Great post, thank you.

[Salvation]

**Franciscan University of Steubenville, a university explicit in its orthodoxy, and ridiculed for it by larger schools, it had a smaller theology faculty but the largest number of undergraduates in the country, at the time, as I recall, 140.**

The seminary in Oregon has 197 seminarians. Something is going right here.

[Jeff Chandler]

ping

[marshmallow]

Add The Archdiocese of Atlanta to the list of dioceses with a great vocations program, thanks to the now retired Archbishop Donoghue, another good, orthodox bishop.

Sadly, Wilton Gregory has taken his place and I fear it will all go downhill, though I hope I'm wrong.

[Convert from ECUSA]

"Still, dissenters disparage the younger generation as “too conservative”What these young people seek to conserve is human life, sanity and Western Civilization, all of which are under attack from modern liberalism. Jesus Christ is still producing followers who deserve to take their place in the Church and not be treated as crackpots and undesirables."

I'm reminded of the notorious "father" Greeley's bemoaning of all the "young fogeys." Well, all I can say is....."YOUNG FOGEYS OF THE CHURCH - UNITE! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" We need a lot more "young fogeys"!

[diamond6]

Great article!!!