The Archdiocese is reinstating the limit of two six-year terms for pastors ...
My bishop also reinstated this practice in our diocese. By shifting priests around, they bring their God-given abilities from one parish and apply them in another. Fr. George Rutler, who was moved from Christ Our Saviour on Park Ave to St. Michael's on West 34th St in NYC, is a good example of how those gifts can benefit both large and small parishes. As an aside, here is an example of the benefit of having celibate priests.
I have to say, our upper-middle class parish is a lot more active with the poor than we would have been if our old pastor had not had a previous stint at a very poor parish. He brought his concern for those people with him and shared it with us. So, it was a good thing that he had moved around in his career.
What a horrible headline. It makes it sound like the priest is being removed from pastoral duties. Isn’t CathNews aware that archdioceses routinely reassign priests from one parish to another?
Being familiar with Our Lady Star of the Sea,I asked the head of a public corporation what he would do with a successful pastor like Monsignor Conway.He would have the pastors needing help study how a successful pastor gets the job done.Cardinal Dolan’s plan is poor management.