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May
22
2012
The typical member of the ordination class of 2012 is a 31-year cradle Catholic who prayed the Rosary and took part in Eucharistic adoration before entering seminary, according to a survey of 304 of the 487 men slated to be ordained to the priesthood in the United States this year. The survey was conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate.
Among the survey’s findings:
the median age of ordinands is 31; the mean age, 35
the typical diocesan ordinand lived in his diocese for 16 years before entering seminary, though 12% had lived in their diocese for less than a year
71% of ordinands are white, 15% are Latino, 9% are Asian, and 3% are black
6% are converts
37% have a relative who was a priest or religious
in 84% of cases, both parents were Catholic
47% attended a Catholic elementary school, and 45% attended a Catholic college; 3% were home schooled
6% have served in the US Armed Forces; 21% had a parent who spent his career in the military
68% regularly prayed the Rosary, and 65% participated in Eucharistic adoration, before entering the seminary
ordinands typically first began to consider the priesthood at 17
68% were encouraged by a priest to consider a vocation; 41% were encouraged by their mother, and 31% by their father
29% are foreign born, with the most typical foreign countries of birth being Vietnam (5% of all ordinands), Colombia (5%), Mexico (4%), Poland (3%), and the Philippines (2%); on average, foreign-born seminarians have lived in the United States for 12 years and arrived in the US at age 22
28% have five or more siblings, 10% have four siblings, 17% have three siblings, 25% have two siblings, 16% have one sibling, and 4% have no siblings
45% had earned their undergraduate degree before entering seminary; an additional 16% had earned a graduate degree
53% took part in a parish youth group
22% took part in a World Youth Day, and 11% took part in a Franciscan University of Steubenville summer conference
75% had served as altar servers, and 57% as readers, before entering seminary
May
16
2012
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A pregnant women who was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor ignored her doctor’s advice to get an abortion so he could operate on her. Relying on her Catholic faith, 21-year-old Daniella Jackson chose to give birth. Now she is cancer-free and has a health, happy baby girl.
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In a delicious example of instant karma, the self-proclaimed brainiac got his chance to show America how smart he was in a special "Power Players" version of the show Monday, but came up quite short finishing dead last with the paltry sum of only $2,300 (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Franciscan University leads the way against the Obama mandates!
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Franciscan University of Steubenville, a Catholic institution in Ohio, has decided to drop its entire student health insurance plan as of the fall semester 2012 because of the new federal rule requiring contraception coverage under most employee and student health policies. While a number of religious colleges have filed lawsuits over the birth control requirement, Franciscan is the first to get rid of its student health plan.
"The Obama Administration has mandated that all health insurance plans must cover 'women’s health services' including contraception, sterilization, and abortion-causing medications as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)," the school announced on its website. "Up to this time, Franciscan University has specifically excluded these services and products from its student health insurance policy, and we will not participate in a plan that requires us to violate the consistent teachings of the Catholic Church on the sacredness of human life."
May
15
2012
The story of St. Isadore and his wife St. Maria de la Cabeza
May
1
2012
“I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
– Michael Jordan
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