The Priest Magazine

Reviewing Regulations on Mass Offerings: Questions and answers to the dos and don’ts on Mass stipends. By Father John Chrysostom Kozlowski.

Reviewing Regulations on Mass Offerings We pray for many people during the celebration of Mass. During the prayer of the faithful, we pray for public authorities, even by name if appropriate, as well as other groups, and during the Eucharistic prayer, we specifically name the pope and the local bishop, as well as commend to the Lord, in a...

Father Patrick M. Carrion has been using improv leadership skills to navigate an unconventional situation.

Improv Leadership There are many leadership styles. Depending on which best-seller textbook you might read, the top 10 styles range from the democratic to the autocratic, from inspirational to results-oriented, etc. Then, leaders nuance their preferred style depending on the situation at hand, but their own basic sty...

Ines San Martin of The Pontifical Mission Societies gives three examples of how Jesus invites everyone to the banquet.

Celebrating World Mission Sunday As Nigeria’s largest seminary marks its centenary, Bigard Memorial Seminary in Enugu stands as a testament to the enduring power of faith and formation. Founded in 1924, this institution has weathered numerous challenges and flourished, becoming a beacon of hope and spiritual nourishment for the C...

Father Frederick J. Cwiekowski notes that one approach to our formation as priests for a synodal Church may be to examine the virtues — the habits and the dispositions of mind and heart that guide our actions and our way of relating to others.

Ongoing Priestly Formation for a Synodal Church A synodal Church is a way of being Church that integrates communion, participation and mission. This means that all the baptized journey together (syn plus odos) in the Holy Spirit and under the Word of God: (1) as we try to live more deliberately communion with God and with each other, (2) as we se...