Laity ‘mimicking’ priests no solution to vocations shortage

Laity ‘mimicking’ priests no solution to vocations shortage As dioceses encourage greater co-responsibility between priests and laity, it is important they avoid a clericalist vision for lay ministry.

Dioceses must avoid clericalist thinking in pastoral shake ups, Fr Tom Whelan tells Ruadhán Jones As dioceses grapple with the unchartered waters of the vocation’s crisis, there is a danger that plans for diocesan shake-ups will carry over a “clericalised” vision of the Church, a respected liturgist and theologian has warned. Spiritan Fr Tom Whelan…

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