Missionary priest reflects on decades-long ministry
During four decades of ministry, Father James Wuerth spent many years serving families near the U.S. border with Mexico in south Texas. In a…
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Priests called ‘powerhouses of prayer’
On most days, eight priests concelebrate daily Mass in the Nazareth Home Chapel. They are all residents of the home and join a visiting…
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Priesthood by the numbers in the Louisville Archdiocese
By Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer There are now about the same number of priests worldwide as there were in 1970 — about 415,000 …
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Fr. Donald R. Goetz dies at 72
Father Donald Raymond Goetz, 72, a retired priest for the Archdiocese of Louisville, died unexpectedly Dec. 4. He had been a priest for 46…
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Father Eimer, a teacher and pastor, dies at 81
Father Frank J. Eimer, a retired priest of the Archdiocese of Louisville, died early in the morning on Dec. 12, the feast of Our…
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For this final installment of teaching editorials about the various manifestations of priestly ministry, I am writing about the retired priest. Canon 538.3 states:…
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