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Posted: Sun Nov 4th, 2007 08:58 pm |
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I sort of recall reading a married Methodist minister convert was ordained a Catholic priest after his conversion. In the SF Bay Area. Several years ago.
Am I right on this? Or is it only former married Episcopal priests given the dispentation? I need clarification as a Methodist minister convert is asking.
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David W. Emery
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Posted: Sun Nov 4th, 2007 11:52 pm |
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Yes, there was one. I saw some statistics the other day — I forget just where I saw them. But I seem to recall that the former Methodist was in the midwest rather than California. There has also been a former Presbyterian minister ordained, if I remember correctly. That was mentioned in the same statistics. The remainder (the vast majority) were Anglican/Episcopalian, Lutheran and Charismatic Episcopal (a very new denomination not related to the Anglican communion).
But I would not raise false hopes for a minister thinking of converting and becoming a Catholic priest. Yes, it is possible. But he has to convert first, no strings attached. Then he has to find a bishop willing to ordain him; this is easier said than done, because there has to be a true need for someone like him in that diocese and he personally must prove that he has a vocation to the priesthood. Then, in many instances, he also has to study for a few years to fill in areas of his necessary education. Then he has to apply. Finally, he has to be patient and wait. It can take anywhere from one to five years for Vatican approval. Meanwhile, does the minister have an alternate skill that he can rely on to get him and his family financially through this period of discernment, education and red tape?
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Posted: Mon Nov 5th, 2007 09:14 am |
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| God's peace. Bp. Alvaro Corrada, S. J., of my Diocese (Tyler, TX) ordained a married former Presbyterian minister--Fr. Paul Key--this September. Blessings, ~Br_Carlo~
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Posted: Fri Dec 7th, 2007 07:33 pm |
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For the life of me I cannot remember the name or the diocese but I was aware of one in Ohio...
He had been a memember of the "Order of Sating Luke" which is a Methodist "High Church" society that puts an emphasis on liturgy.
I will ask my priest if he recalls the name of this fellow.
This is going to keep me thinking about it for a while now!
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Pani Rose
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Posted: Sat Dec 8th, 2007 12:24 am |
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We have a former Baptist minister here that was ordained to the priesthood. Fr. Gray Bean at St. Patricks here in Birmingham, but he had to have a good bit more seminary training before he was ordained.
Last edited on Sat Dec 8th, 2007 12:29 am by Pani Rose
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Posted: Sat Dec 8th, 2007 01:37 am |
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Keep in mind that any former minister can be ordained a Catholic priest. For that matter, any former layman of another faith can be ordained a Catholic priest.
The question is whether he is married and if so, will the church waive the requirement that he be single and celibate.
An unmarried minister (male, of course) who wishes to become Catholic and pursue the priesthood would be welcomed with no additional restrictions than any other candidate for the priesthood.
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Posted: Sat Dec 8th, 2007 01:58 am |
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Married minister converts willing or interested in exploring the Eastern Catholic Churches (in full union with Rome) may find it easier altogether to join the Catholic Faith through an Eastern Catholic Church and pursue ordination therein.
Of course while marriage is no impediment there, the question will become is the convert prepared to understand Eastern Christian traditions? Evangelical converts to Orthodoxy have shown (with some mixed results, I grant) that this can be done. For mainliners from Lutheranism, Methodism, Episcopalianism, it may not be an easy transition at all.
Still, as luck (or Providence?) would have it, we do ordain married men and need priests as badly as some convert ministers need to find work. In some cases, it could be a match.
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