I saw this and just wanted to post it up before I had to head out. This News article is located here.
Archdiocese of Atlanta has vocations boom
Atlanta, Aug 14, 2007 / 10:16 am (CNA).- There may be a decline of priests and church attendance across the nation, but the Archdiocese of Atlanta is bucking both trends, with packed churches and more than 50 seminarians in training.
The number of Catholics in the Archdiocese of Atlanta has more than doubled in the last 10 years, growing from 256,000 to an estimated 600,000. St. Thomas the Apostle church in Smyrna, for example, holds nine masses each weekend, five in English and four in Spanish.
The archdiocese’s 95 churches and missions are currently served by 262 priests. This clergy-to-church ratio of nearly three to one is significant given that some U.S. churches have no pastors.
Fr. Luke Ballman, the archdiocese’s director of vocations, attributes the high number of clergy and seminarians to a strong vocations program.
"We have one of the strongest vocational programs in the country," he told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. He added that the influx of Catholics to the region has also helped bring many young men who are interested in becoming priests.
The archdiocese also has the support of the Serra Club, which helps support priestly vocations through scholarships and prayer. About 600 Serrans were in Atlanta over the weekend for a national conference.
This cannot all be explained by a population boom- 50 guys in Seminary!!! In the Deep South!!!
Please tell us your secret. I love articles like this but I admit I do get miffed why this is not happening everywhere in the USA. IS it Holy Bishops? People Praying? Good Catholic Education? Devotion to the Virgin? All the above?
I think this can be duplicated
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
What In the World Is Happening In Atlanta!!!!
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