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Avoiding Burnout

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Some years ago, at the request of a bishop, I spoke with nine priests of his diocese who had experienced a very significant level of burnout. All of them had periods of hospitalization, all were in therapy, and five of them were on prescription medication for anxiety, depression or other conditions related to their burnout. Read More

The Beauty of Collaboration

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Change is rarely easy, especially in the Church. I know what that’s like, having grown up in the small town of Ambridge, Pennsylvania, where steel mills along the Ohio River forged many of the bridges, skyscrapers and ships that built and protected our nation. When Big Steel collapsed in the 1970s and ’80s and Pittsburgh’s Read More

Building Upon the Foundation of Faith

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When we speak of seminary priestly formation and post-ordination continuing education, we take for granted the four pillars. In a 2013 address to priests and seminarians gathered in Rome, Pope Francis reminded them, “Good, balanced formation combines all the dimensions of life, the human, the spiritual, the intellectual dimension with the pastoral.” These same four Read More