HOMILIES, TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS


On the following pages you will find listed some talks, presentations or homilies by different authors on the topic of vocations, which are being here published with their kind permission. The contents, while addressed originally to a specific audience, can be useful for anybody interested in the topic and helpful especially to those who are either discerning a vocation or involved in assisting them and, generally, to all those promoting vocations in the Church.

 


Finding Grace in the Humanity of the Priesthood

By Ray Dlugos, OSA

The following audio tracks were recorded at the Diocesan Clergy Retreat for the Diocese of Peterborough June 2nd - 6th, 2008. The retreat was led by Fr. Dlugos who himself recorded the sessions and gave permission to have his talks made available on the VEYO website. Each session is about 45 minutes to 1 hour in length while the homilies are about 10 minutes each. By using the forward / backward button below you will be able to jump to any track desired.


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  Track List:
1
Intro: The Essence of Being Human; The Essence of Being Priest
2
From Shame to Humility
3
From Fear to Trust
4
From Anger to Passion
5
From Sadness to Gratitude
6
Loneliness as the Locus of Prophetic Revelation
7
The Dangerous Blessing of Sexuality and the The Paradox of Power
8
Harnessing for God the Energy of Love: Gathering the Fragments
9

Homlies from Eucharist on:
June 3 2008
June 4 2008
June 5 2008

Homliy from Reconciliation Service:
June 5 2008

 

CATECHISM ON THE PRIESTHOOD
by St. John Vianney
From “The Little Catechism of The Curé of Ars"

HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI DURING HIS PILGRAMGE TO THE HOLY LAND
International Stadium - Annam
Fifth Sunday of Easter, 10 May 2009
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
Fourth Sunday of Easter, 3 May 2009

LETTER BY CARDINAL CLAUDIO HUMMES,
Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
Dated, 30 May 2008

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
Fourth Sunday of Easter, 13 April 2008

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
Fourth Sunday of Easter, 29 April 2007

HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
Holy Thursday, 5 April 2007

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
Fourth Sunday of Easter, 7 May 2006

HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
Holy Thursday, 13 April 2006

“Make no small plans”
Building a New Vocations Culture in Canada

Keynote Address
National Conference of Canadian Diocesan Vocation Directors
St. Mary’s University – Halifax, Nova Scotia   June 6, 2006

Fr. Thomas Rosica, C.S.B.,
C.E.O., Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation
Master of Scholastics, Congregation of St. Basil


"If You Abide in Christ, You Will Bear Much Fruit"
By Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI addressed this homily to seminarians attending World Youth Day, in St. Pantaleon's Church, in Cologne, Germany, on August 19, 2005. 

This is an English translation of the text which was delivered in German, English, French, Spanish, and Italian.

COLOGNE, Germany, AUG. 19, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Here is the homily Benedict XVI addressed to seminarians, attending World Youth Day, in St. Pantaleon's Church today.


Letter of his Holiness John Paul II To Priests
Holy Thursday 2004

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PRIESTS OF THE OLD COVENANT
Congregation for the Clergy
November 24, 1998

Letter of his Holiness John Paul II To Priests
Holy Thursday 1996


The Priesthood Requires Personal Holiness

General Audience by Pope John Paul II May 26, 1993


Presbyters Share in Christ's Priesthood

General Audience by Pope John Paul II March 31, 1993


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PURITY AND THE PRIESTHOOD IN THE
HEBREW SCRIPTURES AND RABBINIC TRADITION

Jacob Neusner
Distinguished Research Professor of Religious Studies
University of South Florida
January 1, 1993

The Nature of the Priesthood
By Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger

This speech was given by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, on October 1, 1990. This is a translation of the Cardinal's 22-page Latin speech entitled, "On the Nature of the Priesthood"

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AD CATHOLICI SACERDOTII
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XI ON THE CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD TO OUR VENERABLE BRETHREN THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, BISHOPS, AND OTHER ORDINARIES IN PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE APOSTOLIC SEE.
 Dated, 20 December 1935

   
 

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