The times, they are a changin....


	The times, they are a changin....

Antara

7-2-2009 8:34 AM

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Laity stand in for priests as vocations plummet

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a41ab26f-cd88-4766-966f-8c40f818bc10/958FEBAC-1D6A-475B-B10B-8CF2A06F6A05/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.independent.ie/national-news/laity-stand-in-for-priests-as-vocations-plummet-1801727.html" href="http://www.independent.ie/national-news/laity-stand-in-for-priests-as-vocations-plummet-1801727.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.independent.ie</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.ie/national-news/laity-stand-in-for-priests-as-vocations-plummet-1801727.html"><P>THE Catholic Church said yesterday that lay people will celebrate church services "more frequently" in the future as vocations fall.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.ie/national-news/laity-stand-in-for-priests-as-vocations-plummet-1801727.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.independent.ie/img/B100CBD0-5810-4DF9-80A6-7BB75E24771A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.ie/national-news/laity-stand-in-for-priests-as-vocations-plummet-1801727.html"><P>A sacristan in Ardfinnan in south Tipperary has been leading services all week in the absence of the parish's only priest who is on holiday.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.ie/national-news/laity-stand-in-for-priests-as-vocations-plummet-1801727.html"><P>According to a Church spokesman, in the absence of a priest to say Mass, a liturgy of the Word -- involving readings, prayers and the distribution of pre-consecrated Holy Communion -- takes place each day.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; 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