This is the first I've heard of it.

My parish is about to become priest-less for the foreseeable future (to be frank, it won't make much of a difference), but I don't think either of the two parishes I frequent have invested into that (it might not be available in Australia though).

@Jimbo2025 how that happen?

Its pretty kewl. Idk how much it cost a month.
@Jimbo2025 sorry to hear about that

The current PP has been in hospital for the last month or two, and although he isn't in danger of dying, the last I heard was that he will have both feet amputated because of diabetes. I should note here that he is a heretic (legitimate usage: he denies the virginity of Our Lady and the existence of angels), so I have never been to his Mass.

It'll be priest-less because of a shortage of priests willing to travel, it will be serviced by either Fr. Ashkar from Seymour (good egg but can't do much because of the Parish Council) or Lancefield's priest (I've heard good things about him but I haven't met him yet). Each of these parishes encompass three churches, all of them 20kms from each other, though, so it probably won't be a weekly Mass.

Jeez

They need to import some from out of Aussie

@Dang_Isaiah hopfeully no one from brazil just saying

They keep talking about a priest shortage, but there's an Opus Dei parish 40kms from me with three (really good priests) and we had a Latin Mass at Tallarook for a while until Fr. Naughtin got his own parish and the TLM community priests decided that their comfort was more important than any faithful looking to get to Heaven.

The issue isn't a shortage of priests, it's an over-comforting of priests.

Are Brazilians bad preists?

:o

@Dang_Isaiah mostly all of them are like bad versions of Novus Ordo or so I heard

Fr. Naughtin would travel from Albury to Tallarook for a 10am Mass, go back up to Wangaratta for a Mass and round off the Sunday with yet another Mass.

Oof

thats a dedicated priest, from albury to wangaratta, some good shit

From thence to Tallarook: off the charts good.

what a lad

It would be foolish to deny that there is a distinct shortage of priests.

You do make a good observation about priests who may be too lax given the spiritual crisis we are experiencing, but even if all of them showed heroic virtue and piety, they would still be far-stretched.

Australia's main problem is too few willing priests. We're a sizeable country.

Overall, perhaps. But how many priests are there?

3000, according to Google.

And about 5,808,000 Catholics

So, one priest for every 2000 Catholics.

That's too few, in practice, because of how spread out we are: it also works out to about one priest per 3 churches. With each church in the rural areas being at a minimum of 20kms apart, not everyone can get a weekly Mass, even fewer daily.

It's a number of things.

One of the main problems is trad leanings are something you need to keep in the closet like a 1970's sodomite.

@Jimbo2025 well, that means it is evident that there *is* actually a shortage of priests.

On top of that, most young men want women and they want families. The priestly life was meant to help you cope with this.

Nowadays, what do a bunch of faggots know about the desire for family?

To be a decent priest today, you're essentially on your own.

Yes and no: priests don't want to travel either. If we went down to 1 priest per parish and enforced his shepherding role, we have seen that it makes a difference (there a a few TLM priests who are always on the go). As it is, most city parishes have 3 or more priests and they will not travel to say a Mass somewhere else.

That, and bishops do actively sabotage themselves.

@GodFearingEnglishman did you know the Clifton diocese has 5 priests under the age of 70?

Not surprised. Seminaries are closing all over the world.

His Grace Declan Lang is fiercely anti-tradition.

That's half the reason it's so low.

Where a century ago there would have been hundreds of applicants to seminaries every year, some don't even receive one in a decade.

And the ones they do receive are expelled for adhering to tradition.

Imagine being expelled from seminary because you're too dedicated to God

Even before you get expelled, you'll be singled out and given the cold shoulder for as long as you last.