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A new year, a fresh start
Culturally, January is the month of transition. The past is put behind us, as historians chronicle major events of the past year, celebrities are memorialized and record books are closed. At the same time, we begin the first days of a new year by making resolutions and predictions, inaugurating new leadership, and opening new accounting procedures to measure investments and assess taxes. This is the world we live in as we start a new year.
New Year's Resolutions
Some years ago, when I was a seminary rector, I realized that some adjustment was in order when the faculty and I evaluated the suitability of seminarians for Holy Orders. The question was: Should this man be ordained a priest?
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