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JesuiticalSeptember 06, 2024
Eleven men lie prostrate during their ordination Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles June 1, 2024. (OSV News photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Los Angeles)

In the first episode of season eight of “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley critique a general perception that younger priests are more conservative and rigid in their pastoral ministry. Joining them to discuss the countercultural decision to join the diocesan priesthood is the Rev. Wade Bass, a young priest who serves as pastoral administrator at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church in Allen, Tex., a suburb of Dallas.

They discuss: 

  • Father Wade’s call to the priesthood, experience in seminary and love of the liturgy
  • The daily life and duties of young diocesan priests today, the joy and positive energy among younger priests, and the risks of loneliness and burnout
  • The extent to which the ministry of these priests is—or is not—impacted by theological and ideological debates within the church 

In Signs of the Times, Zac and Ashley discuss Pope Francis’ apostolic journey to Asia; a lawsuit from the Diocese of Paterson, N.J., over a new procedural change by the United States government regarding the processing of green cards for foreign-born priests; and the tragic execution by Hamas of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose mother, Rachel, appeared on Jesuitical in November 2023.

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