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The Life of a Priest

Eric Banecker

This month marks the fifth anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood (on the nineteenth of May, to be exact). My secretary urged me to have some kind of...

The Importance of Holy Days of Obligation

Eric Banecker

My understanding of the sensus fidei is guided not by what the secular academy would think is fashionable, but by what the old ladies at church think. Every parishioner...

Our Spiritual Malaise

Eric Banecker

Our country is spiritually sick. I’ve especially noticed it since I assumed leadership of a parish in West Philadelphia last year. Back then, the embers were not yet cool...

After the McCarrick Report

Eric Banecker

With the release of the so-called “McCarrick Report,” this brutal, bizarre year has a new low point. Many priests have already begun whispering among themselves: When we eventually reinstate...