Fr. Kevin Drew: Are Women at the Altar Helping or Hurting the Church?

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By Fr. Kevin Drew, Crisis Magazine, May 28, 2025

Ordained in 2012, Fr. Kevin Drew is a priest and pastor of the Diocese of Kansas City-St Joseph. He is well regarded for his preaching and evangelization. His Daily Mass and homily can be found at Catholic Radio Network.

Franciscan friars from Germany came to my hometown, Quincy, IL, in 1858 and started St. Francis parish, a hospital, and a school, which is now Quincy University. My two priest uncles went there in the 1940s. The priest whose chalice I use for Mass went there in the 1920s.

After serving in Quincy for 160 years, the Franciscans pulled out of the city in 2019. Their province leader told the Quincy Herald Whig paper that “it stems from a decline in men entering the ministry.” In other words, the Franciscans did not have any vocations.

About this time, I was home visiting my mother, and there was a bulletin on her table from St. Francis parish, brought over by my sister who attends early morning Mass. Inside the bulletin in big black font was the phrase “Pray for Vocations.” …

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Fr. Kevin Drew: Are Women at the Altar Helping or Hurting the Church?

Saint of the Day for May 28: Venerable Pierre Toussaint (June 27, 1766 – June 30, 1853)

Slumming as Only Pharisees Can Do, by Anthony Esolen

By Fr. Kevin Drew, Crisis Magazine, May 28, 2025

Franciscan friars from Germany came to my hometown, Quincy, IL, in 1858 and started St. Francis parish, a hospital, and a school, which is now Quincy University. My two priest uncles went there in the 1940s. The priest whose chalice I use for Mass went there in the 1920s.

After serving in Quincy for 160 years, the Franciscans pulled out of the city in 2019. Their province leader told the Quincy Herald Whig paper that “it stems from a decline in men entering the ministry.” In other words, the Franciscans did not have any vocations.

About this time, I was home visiting my mother, and there was a bulletin on her table from St. Francis parish, brought over by my sister who attends early morning Mass. Inside the bulletin in big black font was the phrase “Pray for Vocations.” …

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