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Priesthood in a Time of Crisis: A New Study of the Psychological and Spiritual Health of Priests
Category: Books > Theology > Priesthood & Religious Life
Author/Artist: STEPHEN ROSSETTI
ISBN / ID: 9781646802081
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Binding: PAPERBACK
Price: AU$42.95
  
Description: Rossetti's book includes the most recent findings about the health of priests, what most influences their wellness, and how the Church can ensure their continued well-being. His research shows:

- Priests very much like doing what they do, resulting in high job satisfaction.

- More priests are engaging in traditional spiritual practices--including praying the Liturgy of the Hours and spending at least thirty minutes each day in private prayer--than they reported a decade ago.

- Support for celibacy among priests remains high and is rising, with more priests professing to have a positive experience of celibacy, from 75 percent in 2009 to 82 percent in 2021.

- Mental wellness of priests remains high despite some signs of distress and depression, particularly during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

- Priests report they are disappointed in Church leaders for their failures in handling abuse cases.

Rossetti explains that the most crucial indicators of a priest's psychological and spiritual wellbeing are loneliness, self-esteem, relationship to his bishop, compassion satisfaction, childhood trauma, traditional spirituality, priestly fraternity, sexual conflicts, and his intimacy with God.
 
 
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