The Forty Weeks for Priests Program
A Priest’s Faith Journey
I have a profound admiration for the vocation of the diocesan parish priest. It has been described as a relentless vocation with constant demands. Yet the wellspring of any priest’s successful ministry is a deep, personal, daily relationship with Jesus Christ. It is the deeper spiritual formation that Ignatian spirituality can so well serve priests in their ongoing formation.
We dedicate this edition of Forty Weeks to all diocesan priests who hunger for Jesus’ healing and transformative love and mercy in their daily lives. Christ shares both His priesthood and its graces with you, His brothers, as well as a special place in His Sacred Heart.
Dr. Bob Schuchts and I pray that this spiritual resource will give you a way to nourish your soul and so increase the fruitfulness of your ministry of sharing in Jesus’ priesthood.
- Fr. William M. Watson, S.J.
Sacred Story in collaboration with the Spitzer Center on priestly spirituality
I have a profound admiration for the vocation of the diocesan parish priest. It has been described as a relentless vocation with constant demands. Yet the wellspring of any priest’s successful ministry is a deep, personal, daily relationship with Jesus Christ. It is the deeper spiritual formation that Ignatian spirituality can so well serve priests in their ongoing formation.
We dedicate this edition of Forty Weeks to all diocesan priests who hunger for Jesus’ healing and transformative love and mercy in their daily lives. Christ shares both His priesthood and its graces with you, His brothers, as well as a special place in His Sacred Heart.
Dr. Bob Schuchts and I pray that this spiritual resource will give you a way to nourish your soul and so increase the fruitfulness of your ministry of sharing in Jesus’ priesthood.
- Fr. William M. Watson, S.J.
Endorsements
I highly recommend you give it a try, and then share it with your priest support group. It’s helping me.
Michael C. Barber, S.J., Bishop of Oakland
It is a good sign that you have picked up this book. It means that God is moving, inspiring you to “more” in your life.
James F. Checchio, M.B.A., J.C.D., Bishop of Metuchen
This book is an extraordinary resource for priests.
Msgr. Michael Clay, D.Min., Associate Dean of Graduate Ministerial Studies, The Catholic University of America
This book is invaluable. It teaches diocesan priests the fruitfulness of the Examen Prayer
Fr. Paul C. Hoesing, Dean of Seminarians, Kenrick-Glennon Seminary
This book is invaluable. It teaches diocesan priests the fruitfulness of the Examen Prayer
Rev. John Horn, S.J., Co-Founder of the Institute for Priestly Formation
This books is not a program as much as it is a school of prayer. It supports authentic renewal, offering the priest who uses it not novelty, but a profound reminder of perennial truths and the sustaining love of God as the true dynamism of ministry.
Most Rev. STEVEN J. LOPES, FIRST BISHOP OF THE PERSONAL ORDINARIATE OF THE CHAIR OF ST. PETER
A prayerful reading of Forty Weeks can move a priest to be motivated to daily prayer by desire rather than obligation and relationship rather than duty.
FR. JAMES MASON, PRESIDENT-RECTOR, KENRICK-GLENNON SEMINARY
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