Reviews
The practical and pastoral nature of this issue commends this book to both parish libraries and to academic libraries that support programs in pastoral formation, whether clerical, lay, or both.
Catholic Library World
The originality of the research and the depth of the profile provided places International Priests in America among the most important books about the priesthood in the United States today.
American Catholic Studies
The authors do a fine job of laying out the primary arguments, both pro and con, surrounding the issue of international priests. . . . I strongly recommend the book for anyone who wants to gain a broader understanding of this complex issue.
Pastoral Music
In addition to bishops and diocesan staff who are responsible for priest formation, assignments, and evaluation, as well as planning and pastoral services, this book should be read by parish leaders and staff who work with or are about to receive an international priest. They will all gain valuable wisdom about how to enhance the ministry of these workers in the vineyard.
Catholic Studies An Online Journal
Books by Dean Hoge and his collaborators are like musicals by Stephan Sondheim or Andrew Lloyd Webber-a masterful and engrossing presentation of the material that leaves you wishing for more-and International Priests in America is no exception.
Catholic Studies An Online Journal
The book looks at these concerns from the perspective of parishioners, lay mionisters, diocesan leaders, and priests. Two questions are at the core of the study: Should the Catholic Church in the United States bring in more international priests? And if so, how should the process be done? The book is thought-provoking and a discussion starter for all involved in any way in ministry.
Crux of the News
The authors recognize that the issue of international priests is a hotly debated topic in the U.S. Church and the book is carefully written to present social science analysis and to avoid ecclesiological and theological judgments.
The CARA Report
From the very beginning, Catholics in the United States have welcomed and relied upon the ministry of priests from other countries; but this could be the first detailed sociological study of such priests. Since it looks as if we will come more and more to depend upon international clergy, this work is timely, valuable, helpful and deserves serious attention.
Most Reverend Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of Milwaukee, Chair, Bishops' Committee on Priestly LIfe and Ministry
The book is thought-provoking and a discussion starter for all involved in any way in ministry.
Crux of the News
From the very beginning, Catholics in the United States have welcomed and relied upon the ministry of priests from other countries; but this could be the first detailed sociological study of such priests. Since it looks as if we will come more and more to depend upon international clergy, this work is timely, valuable, helpful and deserves serious attention.
Jerry Topczewski, APR, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The migration of people across international borders is one of the greatest of all contemporary 'signs of the times' and priests are definitely part of it. Today's reconfiguration of priestly ministry is not only or mainly a matter of one's theology of ministry and church, a theoretical issue. What is really happening on the ground? Hoge's and Okure's remarkably comprehensive and candid work goes much farther than any other currently available research in describing and explaining one of the more notable and vexing aspects of today's priesthood in the United States and beyond. Whatever be the policies ultimately embraced by bishops, pastors, and lay leaders in response to this issue, International Priests in America is a much-needed and long-awaited resource for finding the way ahead.
Alan Figueroa Deck, S.J., Loyola Institute for Spirituality, Orange, California
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