Joseph, our local diocese, as an example. When a man is ordained a diocesan priest, he makes promises to live in and serve in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. A monk priest is ordained and makes vows to live in and work in his monastery, like Conception Abbey.
Likewise, a diocesan priest promises to be obedient to the bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, currently Bishop Johnston, and all new bishops of the diocese that follow. A monk priest is ordained and makes vows to be obedient to the Abbot of the monastery, currently Abbot Benedict, and new abbots that follow.
While a monk priest may be assigned by the Abbot to serve in parishes outside the monastery, as many of us do, his base of operations is always the monastery. The main difference between a diocesan priest and a monk-priest is where he has made his promises to serve and be obedient.
Here at Conception Seminary College, our seminarian population is primarily here to receive their undergraduate degree to become diocesan priests, and they are formed mostly by monk priests. Once they graduate, they attend four years of theology school and return to their diocese. Posted in General , Monastery News. June 23, Priest, Monk, Brother, Father: What does it all mean?
Etienne Huard, OSB, Monastic Vocation Director People are often surprised to find that there is a difference between a diocesan priest and a monastic priest. Can you be both? What parish are you assigned to?
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