Praise be Jesus Christ, now and forever. During the month of June many of the priests of our diocese celebrate their anniversary of ordination. Next weekend we will only ordain one man (Deacon John Machiorlatti) for the Diocese of Lansing. And the following year there will be no ordinations in our diocese. My dear people, we need to know that this shortage of priests will continue for the foreseeable future. We will not be able to replace the priests who are retiring. In ten