About the Author
Fr. Carter Griffin
Fr. Carter Griffin is a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington. A graduate of Princeton University and a former line officer in the United States Navy, he obtained his doctorate in theology from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. After serving at St. Peter’s parish on Capitol Hill, in 2011 he was assigned to the newly-established St. John Paul II Seminary in Washington, D.C., where he now serves as rector. He is the author of Why Celibacy?: Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest.
What People Are Saying
“Fr. Griffin clearly shows that we need celibacy now more than ever—and a celibate priesthood of true, spiritual fathers.”
Rev. Msgr. Andrew R. Baker, S.T.D.
Rector, Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD
“Celibacy is an often under-appreciated element in the fruitfulness of priestly ministry. I recommend this book to all who wish to understand and even reclaim celibacy as a precious gift entrusted to the Church. . . .”
Most Rev. Paul S. Coakley
Archbishop of Oklahoma City
“This book is so needed in the Church at this time. Seminarians who read this will be excited about the gift of celibacy, and priests will be renewed in their commitment!”
Fr. Brett Brannen
Author and Pastor, Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Savannah, GA
“Griffin’s careful study is an antidote to the impoverished understanding of the priesthood that is prevalent today. [Essential] reading for priests and those who form them.”
Dr. Mary Healy
Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI
“A thoughtful, trenchant, inspiring, and very timely defense of the ancient tradition of celibacy in the Latin-rite Catholic priesthood, written by one of America’s finest priests.”
George Weigel
Distinguished Senior Fellow and William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies
“This book has the timing of a divine intervention. Just when fatherhood, natural and priestly, appears to be in tatters, this book arrives with healing and bracing truth!”
Dcn. James Keating
Institute for Priestly Formation, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
“Fr. Carter Griffin has done a great service for the Church by restoring to the discussion of priestly celibacy the often-forgotten dimension of spiritual fatherhood.”
Fr. Paul Scalia
Episcopal Vicar for Clergy, Diocese of Arlington
“Why Celibacy? makes the case that priests do not renounce fatherhood but embrace celibacy as a privileged way of living it: generating life and fulfilling the fatherly responsibilities of providing for, guiding and teaching, and protecting those entrusted to their care.”
Sr. Sara Butler, M.S.B.T.
University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, IL.
“The reform of the Church will not happen without the reform of the priesthood Fr. Griffin engagingly describes in the precious book you now hold in your hands.”
Fr. Roger J. Landry
Author of Plan of Life: Habits to Help You Grow Closer to God
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<p>A brilliant book on the spiritual paternity of the priest. This book discusses the role of celibacy in the priesthood, and shows how celibacy is a means for the priest to give himself totally to the Church, and to God's people. Highly recommend for all priests and seminarians!</p>
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