One person might have found celibacy to be the most challenging. Pickens said the retreat helped him in deciding which type of religious life might best suit him. I always thought a priest is a priest is a priest. Based on what he learned at the abbey, Pickens said he is leaning toward the diocesan priesthood over a religi ous order. Religious order priests .
Diocesan priests vow to live simple lives in a rectory or in simple quarters.
Some women at the retreat struggled over whether they wanted to bear children. One of Susan's biggest concerns is that women cannot enter the priesthood. I'd like to be on the altar giving homilies, and I love to explore the meaning of Scriptures. Drago recently counseled another young woman struggling with the same issue. I think they would just find it too frustrating.