San José, Costa Rica, Jan 13, 2011 / 10:05 am
Bishop Jose Francisco Ulloa of Cartago, Costa Rica is calling on priests to encourage lay Catholics to take on a greater role in spreading the faith.
In a Jan. 3 letter to the clergy members in his diocese, the bishop recalled that during his time as a parish pastor he encountered “an army of committed lay people with an enormous desire for formation and missionary commitment.”
Bishop Ulloa then expressed gratitude for the ordination of five new priests in 2010. He stressed that each parish should have “a ministry promoting vocations.
“My dream is that no parish be without seminarians,” he said.