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A New Normal: A Story from the UK
In 2015, still in seminary, Father Damian Ryan heard about a new ministry out of Canada called Divine Renovation. Later, he picked up the book “Divine Renovation: Bringing Your Parish from Maintenance to Mission.” He recalls thinking, âWOW, this priest gets it, he totally gets the reality of priesthood.â He was relieved that the book was addressing the very real problems of the modern Church while still being grounded in Catholic Theology. Father Damian says, âreading the book felt like âthis is going to equip me.ââ He started getting ideas for when he would be a priest.
In the summer of 2017 as an assistant priest, Father Damian interned with Father James at Saint Benedict Parish in Halifax. He left encouraged and focused on the future.
But then he became a parish priest.
The reality of leading a parish hit him like a ton of bricks.
