In time of 'diminishment,' Jesuit connects to 'a God of hope'

by Tom Roberts on Oct. 29, 2009

18th in the series

For Jesuit Fr. Jeff Putthoff, his ministry at a Camden, N.J., a technology training center, is his declaration about the future of the church as well as his answer, for the moment, to unsettling questions he poses to himself about what it means to be a priest and to be a Jesuit. They become particularly pressing questions in this era of dwindling numbers and resources, a time he refers to as a period of “diminishment.”

Read the full story here: Hopeworks 'n Camden

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