Just to be official about it: Faculties of the Diocese of Charlotte

Just to dot every “i” and cross every “t”, the wonderful Bishop of Charlotte has granted me the same faculties that all the other priests have in the Diocese, not that I didn’t have these orally, and not that they were an urgent necessity (given that I’m a hermit!). However, it’s just good to have everything absolutely perfectly in order. As it is, I’ve anointed and confessed many already. A priest is a priest, even if he is a hermit!

I have received faculties from very many Dioceses and Archdioceses in my years as a priest. I’ve also seen the faculties pages of many more Dioceses and Archdioceses, those of the deacons in the Confession Practicum I taught two years in a row at the Pontifical Seminary in Columbus, the Josephinum. The quality of the prep that goes into these pages varies greatly from place to place. Charlotte has by far and away the best, most complete, best phrased, and wide-ranging in privileges faculties that I’ve ever seen. And that’s saying quite a bit. Extremely well done!