When I went to Mass yesterday evening in a nearby parish, the attendance was "up" compared to usual. It was probably three or four times that of a typical Friday, and about double that of a "first Friday". This was undoubtedly partly to do with it being the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - but I think it was also to do with it being the start of the Year for Priests.
ZENIT are today carrying a report titled "Year for Priest initiatives flood internet". This reflects my own experience here in Romford, where the start of the Year has been "noticed" in a way that the start of, say, the Year of St Paul was not. Our priests seem to have taken notice of it; and the lay faithful appear to be responding with a certain "warmth".
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