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There is also an ever growing number of priestless parishes, especially in smaller towns of the South and Midwest.

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With the ranks of priests severely diminished, some women in so-called priestless parishes conduct Communion services on their own, refraining from the Eucharistic prayer and consecration.

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Scenes like the one at Rodlinghem are becoming more and more common in rural France these days, as parish after parish takes its turn at a "priestless Sunday."

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This deficit is especially serious in the parishes; more and more young priests are entering orders rather than the secular priesthood, and there were 16,000 priestless parishes in 1950 v. 4,772 in 1903.

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Lo, I set wings to thy feet that have been wingless,       Till the utter race be run; Till the priestless temples cry to the thrones made kingless,       Are we not also undone?

From Songs Before Sunrise by Swinburne, Algernon Charles