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England: Plans to reform the Roman Catholic diocese of Westminster include some very interesting propositions for attracting new recruits to the priesthood. In particular, the Church plans to target men whose judgement is impaired thanks to alcohol:
The Church is launching a recruitment campaign that will use beermats in pubs and posters on the London Underground to promote the priesthood.
Beer mat ads to recruit priests - BBC News, 29th May 2005.
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1: Posted by: Bartholomew | June 1, 2005 11:54 AM
There's a good pub behind Westminster Cathedral - the Cardinal, decorated with pics of past RC luminaries. It's quite a famous priest hang-out, I believe.
2: Posted by: Feòrag | June 1, 2005 8:22 PM
There are quite a few decent pubs in that area, though they tend to keep hours even more restricted than the usual English hours.
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