Clericalism and the hands of the priest 

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Rex Hackett, retired priest, Yamba, NSW, discusses clericalism and its origins. 

I was celebrating Mass recently in my unit as I am now retired from parish responsibilities. While praying the Eucharistic Prayer, I noticed the words on one of the ordination cards there from my ordination in July 1966: the beautiful hands of a priest.

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