Father Paweł Potoczny can confuse many people. All because, although he is a clergyman, he has a wife and children. In addition, he is active on social media, where he publishes content under the name a married priest. How was it that despite his ministry, he was able to get married?
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He met his future wife before his ordination. “There will be a wedding right after the seminar”
Both Fr. Paweł Potoczny, as well as his wife, belong to the Greek Catholic Church, where marriages between priests are allowed provided that several conditions are met. The first is to obtain the partner’s consent to ordination. As the priest admitted in an interview with “”, this is a very important issue in order not to create obstacles in the performance of the ministry. Importantly, marriage must be concluded before ordination. This is impossible later.
Father Paweł Potoczny met his future wife when he was still in the seminary. – When we started walking, it was love. I said that I would be ordained in three years, so there would be a wedding right after the seminary. It was a first-date proposal, he admitted.
Today Fr. Potoczny is not only a husband, but also a father of three. Additionally, together with her partner, they conduct pre-marital courses and marriage retreats, where they educate couples who want to get married or deepen their relationship. In addition, the priest is active on social media. On Instagram, where he publishes interesting facts about faith, the church, and everyday life, he creates content under the name @zonatyksiadz.
Priest, husband and father. How do others react to the priest?
How do others react to a married priest who is also a father? The priest told the story of when he picked up his son from kindergarten for the first time wearing a cassock. As he admitted, the kindergarten teacher didn’t know if she could let the boy out to him, even though he called him “daddy.” He also added that the children had no problem with their father being a priest. – I think that the controversy is for those people who do not fully understand the Catholic Church – he admitted, referring to the fact that for many Poles the Catholic Church is only the Roman Catholic Church, while it is a community of many different communities with different traditions.
Source: Gazeta
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