Sir, – I may be one of the viri probati (men of proven worth) who Brendan Hoban proposes could be ordained as a priest on the fasttrack to solve the Eucharistic famine in the Catholic Church (Rite and Reason, October 2nd). However, I must decline the proposal and encourage all other men to equally do so until feminae probatae (women of proven worth) are included in his proposal. – Yours, etc,