Good day to you, Ms Parish Priest

 Grüß Gott Frau Pfarrer 

First, the priest will have been superseded by a male pastoral assistant and then comes the female pastoral assistant.  All done in the name of new pastoral care models.

 or How a stealth priestess works in Upper Austria

Maria Anna Grasböck often encounters this greeting, because the shortage of priests is pushing Austria's Catholic dioceses towards new pastoral care models. After special training, Ms Grasböck holds services of the Word, writes sermons, supports people from baptism to death and manages the parish of Leonding near Linz. The camera accompanied her through the pre-Christmas season. Chances and limits of new church paths.