Australia's Post-WYD Religious Resurgence
Posted by Tim Drake
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:10 AM
We’ve written about this both during and after Sydney’s World Youth Day, but Sunday’s Daily Telegraph reports that Sydney’s seminaries have three times as many seminarians as there were in 2000.
For the first time in 10 years, 60 men are currently studying for the priesthood. Eighty percent of the men are under the age of 30. The youngest is 19. The majority are in their early or mid-20s.
Some... READ MORE
Filed under australia, priestly formation, priests, sydney, vocations, world youth day
How to Form Holy Priests
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:59 AM
Seminarians greet the Pope April 19 at New York's St. Joseph Seminary. (CNS)
The Vatican weighed in today on the subject of using psychological methods in seminaries.
Many Vatican-watchers have concluded erroneously that today’s new Vatican document is intended primarily to address the question of how to avoid ordaining men who might become sexual abusers.
That’s obviously a crucial matter in itself, but the Vatican knows the bigger issue for the Church is whether the... READ MORE
Filed under cardinal grocholewski, priestly formation, seminaries, sexual abuse
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