Seminary Administrators Weigh in on Downward Trends
According to the report about the 2024-2025 academic year, college seminary enrollment went down 6% and graduate-level seminary enrollment dropped 8%.
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US Catholic Seminaries Said to Be in a ‘Golden Age’
Seminaries are at the healthiest point they have been in for decades in terms of culture and quality of priestly formation, experts say.
A Seminary Renaissance
EDITORIAL: Our latest coverage features examples of how today’s seminaries, through capable stewardship and creative, dynamic orthodoxy, are being rebuilt on firm foundations.
At America’s Oldest Seminary, a New Approach to Training Priests
St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore — founded in 1791 — is helping its seminarians become the best priests they can be.
Seminaries Are Doing More to Open Doors for Older Vocations
While Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary specifically caters to older vocations, many other seminaries have a significant portion of their seminarians made up of older vocations.
Some US Seminaries Report Surge in Enrollments Even as Nationwide Numbers Remain Flat
There is a potential turnaround in some regions.
US Seminaries Grapple With the Issue of Transgender Applicants
In the wake of last fall’s disclosure that some biological females had been admitted to seminaries, Catholic formators, canonists and doctors discuss precautionary steps seminaries need to take.
Transgender Seminary Applicants: What Is the Church’s Pastoral Response?
Such individuals can’t be ordained, but formators stress the need to accompany these persons with love and understanding.
The McWilliams Sex-Abuse Scandal: Critics Say Cleveland Diocese Must Do More to Address Problems
Despite recent revelations about warning signs the diocese and its seminary allegedly ignored regarding the priest’s misconduct, the diocese told the Register its procedures are adequate.
The Formation of a New Priest Who Abused Minors: How Did He Slip Past Seminary Screening Policies?
Robert McWilliams, who was ordained by the Diocese of Cleveland in 2017, was convicted in July of sex crimes he committed involving children, beginning in the year he was ordained.
