“I do not know exactly where God will lead me, but I trust that He is guiding me step by step,” wrote Dominic Auricchio, 13, in a winning essay.
Priestly Vocations
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During the summer assignment, from June to the end of July, the seminarians lived amid the elements, sleeping on cots in tents through rainy and humid nights.
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(OSV News) — A new report by the University of Notre Dame offers 12 key recommendations to improve seminarian formation, focusing on the more effective use of psychological services, while better …
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Ahead of his May 23 priestly ordination, Deacon Scott-Vincent Borba — co-founder of beauty giant e.l.f. Cosmetics, who left stardom for the seminary — sat down with OSV News for …
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“Life reveals itself as a continual act of trusting in the Lord and abandoning ourselves to him, even when his plans unsettle our own.”
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“The high moment in any day is my celebrating Mass. And you stop to think, ‘What am I doing here?’ You can’t beat this! This is the tops!”
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Drawing on their own experience, families say homeschooling cultivates priestly vocations
by Katie Yoderby Katie Yoder“More than one in ten responding ordinands (15%) reported being home schooled,” a 2025 CARA report said. Homeschooling families who spoke with OSV News agreed that homeschooling cultivates priestly vocations.
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NEW YORK (OSV News) — Close to 800 young men from the Archdiocese of New York have responded to a call for interest in the priestly life, according to the …
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Especially in a Jubilee Year, but also every day, priests are called to continual conversion so that they can authentically preach the good news of hope, …
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With Nazareth Seminary, the Diocese of Phoenix has entrusted the University of Mary with the academic formation of its seminarians.
