Seminarian

Seminary formation was already notoriously long and recently, an additional year has been added: the propadeutic year. Yet few are complaining.

The consequence of immigration enforcement to the maximum degree, Bishop Tyson said, would mean “we have parishes without priests immediately.”

Diocesan bishops and vocations directors are largely satisfied with their seminaries’ formation programs — but some gaps remain, according to a new report.

The seminarian for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, who is studying at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, has grown more confident with his voice and singing in …