Seminary

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

Graduate-level and college-level enrollment at Catholic seminaries in the U.S. were down significantly in the 2024-2025 academic year, while high school seminary enrollment has held steady, according to CARA statistics

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

With Nazareth Seminary, the Diocese of Phoenix has entrusted the University of Mary with the academic formation of its seminarians.

AMBLER, Pa. (OSV News) — A newly built campus for a historic seminary in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia reflects the “mentorship and accompaniment” crucial to seminarian formation in the 21st …

WALKER, Minn. (OSV News) — Mason Bailey found out he would be walking in the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage eight weeks before it began. A seminarian for the Diocese of Fort …