Seminary

A Kansas diocese will open its own seminary at the end of August, realizing a dream more than two decades in the making.

(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 …

“He will bring experience and authenticity as a priest and bishop to this critical work of forming future priests for the Church.”

ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — In May last year, Sheryl Moran and a friend whose family is from Chicago were at the start of a pilgrimage along Spain’s Camino …

“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!”

Lilly Endowment Inc. recently announced 45 recipients of its Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative, which aims to help theological schools in the U.S. and Canada strengthen their abilities to prepare ordained …

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.