By Xuan Giang I am immensely impressed by Cassock Day celebrations. It truly touches me to see seminarians become tearful and delighted, but slightly embarrassed, to put on longed-for cassocks for the first time. The seminary rector tells them that “receiving cassocks marks a new stage in the process toContinue Reading
New York, Oct. 23, 2018: In the wake of recent reports concerning widespread sexual harassment and sexual abuse at seminaries, an American seminary professor has suggestions for how the seminary process could improve. Fr. Thomas Berg, a professor of moral theology and director of admissions at St. Joseph’s Seminary inContinue Reading
The number of seminarians has fallen amid what a Vatican document calls a “crisis of vocations”. Between 2012 and 2016, the number of men in seminary training for the priesthood fell by nearly 4,000, to 116,160. The decline has been especially concentrated in the Americas and Europe. In Africa seminaryContinue Reading
Cincinnati, US: The Rev. Benedict O’Cinnsealaigh looks out his office window at the courtyard below, marvelling at how much his view has changed in just a few weeks. Once home to green grass and well-manicured shrubs, the courtyard is now a muddy mess. Heavy equipment rumbles throughout the day andContinue Reading
Smart phones have become part of seminary and religious lifeContinue Reading
Cape Coast, Ghana: Priestly formation isn’t a just a job for the rector – it’s a responsibility shared between the entire Christian community and seminarians themselves, said a Ghanaian bishop. “It is the duty and the primary responsibility of parents to form or educate seminarians, while the seminarian himself has theContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Bhubaneswar—Odisha bishops have asked their seminarians to prepare to face future challenges from now on. Six bishops of Odisha state, Eastern India, visited their two major seminaries on December 10-11 in different places as part of their annual visitation. The first one is: St. Pauls Spirituality SeminaryContinue Reading
