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Stylus
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I’m sure this depends, but is there anyone here who might know how long it takes a seminarian to know if he’s going to stay in the seminary or realize he doesn’t have a vocation?
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awalt
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I am not a priest, but I as told by one that you know for sure only at the moment of ordination.
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Stylus
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Well that’s strange. What if the person isn’t meant to be ordaned?
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awalt
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My understanding is that the discernment process the seminarian goes through will result in them leaving and not ever getting ordained. That happens more than you might think.
Discernment is a very active, conscious process that is ongoing from the earliest times of the seminarian speaking with the Church about entering a seminary. It does not stop until they are ordained.
Discernment is a very active, conscious process that is ongoing from the earliest times of the seminarian speaking with the Church about entering a seminary. It does not stop until they are ordained.
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Mary
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I know men who have left the seminary during their final year, very close to ordination… That’s about seven years of preparing!!
Others leave and then return…
I’m discerning marriage, and as I continually tell my boyfriend, we can’t assume anything until we’re married, no matter how much we feel we’re called to marry each other… Up until the day I say “I do” I’m still discerning…
Others leave and then return…
I’m discerning marriage, and as I continually tell my boyfriend, we can’t assume anything until we’re married, no matter how much we feel we’re called to marry each other… Up until the day I say “I do” I’m still discerning…
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