More men turning to seminary; St. Paul welcomes largest class

[jilly4ski]

kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=870601

St. Paul, Minn. – The St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity at the University of St. Thomas welcomes 33 new men into the seminary this fall. That is the largest class in three decades. Every dorm room on the seminary’s campus is now full, and it has church leaders full of hope.

“It’s wonderful because it shows life and vitality and that’s what our church especially needs; to grow,” Monsignor Aloysius Callaghan of the Seminary said. “The whole world and our local church have been praying for more priests,” he explained.

I believe there are a number of factors, including the one mentioned in the article, that have led to an increase in men going to seminary. The seminary classes have been growing the past few years, so the “recruitment” must be good at getting the word out. The economic climate may have some men finally answering (or recognizing) the call, and Archbishop Nienstedt has done wonders for the archdiocese as well, be instilling orthodoxy, and showing he has a backbone when it comes to Church teaching.

 

[The_Rock]

Add to this that the new priests coming out of this seminary are solid orthodox priests.

 

[Giuseppe_Gavino]

This is great news, we should keep them in our prayers!

 

[CatholicLife]

Praise be to God!

 

[AndrewRaZ]

Blessed be God! And it’s not only St. Paul! At Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, we have 116 seminarians (although 2 young men have left already), which is 14 more than we have rooms. The 14 are religious brothers staying at a parish. On top of that, there are more commuter students than ever. Some classrooms are even running out of space!
What a blessed problem to have!

 

[Luigi_Daniele]

Praise God!!

What absolutely wonderful news