Most traditional seminaries

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Aside from FSSP and ICKSP, does anyone know which seminaries in full communion with Rome are the most traditional, the least liberal, and offer the best formation?

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I’ve heard good things about the Marian fathers and the Oblates of the Virgin Mary while they aren’t specifically Latin Mass strictly seminaries they form solid priests
 
You do undestand the seminary isn’t like college where you apply to the places that appeal to you.
If your Bishop thinks you may have a vocation, you will be sent to a seminary of his choosing, not yours.
 
I thought that was only in the case of diocesan priests?
 
I thought the same I mean you should obviously have some spiritual guidance by a spiritual director but the Bishop doesn’t send you to the seminary of his choosing.
 
It would be the Superior then.
One attends seminary and is ordained at the will of the Ordinary or Superior. One,does not have a lot of choice in the matter, as it is an exercise in obedience.
 
CilladeRoma said:
It would be the Superior then.
One attends seminary and is ordained at the will of the Ordinary or Superior. One,does not have a lot of choice in the matter, as it is an exercise in obedience.
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One doesn’t ordain oneself. Obviously. That doesn’t mean he has no say in the type of priest he attempts to become. Obviously.
 
I said he doesn’t get a choice in seminary, or in some cases even what he studies.

Seminary is not like college, where you apply to the schools the you like. All discernment is done in conjunction with the Superior or Ordinary, and ultimately at their direction.
 
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I said he doesn’t get a choice in seminary, or in some cases even what he studies.
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Except he does have a choice in which seminary he pursues if he doesn’t plan to be a diocesan priest. There’s no guarantee that he’ll be admitted, or that if admitted he’ll ultimately be ordained. But he can certainly pursue the FSSP, for example.
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Seminary is not like college, where you apply to the schools the you like. All discernment is done in conjunction with the Superior or Ordinary, and ultimately at their direction.
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No one here has disputed any of that. The OP can still search for an order that he feels a kinship with and can pursue the discernment process with the superior there.
 
The Bishop (or Superior in the case of a member of a religious order) may seek your (name removed by moderator)ut on which seminary you’d like to attend, but in the end, it is their choice. You can either accept that choice or seek out another diocese or order. There are no “free agent” seminaries.
 
Like one priest in a religious order put it: “I was asked if I wanted to study in German, French or English.”

Since he doesn’t speak one of the languages at all and learnt the second while in Novice and the third he learnt in primary school his choice was pretty easy. He didn’t have a say in which seminary he studied at just the language he would be more comfortable studying in.
 
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You do undestand the seminary isn’t like college where you apply to the places that appeal to you.
If your Bishop thinks you may have a vocation, you will be sent to a seminary of his choosing, not yours.
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That is certainly true.

Though, most bishops tend to send all their seminarians to the same one or two seminaries. So if someone found a seminary they liked, they could seek out a diocese that sends their seminarians there. I’m not sure I’d suggest that as the best path of discernment, though.
 
Won’t the only requirement be to be in “full communion” with Rome? If it wasn’t then it won’t be an acceptable seminary
 
jrgmercado said:
Won’t the only requirement be to be in “full communion” with Rome? If it wasn’t then it won’t be an acceptable seminary
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Now you’ve opened an entirely separate can of worms :crazy_face:😱😲

EC and EO often use one another’s seminaries.

And the Patriarch of Constantinople has a degree from a college in the Vatican . . .

hawk
 
Lol!

I was going to say either Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary or Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology 😂

Correct me if I’m wrong but haven’t the Melkites at times here in the U.S. sent seminarians to Antiochian seminaries?

ZP
 
dochawk said:
EC and EO often use one another’s seminaries.
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You answered my question. Must have skipped this sentence lol

Sister Vassa (ROCOR) from Coffee with Sr. Vassa studied under Father Rober Taft SJ of blessed memory when she was working on her PhD. She has a great episode honoring him after his repose.

ZP
 
Some dioceses require that you have lived there for a period of time before they will sponsor you. Of course if you go to college in one diocese and your family lives in another you might have two choices.
Going to an order seminary still requires you to be sponsored as it were by the superior.
 
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