Seminarians in undergraduate college programs up 5%

[Maranatha]

Study: More U.S. Catholics prepare for diaconate, lay ministry

—Seminarians in undergraduate college programs numbered 1,365, up 68 from the previous year.
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Tracking seminary retention rates from the first year of theology to the fourth year, CARA found that the class of 2007 dropped from 727 students in its first year, 2003-04, to 555 students at the start of the final year, for a retention rate of 76 percent.

This was better than the 67 percent retention rate in the class of 2006 and the 72 percent rate in the classes of 2005 and 2004, but worse than the 85 percent retention rate for the class of 2003.

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[under_the_dome]

Wouldn’t the Class of 2007 have been the first to enter (at least for First Theology) after the abuse scandal had hit in 2002/2003?

 

[chicago]

—High school seminaries had 729 students, down 34 from the previous year.

That’ll take a huge dip next reporting cycle.

 

[Andy_K]

That’ll take a huge dip next reporting cycle.

…and more than likely they’ll be a thread decrying the lack of devotion among youth, the parents’ lack of proper parenting, and the degenerate nature of our culture, without any acknowledgement of the real reason.