Trend Shows Younger Men Becoming Priests

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More than half of the ordination class of 2011 in the United States are 25-34 years old, showing a consistent trend of younger men becoming priests.

The majority of the class has been Catholic since birth, though 8% entered the Church later in life.

Around a third of those being ordained have a relative who is a priest or a religious.

Over half of the class has more than two siblings, with a quarter of those surveyed reporting five or more siblings.

The report noted that 21% of those being ordained participated in a World Youth Day before entering the seminary.

The most popular hobbies or extra-curricular activities of the 2011 class are listening to music (73%), reading (67%), watching movies (62%), football or soccer (41%), hiking (33%), cooking (33%) and musical instruments (33%).

zenit.org/rssenglish-32501
 
now if we could only get similar figures for Britain and Ireland
 
Abyssinia said:
More than half of the ordination class of 2011 in the United States are 25-34 years old, showing a consistent trend of younger men becoming priests
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This is good. I think it is very inspiring to youth for them to see very young priests (in their 20’s and 30’s).
 
Abyssinia said:
More than half of the ordination class of 2011 in the United States are 25-34 years old, showing a consistent trend of younger men becoming priests.

The majority of the class has been Catholic since birth, though 8% entered the Church later in life.

Around a third of those being ordained have a relative who is a priest or a religious.

Over half of the class has more than two siblings, with a quarter of those surveyed reporting five or more siblings.

The report noted that 21% of those being ordained participated in a World Youth Day before entering the seminary.

The most popular hobbies or extra-curricular activities of the 2011 class are listening to music (73%), reading (67%), watching movies (62%), football or soccer (41%), hiking (33%), cooking (33%) and musical instruments (33%).

zenit.org/rssenglish-32501
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Out of 480 nationwide? Il est à pleurer.
 
Theophorus said:
now if we could only get similar figures for Britain and Ireland
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I’ll give you my observations for my Diocesan Seminary (St Mary’s College Oscott, Birmingham), all the Seminarians currently there are either a) straight out of university b) straight out of college or c) later converts who felt the calling to the Priesthood during there conversion. Young men are being ordained everywhere, and from my own observations, they are only getting younger, I however can’t argue for the rest of Britain, but just my own Diocesan Seminary (which actually serves more then just my diocese, many of the surrounding dioceses use my seminary, however Ushaw in Durham is closing due to a lack of numbers or funding, and merging with Oscott).
 
I know from my own group of college friends there is a large group of them. I have 3 being ordained deacons this year and 3 more who started recently and another already in a religious order as a brother.
 
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I didn’t know Birmingham had a seminary.
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It was built by Pugin (same person that designed St Chads Cathedral) they have Priestly Ordinations in June, check the website they have the date for them on there. It’s on the corner of Chester Road and College Road (it’s called St Mary’s College, Oscott). The Holy Father visited it on his visit to Britain in September, when it reopens in September they expecting to double or triple in size due to the new Seminarians from Ushaw.

Are you attending Invocation at the end of June? If not please do ! Fr Moss is complaining that there are not enough people attending from Birmingham Archdiocese, it’s only £50 for a full board weekend where you stay on the grounds of Oscott, attend talks on vocations (from marriage, single life, religious life and the Priesthood) daily Mass, exposition and Benediction (plus Lauds & Vespers I think).

Where abouts in Birmingham are you from? I’m from the South of the city, around the Northfield/Kings Norton area
 
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