What do you know about these three seminaries?

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I’m not familiar with any of them and hopefully someone is. However, if I were you I would look to see who is in charge of priestly formation. If it is a nun or laywoman, find another seminary.

I’m a female and I’m sorry to say so, but priests should be responsible for the formation of young men, not nuns, most of whom have a progressive agenda, which includes pushing the women priest agenda. Thank God you are looking for an orthodox seminary because you want to be formed in such a way as to support the magisterium, not challenge it at every opportunity. So many of these seminaries have been corrupted that I would research thoroughly.

All kidding aside, that is one piece of criteria I would look at - who is forming the priests?

For more reading, consider this. It explains how the “sisters” have been filtering out orthodox young men who didn’t pass their litmus test, or making life miserable for those they could not filter out. It is utterly shameful.

goodbyegoodmen.com/contents.html

Furthermore, you might inquire about their devotional practices and see what their reaction is. Do they have adoration? Do they encourage the rosary or other devotions or do they consider this “rigid”?
 
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What do you know about these three seminaries? Good or bad as measured by their orthodoxy?

Blessed John XXIII National Seminary
blessedjohnxxiii.edu/index.html

Holy Apostles College and Seminary
holyapostles.edu/

Saint Meinrad
saintmeinrad.edu

A future priest may need to choose one of these!
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As I understand it, the seminarian’s superior will choose the seminary, unless the Bishop/Abbot/etc, is giving you a choice.

I didn’t have much choice in the matter. 🙂 But I didn’t go to any of those schools. shrugs I went to minor seminary at St. Joseph College Seminary in Covington, La.

I didn’t go on, however, after graduating - I probably would have ended up at Notre Dame in New Orleans.

Seminary, as I have experienced it, is 99% what you make of it.
 
I know one of the faculty members at St. Meinrad’s, . He teaches systematic theology and ethics. He’s very orthodox and a good guy. He and his wife have 6 or 7 kids I think. He’s also a Franciscan U. alumnus I believe.
 
I can’t speak for the other two, but I can say that Holy Apostles Seminary is orthodox, because this is where the Fathers of Mercy (a very orthodox order in Kentucky) often send their seminarians.
 
St. Meinrad’s is one of the places we send our seminarians from the diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana. I’ve visited there before, and it seems to be fairly orthodox. It is part of a large Benedictine Monastery, and we have several oblates who go there regularly for spiritual formation.
 
God will lead you (or rather, will lead the bishop to send you) where He wants you. From what I have observed, the people who help you the most in the seminary are not the spiritual directors or faculty- they are the other seminarians- whom you are on the same journey of faith (and often are at least somewhat close to being on the same page spiritually) with. Liberal seminaries do not mean the seminarians there agree with it.
 
All I know about Blessed John XXIII is that it is for “late” vocations. I know my diocese(Peoria,IL) sends seminarians there. We no longer send seminarians to St. Meinrad’s but I have no idea why.

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All I know about Blessed John XXIII is that it is for “late” vocations. I know my diocese(Peoria,IL) sends seminarians there. We no longer send seminarians to St. Meinrad’s but I have no idea why.

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I’ve heard Peoria is a very orthodox diocese?
If so, it would be interesting to know why they no longer use St. Meinrad’s. Hmmm, since the site for Blessed John says it’s for men 30 to 60 years of age, what does Peoria do with younger seminarians…or do they not accept them younger than 30?
 
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