Seminarians from St. Charles Boromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa., help to keep hungry people alive during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Like their counterparts a century ago, seminarians serve others amid pandemic
Flying into a quarantine: U.S. seminarians create a ‘bubble’ in Rome
The seminarians, from 23 U.S. dioceses, were tested for COVID-19 a few days before boarding their flights to Rome and were being monitored each day within the confines of the NAC campus on the Janiculum Hill overlooking the Vatican.
San Jose Diocese tries virtual running as fundraiser for vocations
As the coronavirus continues to call for social distancing, some like the Diocese of San Jose, California, are finding creative ways to combine safeguarding the health needs of their parishioners with a way to help the financial health of their projects as well.
Amid pandemic, half of U.S. seminarians in Rome returned home
About half of the U.S. seminarians and priests living at the Pontifical North American College and the Casa Santa Maria in Rome have returned home.
Notre Dame releases study on sexual harassment among U.S. seminarians
The University of Notre Dame Sept. 21 released a groundbreaking report that looked at sexual harassment in U.S. Catholic seminaries, revealing that just 6% of seminarians reported experiencing some form of sexual harassment or misconduct, while 90% reported none.
From punk band member to pole vaulter: Incoming priests had varied professions before entering seminary
The new crop of priests being ordained this year had a wide variety of careers before discerning a call to priesthood, according to a report issued May 3 by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate.
The priority of seminary health in the church’s renewal
This year’s National Vocation Awareness Week allows me to highlight the remarkable health of the seminaries that form our future priests.
Former nuncio to U.S. heard rumors of McCarrick misconduct in 1994
A former nuncio to the United States acknowledged hearing rumors about the sexual misconduct of Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick already in 1994.