Ask bishops how their dioceses are doing for vocations to the priesthood and a response you’ll often receive is: “Not too bad, but we’d like to be doing better.” In reality, many dioceses are struggling to attract the seminarians they need to replace their retiring priests. Statistics have shown a dramatic decline in vocations to the priesthood and religious life since the close of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65). The Herald spoke to several bishops with strong vocations programmes to ask what they were doing that worked.
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Seven bishops reveal how they increased vocations
ask bishops how their dioceses are doing for vocations to the priesthood and a response you’ll often receive is: “not too bad, but we’d like...
Jim Graves
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