The Provincial Council has appointed Sulpician Father Shawn D. Gould, P.S.S., S.T.L., J.D., as the next President-Rector of ...

Seminaries and their formators are beginning to rethink what formation should look like in the U.S. following reports that enrollment at graduate-level seminaries is continuing to decline. The fall ...

Seminarians in Africa are not allowed “to be themselves” and must find ways “to get by,” a Catholic priest from Nigeria has said, challenging institutions that form future priests to encourage better ...

Pope Francis lamented that ‘a sufficient grounding in literature’ is not a standard part of priestly formation. But some seminaries in the U.S. and abroad seem to be bucking that trend. Seminarians ...

Diocesan bishops and vocations directors are largely satisfied with their seminaries' formation programs — but some gaps remain between clergy and mental health professionals as to the role of ongoing ...

“Fully Equipped for Every Good Work: A Proposal of Twelve Core Competencies in Ministering to Survivors of Sexual Abuse for Seminary,” a new proposal from the University of Notre Dame McGrath ...

Diocesan bishops and vocations directors are largely satisfied with their seminaries' formation programs -- but some gaps remain between clergy and mental health professionals as to the role of ...

The study groups that Pope Francis tasked with digging into some controversial topics that arose at the Synod on Synodality have published their interim reports. This week on “Inside the Vatican,” ...

The priesthood is deeply cherished and lies at the heart of Catholic faith and people, but a fresh conversation is needed around the formation of priests in order for ordained ministry to flourish ...

The Rev. Matthew Clark, previously the interim president-rector of the St. Joseph Seminary College, has been tapped by its board of trustees to lead the institution. Clark assumed the interim mantle ...