The Changing Face of Seminary Formation
The typical diocesan seminarian today begins seminary while in his early 20s, after finishing college and, in many cases, having acquired some work experience. While the decades immediately after the Second Vatican Council saw an increase in seminarians in their 30s, 40s and 50s, older seminary students are less common today. At the same time, according to Thomas Gaunt, S.J., executive director of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University, which assembled the data cited here, most men now enter with degrees in a wide range of fields.
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