Seminarian enrolments - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 23 Nov 2020 03:01:43 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Seminarian enrolments - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Catholic archdiocese of Vienna sees rise in seminarians https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/11/23/catholic-archdiocese-of-vienna-sees-rise-in-seminarians/ Mon, 23 Nov 2020 06:53:50 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=132571 The archdiocese of Vienna has reported a rise in the number of men training for the priesthood. Fourteen new candidates entered the archdiocese's three seminaries this autumn. Eleven of them are from Vienna archdiocese and the remaining three are from the dioceses of Eisenstadt and St. Pölten. The archdiocese brought its three seminaries together under Read more

Catholic archdiocese of Vienna sees rise in seminarians... Read more]]> The archdiocese of Vienna has reported a rise in the number of men training for the priesthood.

Fourteen new candidates entered the archdiocese's three seminaries this autumn. Eleven of them are from Vienna archdiocese and the remaining three are from the dioceses of Eisenstadt and St. Pölten.

The archdiocese brought its three seminaries together under one roof in 2012. In total, 52 candidates are now training there. The oldest was born in 1946 and the youngest in 2000, reported CNA Deutsch, CNA's German-language news partner, Nov. 19.

According to the archdiocese, the candidates come from a wide variety of backgrounds. They include musicians, chemists, nurses, former civil servants and a winemaker.

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