“I often ask myself, do we have too many seminaries? To that I must answer with a resounding yes!” Cardinal Timothy Dolan stated in an article for America Magazine.

Writing in America: The Jesuit Review, a monthly, New York-based Jesuit publication, Cardinal Timothy Dolan called for consolidation among seminaries, in the same way that parishes and other Catholic institutions have done.

“All our other educational institutions, as well as parishes, are biting the bullet. It is time we in charge of seminaries do the same thing,” Cardinal Dolan wrote.

Regionalizing vocational education may be the way forward, Cardinal Dolan proposed.

“I speak from experience. Here in the Archdiocese of New York we have a very good major seminary, St. Joseph’s. Yet, we struggle with enrollment, finances, maintenance of huge buildings and finding more and new quality faculty, especially priests.”

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