Only one seminarian remains in Dublin, but, evidently, the figures for Irish vocations will be somewhat more positive, for we learn that fifteen seminarians have begun their formation course in Ireland.

For the President of the Episcopal Vocations Council, Mgr Alphonsus Cullinan:

We must always remember that they are pastors of God's church (Acts 20, 28). The number of fifteen new seminarians represents reality, a sign that God continues to call and that men respond generously to this call. In my prayer, I entrust these seminarians to God's grace. We need priests, we will always need them. The priesthood is a precious gift to the Church founded by Christ, and we continue to encourage vocations with hope, not because we believe in our human efforts, but because we believe in God.

15 provosts and 64 seminaries in Ireland

Fifteen new seminaries in the Propodeutic year at Dundalk (Archdiocese of Armagh), Real Colegio Inglis (Valladolid, Spain) and Royal Scots College (Salamanca, Spain). In short, with these fifteen provosts, this would represent a total of 64 seminaries in Irish dioceses.

A swallow does not make a spring, we must pay attention to the relative recovery that allows us to escape from it“Winter of Work”. As recalled in the agency's dispatch, we must also remember the specificity of propaedeutics. Zenithin the east “Another year at a seminary approved and recognized by the Holy See and the corresponding Episcopal Conference. At the end of this program, the seminarian, with the consent of his bishop, is asked to enter the seminary to continue his training for an Irish diocese. We will have to wait in the coming years to see if this peak reflects a lasting recovery.