Another rather curious item in the article refers to "the emigration of seminarians....only one Ordinand...this year."
Anyone out there who can verify this?
There were 9 Ordained last Saturday, several from the Arch-diocese of Detroit, one from Gary Indiana, one from Marquette. I think the article is referring to the year 2007. This could change as occasionally seminarians will decide to leave their order and become diocesan priests, one of the new Detroit priests did just that.
Also, the Cardinal has allowed several very conservative orders (Canons Regular of the Holy Cross and Miles Christi)to work within the diocese. There are 2 Miles Christi Brothers who are seminarians right now and they will remain in the Detroit area. In total there are around 80 seminarians at Sacred Heart but I am not sure how many are from the Arch-diocese and how many are from other diocese like Gary Indiana.