Five thousand. But we've got five mature men entering formation for the permanent diaconate, which is a "vocation" that we pray for in the Church.
I'm not done. There's a Tongan elder who's been waffling, and I've laid down a challenge to him to be a sacramental leader to his community by becoming a permanent deacon (he's got six children).
BTW, the one candidate for the priesthood is a 42 year old widower, who was moaning and groaning about what God wanted him to do next. I asked him if he'd ever considered becoming a priest, since he'd already had the best wife he could ever have.
He said he hadn't thought of it, but would.
Voila! He'll be in a seminary in the fall, and will take some philosophy courses at the University of Dallas over the summer.
His kids support his decision.