This is the second time in a month that I’ve heard of an upturn in vocations in the US. The first being here in Denver. We had a visiting seminarian explain how the seminary north of Denver is expanding, and has 100 plus religious studying there. Currently, they are housing people in local parish’s rectories, and plan to expand the campus.
Nice to see this development, finally.
C2K
It depends on the diocese. If it has an orthodox bishop, chances are that vocations are doing well. If it has a squishy/heterodox bishop, then vocations are going to be lower.
I'm now holding my breath about the former, though. The excellent Archbishop Donoghue recently retired and has now been replaced by former Bernardin protege Wilton Gregory, of the suspected pinkish, liberal persuasion.