Baptized, confirmed and praticing Roman Catholic men with a desire to serve God and His people as a priest here in the Diocese of Youngstown must possess the following general qualifications:
- Faith in, and love for Christ and His Church.
- Good moral character.
- A high school diploma with favorable academic abilities.
- Emotional balance and maturity.
- Good physical health.
- Psychological readiness and capacity to pursue a sustaining, life-long commitment.
- A deepening habit of prayer and a balanced devotional life.
- Maturity to recognize and the willingness to respond to the needs of others.
- Readiness to serve in the manner to which he is called by God, through his Bishop.
- A developing spirit of detachment that helps him be in the world but not of the world.
- Freedom to enter this state in life.
Assessment and Application Process
Guided by our overall diocesan goal to nurture and develop holy and well formed priests, great care is taken to insure a careful and thorough assessment and application process for all potential seminarian candidates. This assessment and application process or sequence of events generally encompasses the following. read more...
Seminary Formation Programs
In view of the confidence extended to the seminaries where its seminarians are matriculating, the Diocese of Youngstown entrusts a significant part of the priestly formation of its men to the formation programs presently utilized by these seminaries.
Four Areas of Formation
Human - Spiritual - Intellectual - Pastoral
Formation, as the Church understands it, is not equivalent to a secular sense of schooling or, even less, job training. Formation is first and foremost cooperation with the grace of God read more...
