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NPR<\/em> reports: “At U.S. seminaries, a rise in millennials answering God’s call<\/a>.” It seems that seminarians are getting younger, as more\u00a0men discern a possible vocation to ordained ministry at a younger age.<\/p>\n

These comments on liturgy\u00a0from Fr. Thomas Baima, vice rector at Mundelein Seminary outside Chicago, will interest Pray Tell <\/em>readers:<\/p>\n

Baima, the vice rector at Mundelein, also argues that other aspects of contemporary society \u2014 its pace, the use of technology, the emphasis on visuals \u2014 may also play a role in explaining the demographic shift underway.<\/p>\n

“Perhaps a form of worship that stresses beauty and the majesty of God … is filling a contemporary need that we might not be recognizing,” he says. “Is the fact that it’s a more visual experience simply lining up with a generation with whom visual communication is far more important because of technology’s changes?<\/p>\n

“Is it because more traditional worship provides more quiet and reflective experiences in an age when information just crashes over them like waves?” Baima asks. “These are only hypotheses, but it’s a question.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Not to hide in my rectory, but to go out to the people…” – Stefan Megyery, seminarian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ordained-ministry"],"yoast_head":"\nAt U.S. seminaries, a rise in millennials answering God's call - Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2015\/09\/30\/at-u-s-seminaries-a-rise-in-millennials-answering-gods-call\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"At U.S. seminaries, a rise in millennials answering God's call - Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\""I read about Francis when he was the bishop of Buenos Aires. 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