I confess my ignorance. But since the Novus Ordo seminaries were abysmal dens of heresy, at least from the 1970's onwards, according to various accounts, including autobiographies of various priests, I would like to know how much people actually know about the educational standards of SSPX seminaries. I apologize for stating what I think is the obvious.
Namely, if Archbishop LeFebvre was doing such a good job of supervising the spiritual and intellectual development of his students, (and I realize he had a lot on his plate), how did we ever end up with Fellay & Company?
Aside from Fellay's unsavory beliefs and methods, frankly he does not strike me as a strikingly well-educated man.
Of more immediate interest, there are now all these justifiable concerns about OHMC. But what do we suppose are the qualifications of Fathers Pfeiffer and Hewko in setting up a seminary at all? Who were their teachers? In all transparency, what were their grades?
Does anyone have that information?
Finally, what is the required coursework at OLMC?... What books must be studied, what papers must be written, etc., etc.?
Truly, the number of seminarians attending these classes is not important. What is important is whether or not there are, first of all, serious admission prerequisites; and then, later, will a graduate of OLMC have a sufficient grasp of the necessary academic disciplines to bear up against reasonable comparisons with his Novus Ordo counterparts; and, most telling of all, will these individuals be able to stand up for the Traditions we love and carry the torch forward for the benefit of generations to come?
There is more to being a priest than filling a pulpit.