I thought of making this into a poll, but I suppose what I'm really interested to know is where a young man in today's world can go to for uncompromising Catholic formation. Open to any valid SSPX Resistance seminaries and valid (known thuc line) seminaries.

My nephew can speak French and Portuguese besides English because of school and his mum. Assuming geographical distance is not a problem, and without considering vocations (contemplative etc.), what are some options?

On top of my head, I can think of
- Most Holy Trinity Seminary (RCI)
- Mater Dei Seminary (CMRI)
- Sedes Sapientia Seminary (+Nkamuke)
- Sancta Cruz Monastery (Nova Friburgo)
- Dominicans of Avrille
- ??Can anyone remind me the place? (+Faure in France)
- The bamboo seminary (Chazal+)

My considerations at this point are only: Solid and thorough Catholic education, plentiful resources (e.g. classes won't be cancelled left and right due to lack of teachers) and good spiritual community. Just want the best in terms of education 

Please advise, dear people of CathInfo! And do give reasons as well

My vote is for Most Holy Trinity Seminary. The 2019 syllabus is attached, and I imagine it is still very similar in 2024.

Normally I would include this, but I don't like that the seminarians are required to accept the Cassiciacuм Thesis. 

My vote would be for Mater Dei Seminary (CMRI).

In my experience most people tend to attend seminaries affiliated with the communities where they attend Mass/have grown up/receive the Sacraments. Where is your nephew currently attending Mass? Does he have first hand experience with clergy from any of the above institutions? 

In any case any reputable seminary would have as a condition for entry a letter of reference from a priest who knows the candidate well over a significant period of time. Typically it’s not a case of applying to multiple different seminaries from multiple different congregations at the same time. 

People also treat it like a job. "I'm unemployed, so I'll send resumes to 100 companies and hope to get a job at one of them."

The priesthood is not a job. The position on the Crisis isn't a non-issue like what goods/services are offered by the company that eventually hires you.

You know how they advise job seekers to learn about the company you're applying to first, so you seem more interested in that company in particular, so you don't come across as apathetic, merely looking for "a job, any job"? That's good advice for a job seeker. That is REQUIRED I believe for a seminary candidate. That's my point.

"I just want a paycheck, I don't care who it's from" is NOT how one should treat seminary formation, or even the other Sacraments. You should go somewhere based on your attachment, interest, beliefs, and loyalty to that particular position. They shouldn't all be treated as "one is as good as another". Even if they are all valid for the PUBLIC AT LARGE, that doesn't mean *YOU* shouldn't have an opinion on the matter. You're supposed to CARE, right?

What do you think about someone who shops around for a religion, but doesn't care which one? Well it's almost as bad to do this with Trad groups. Don't you actually care about the Faith? Haven't you looked into the issues *at all*, so as to form a preference or opinion about how to best deal with the Crisis? Going with a 2nd or 3rd choice, due to geographic availability, is a different matter. At least you ranked them first, based on your fervent concern for the Church and the Faith.


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Compare it to looking for a spouse. Imagine being so business-like and transactional about finding a spouse. Imagine sending out 500 letters to various single women (in a database of some sort), telling them, "I'm a healthy single male of marriageable age. I am looking for a lifelong spouse with whom I can father numerous children. Until death do us part. Are you interested?"

Um...how about SOME kind of personal touch, at least pretend to be interested in the girl you're talking to in particular (rather than just her single status, her ability to bear children, etc?)


My conclusion: a vocation is MORE like finding a spouse, and LESS like finding a roofer to replace your roof.

The position on the Crisis isn't a non-issue like what goods/services are offered by the company that eventually hires you.

Finally someone said it, thanks. It's incredible the attitude of some people... If the don't stop being indifferent towards the Truth they will lose their souls, especially priests and wannabe seminarians who will decide whether dogmatic non-una cuм and sedeprivationism are true only after they hear what Sanborn can offer them.  

Send him to Padre Chazal's seminary at Hearts of Jesus & Mary Seminary in Cebu City of MCSPX. It's a great option because he can learn to become a missionary priest there and live a humble life as a simple, poor priest in the future.

Your choices should be narrowed down by your nephew’s view of the crisis.  If he’s SV or leans that way, he wouldn’t really fit in with the Resistance options.  If he’s not SV, he would not fit in with the SV options.