Item 9 - 'Fact Sheet: Seminarians of the Sixties'

6pp

'Fact sheet: Seminarians of the Sixties': Statistical results from a publication produced in the United States (Raymond H Potvin and Antanas Suziedelis. 'Seminarians of the Sixties: A National Survey'. September 1969, published by Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), based on a survey undertaken to ascertain views of seminarians on topics such as vocational decision, satisfaction with the choice to embark on the priesthood, celibacy, and role of the priest. The survey also examined statistics for family background and rate of withdrawal from the seminary.