“More heeding the call to priesthood at Menlo Park seminary” reads the headline in an Aug. 1 story published by the San Mateo County Times. The story is about St. Patrick’s Seminary & University, where priests are trained for the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the dioceses of Fresno, Monterey, Oakland, Orange, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa and Stockton, as well as for dioceses in Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
“From a young age, Juan Alejo has aspired to live a priest's life,” reported the Times. “‘Since I was a kid, I heard this call,’ said Alejo. Now the 35-year-old, who is heeding that summons by attending St. Patrick's Seminary & University in Menlo Park, is among a growing number of men flocking to seminaries in recent years to become Roman Catholic priests.”
The growth in the number of seminarians, said the newspaper, has prompted St. Patrick’s “to plan for a major campus expansion that could cost up to $50 million.”
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