Times change.
Today, the finest (and largest with 152 seminarians) minor seminary in North America is Saint John Vianney Minor Seminary located in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
See here and encourage vocations: http://www.vianney.net/.
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They have a flikr feed available search sjvsem at flikr.
I disagree.
The Lincoln diocese's St. Gregory the Great holds this honor!
I disagree.
The Lincoln diocese's St. Gregory the Great holds this honor:
http://www.stgregoryseminary.org/
Impressive numbers indeed, and no doubt partially achieved by the frank and wise approach mentioned on their website that "..seminarians don't need to be sure about priesthood to enter seminary".
However, you're quite mistaken by calling it a "minor seminary". Minor seminaries are for high school guys whilst St John Vianney is a college seminary where students can attain a university degree (usually in one of a variety of areas) before moving on to the theologate.
This terminology "college seminary" is new.
A high school seminary is not called a minor seminary, but rather a prepatory seminary (a prep. time) for the real stuff.
Major seminary (theology) comes after minor seminary (philosophy) which comes after prep. seminary (general liberal arts).
I second the post about St. Gregory the Great.
Don't be silly - they are all wearing suits - not cassocks!
I wouldn't be trusting that...
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