{"id":15941,"date":"2026-06-09T15:34:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/?p=15941"},"modified":"2026-06-09T16:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:50:28","slug":"forming-the-next-generation-of-priests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/forming-the-next-generation-of-priests\/","title":{"rendered":"Formando a la pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n de sacerdotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15941\" class=\"elementor elementor-15941\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-dce-background-image-url=\"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CSA-interior-background.webp\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-316e4b2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"316e4b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Formando a la pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n de sacerdotes<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59feacce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59feacce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW83235685 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW83235685 BCX0\">Discovering freedom, clarity, and God\u2019s voice through silence and formation.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15942 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/O_Meara_Jacob-1-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/O_Meara_Jacob-1-240x300.jpg 240w, 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seminarian studying for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234636369 BCX0\">\u00a0en el\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW234636369 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/saintpaulseminary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW234636369 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234636369 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">St. Paul Seminary<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW234636369 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234636369 BCX0\">. I am in my fifth year of major seminary, two years away from priestly ordination, God willing.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW234636369 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234636369 BCX0\">In my first year of major seminary, I\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234636369 BCX0\">participated<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234636369 BCX0\">\u202fin a year-long media and technology fast as a part of my formation which helped me realize just how dependent I had become. This fast\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234636369 BCX0\">largely opened<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234636369 BCX0\">\u00a0internal space and freedom to hear God\u2019s voice more clearly and begin to recognize more deeply the desires of my own heart.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW234636369 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234636369 BCX0\">Funds from the Catholic Services Appeal\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234636369 BCX0\">assist<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234636369 BCX0\">\u00a0with part of the costs of my room<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234636369 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234636369 BCX0\">and board for me and other major seminarians from this archdiocese. I am grateful to all who help make this happen. Thank you, and may God bless you!&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-dce-background-color=\"#95013D\" data-dce-background-overlay-image-url=\"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/background-texture-scaled.webp\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16b63a87 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"16b63a87\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34d7f7c6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"34d7f7c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b3c11f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7b3c11f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/catholic-services-appeal\/donate\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Donar<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd694c8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cd694c8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMe llamo Jacob O\u2019Meara y soy seminarista de la Arquidi\u00f3cesis de St. Paul y Minneapolis en el Seminario de St. Paul. Estoy cursando mi quinto a\u00f1o de seminario mayor y, si Dios quiere, me faltan dos a\u00f1os para la ordenaci\u00f3n sacerdotal\u2026\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-csa-impact"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15941"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16036,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15941\/revisions\/16036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}