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(OSV News) A new study cites trusted relationships with parish priests as a deciding factor in cultivating vocations and reducing the priest-to-parishioner ratio as essential for making such encounters possible.
The 2023 State of Priestly Vocations in the United States by Texas-based Vocation Ministry concludes that the overall role of priests in fostering vocations is significant, with around 70% of those ordained reporting that they were invited by a priest to consider the calling.