44% of the priests ordained in 2013 went to Catholic Colleges. This is a significant number. If parents are wondering how to encourage a vocation in the family, I would suggest sending your boys to Thomas Aquinas, or Wyoming Catholic, or Christendom, for example.
Do not send your boys to the older Catholic colleges, such as Creighton or Loyola, or Georgetown.
It is the duty of parents to encourage vocations. God gives parents insights into the gifts and calls of their children. If we cooperate, God will bless us and the children.
Vocations are lost in America for several reasons. The first is contraception. How many excellent priests have been destroyed? The second is greed, the desire for money in families, especially in families with businesses which want the young men to take over. The third is a false loyalty to ethnic traditions in families.
54% of Hispanics are now Catholics in the United States (2012), but only 15% of the men ordained in 2013 are Hispanic. http://www.gallup.com/poll/160691/catholic-hispanic-population-less-religious-shrinking.aspx
Problems. Do not be elated about the higher numbers of seminarians in the US. 50% leave before ordination.
