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No. Reaching out and having a conversation will help you grow in awareness and understanding. So too will Fr. Eric answer any questions/concerns you may have.

It depends on the man, his life, and what the Lord is doing in him. Some men enter the seminary within a year of beginning serious discernment. Others take five, ten, or fifteen years before they are ready. Both are normal.

No. You need to be open and honest. Seminary exists to provide men with the environment to discern a priestly vocation and to be formed into the men that Christ is calling them to be.

The decision does not rest solely on you; the discernment process involves others who walk with you and will help direct you to respond to God's call in your life.

Entrance into seminary is not ordination to the priesthood. The seminary provides men with the opportunity to formally discern a priestly vocation. In the seminary, the Church walks with you in a particular and intentional way that helps you grow in understanding of who the Lord is calling you to be and how the Lord is calling you to love. Nothing is "wasted" if a man leaves seminary; he leaves with a deeper awareness of the Lord, self, and his vocation.