Seminarians pray. An American cardinal has urged future priests to model their homilies on the early fathers of the Church in order to learn eloquence. PHOTO: CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz

17 Nov 2017

By The Record

Seminarians pray. An American cardinal has urged future priests to model their homilies on the early fathers of the Church in order to learn eloquence. PHOTO: CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz

Jon Tveit, a seminarian for the Archdiocese of New York, prays while on retreat at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, N.Y., Jan. 8. More than 50 seminarians from St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y., were attending the four-day retreat. National Vocation Awareness Week is Jan. 13-19. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) (Jan. 9, 2013)