THE SEMINARY, AN ENVIRONMENT OF MEN OF PROFOUND FAITH

VATICAN CITY, OCT 24, 2000 (VIS) - In the Clementine Hall at 11:30 a.m. today, the Pope received the rector, teachers, students and members of the association of friends of the major seminary of the Metropolis of Warmia, "Hosianum" in Olsztyn, Poland.

John Paul II said that "the seminary must be an environment of men of profound faith, of unshakable hope and of self-denying charity. An environment of men open to the action of the Holy Spirit, that awakens in Christ's disciples the desire for active commitment to promoting the coming of the kingdom of the Father. The seminary must also be a place where humanly mature priests are formed, priests who know how to use modern culture's advances and who want to contribute to its creation."

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