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Survey of new priests: most pray rosary, go to eucharistic adoration, parents stayed married

The USCCB Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life, and Vocations released the survey, “Ordination Class of 2023 Study,” conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate. Among its findings: the ordinands are overwhelmingly “cradle Catholics;” 72 percent had been altar servers; and 73 percent regularly took part in eucharistic adoration. [1]