Today’s seminaries need to be inclusive

Michael W Higgins, distinguished Professor of Catholic Thought, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut, is a biographer of Thomas Merton and Jean Vanier and co-author with Kevin Burns of the forthcoming Impressively Free: Henri Nouwen as a Model for a Reformed Priesthood. He writes that radical change in the training of priests is needed to combat clericalism. Reproduced with permission of the Publisher, The Tablet: The International Catholic News Weekly, 12 January 2019.  www.thetablet.co.uk 

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