But, I often wonder about others. I don’t understand why the seminaries charge so much. With the way things are going, I would imagine that it makes it so that men who may not be as well off are discouraged from going to seminary. In my opinion, seminary should be as cheap as humanly possible for the seminarians. I understand that we’re not in an Orthodox nation with a tsar that can pay all the costs, but there has to be something that can be done to make it easier.

It saddens me because I’m worried that there may be some out there who are called to the priesthood, but don’t go due to the costs.

I wish I knew how to solve this.