Digital Culture in Seminary Life
Digital Culture: Blessing or Burden to Seminary Life? Can smartphones, social media, and constant connectivity deepen formation—or quietly weaken it? For seminarians today, digital culture is no longer optional. It is the air they breathe, shaping how they learn, relate, pray, and imagine ministry. The question is no longer whether digital culture belongs in seminary life, but how it should be integrated, discerned, and disciplined . This reflection offers a balanced, educational, and pastoral exploration of digital culture as both gift and challenge to priestly formation. Grounded in Scripture, official Church teaching, and lived experience , it invites seminarians, formators, and readers to reflect carefully—without alarmism, nostalgia, or naïve optimism. Author Perspective This reflection is written from an academic–pastoral perspective shaped by long years of teaching theology, accompanying fellow former seminarians and families, and engaging contemporary culture th...
