text: Cardinal Wuerl poses with most of the seminarians of the Archdiocese of Washington following a recent Christmas Mass and dinner for the seminarians held at Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Hyattsville. Not pictured are the archdiocese’s seminarians studying at the North American College in Rome. The Archdiocese of Washington has 76 seminarians studying for the priesthood, including 25 men at the new Blessed John Paul II Seminary.