There was one final building project yet to be completed. The friary on the hill, which had been built after the fire of 1868, needed to be replaced. By 1967 some minor seminaries had already closed. In 1968 Father Rupert Dorn, the Provincial of the Capuchin Province wrote, 'We know that some minor seminaries have closed down. Others have become Christian leadership schools...Recently I was told by a seminary professor, “The minor seminary is a sinking ship and the sooner we get off it the better.” We cannot predict with any certainty that we will not have to make adjustments at the minor seminary in the future. However, for the present we will work with all our hearts to save the ship."