Posted in Life, Ordination, Priesthood on May 1st, 2010 No Comments »
There are a great many things that are impressive about the seminary. From the immense graces that the Lord provides to the great theological insights afforded by the professors to the near immeasurable amount of work that is crammed into the final weeks. Couple this with the uncanny ability of seminarians to procrastinate [...]
Posted in Ordination, Uncategorized on Apr 26th, 2010 No Comments »
My apologies for the lack of updates on this blog, suffice it to say that this year has been quite busy, we seminarians have had some great opportunities to promote vocations through High school talks, Junior High vocations basketball games, and Andrew dinners. These events are wonderful for promoting the beautiful call to the [...]
Posted in Life, Ordination, seminary on Jun 8th, 2009 No Comments »
After highlighting the diaconate ordinations of the men in our house this year… I’m afraid I failed miserably to give due attention to “the main event(s)” in recent weeks. I’m sure you’ve all heard by now, but…
On Saturday May 23, seven men were ordained new priests for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
Fathers Marty [...]
Posted in Ordination on May 1st, 2009 1 Comment »
Thanks to Tricia Hempel and the Catholic Telegraph, we have some pictures from last Saturday’s diaconate ordinations in Cincinnati.
This was the setting I attempted to describe previously, as the ordinands sat in the sanctuary during Archbishop Schnurr’s homily. As you can see, it gave the sense of a small, intimate gathering to which [...]
Posted in Ordination on Apr 29th, 2009 No Comments »
This past Saturday, three men were ordained transitional deacons at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral in Cincinnati.
Deacons Rob Muhlenkamp and Tim Ralston were ordained for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, while Deacon Matt Rader was ordained for the Diocese of Toledo. Coadjutor Archbishop Dennis Schnurr was the celebrant and ordaining bishop. It [...]
Posted in Life, Ordination, seminary on Apr 19th, 2009 No Comments »
It seems to me that thanks are due to Dan for keeping this blog alive. I think one of the factors that keeps a lot of other seminarians from posting is that many of the posts would be, “went to class, studied, went to prayer, went to class…”. I think that my nine [...]
Posted in Ordination on Apr 16th, 2009 No Comments »
As noted earlier this month, our seminarian brother Kevin Kahmann became Deacon Kevin Kahmann at a beautiful ordination Mass in his home diocese of Covington, Kentucky. We now have some pictures of the ordination to share, courtesy of the Covington diocese’s Messenger newspaper.
To-be-ordained men Ian McDole and Kevin Kahmann, as Bishop Roger Foys [...]
Posted in Life, Ordination, Uncategorized on Apr 16th, 2009 No Comments »
The Catholic Telegraph has a fascinating blog that posts pictures and articles from the archives of our Archdiocesan newspaper. Yesterday, the focus was on Holy Trinity parish in Coldwater - my family’s home parish for the past fourteen years or so.
From their 1967 article:
“In 1867 there were only three Catholic families living [...]
Posted in Ordination on Apr 4th, 2009 No Comments »
This morning at the beautiful Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington, Kentucky, our seminarian brother Kevin Kahmann was ordained to the order of the diaconate.
It was a perfect day, in every sense. Blue skies, bright sun shining through the cathedral’s stunning stained glass windows… and in Covington they make sure that [...]
Posted in Life, Ordination, Priesthood on Jul 22nd, 2008 2 Comments »
So I’ve been a deacon for a few months now, and my life is a little different. I’m a transitional deacon, which is a fancy way of saying it’s expected that I’ll be ordained a priest in less than a year (May 23, 2009 at 11am to be exact). During the summers we help out as [...]