Posted in Life, seminary on Sep 6th, 2010 No Comments »
Today classes have begun for the 2010-2011 school year here at the seminary, and we have been blessed with eight new seminarians. There has been a flurry of activity here over the summer, and the building has received a face lift of sorts, and it is truly amazing how far a fresh coat of [...]
Posted in Life, seminary on Aug 25th, 2010 No Comments »
The pig roast this past Sunday marked the official unofficial welcome back for the year. The new guys will be moving in this coming Sunday. We’re counting the days until the Autumn quarter begins. Talking with a few over delicious barbecue pork, I can tell they’re ready to get started with their [...]
Posted in Holy Hour, Priesthood, discernment, seminary on Jul 12th, 2010 No Comments »
This past weekend I attended a friend’s wedding in another diocese. Allowing extra travel time for potential construction delays and traffic, but encountering neither, I arrived at the church a bit early. Being a seminarian, I of course took the time to snoop around a bit, critiquing the architecture, artwork, etc. And, [...]
Posted in Priesthood, seminary on May 12th, 2010 No Comments »
I’ll let the video speak for itself, but this feature aired on ABC 22 and FOX 45 in Dayton last night. This was initiated by a friend at St. Albert the Great, who is a friend of Kathy Hart who did a very nice job on this story. I’m really not an attention-hound [...]
Posted in Life, Prayer, seminary on May 5th, 2010 No Comments »
Here at Mount St. Mary’s of the West, we have a beautiful property with a historic building that is surrounded on three sides by a wooded area. Though overgrown due to the sands of time, there exist several old trails in this wooded area, and for the first time today I went outside to [...]
Posted in Prayer, discernment, seminary on Apr 30th, 2010 No Comments »
Inevitably when I go back home on a break this question always pops up; whether in the parish, giving vocations talks, or at the dinner table. At this point in my formation, I have been through four years of philosophy and nearly one year of theology, but what have I learned?
As one of my [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, seminary on Jul 29th, 2009 No Comments »
From June 8-20, my four classmates, myself, and Fr. Earl Fernandes became pilgrims to the Holy Land. As mentioned, this is an annual part of our program at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West. Every year, the class that has just finished internship is blessed to have this opportunity.
For 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 Uncategorized, discernment, seminary on Apr 20th, 2009 No Comments »
The Archdiocese of Cincinnati has had a really great new program within the past year called Cast Your Nets. It is a coordinated effort by the Vocations office, Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministry, and some active and dedicated youth ministers. Fr. Schnippel has blogged on it previously.
I was able to [...]
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 [...]