Posted in Holy Hour, Life, Prayer, Uncategorized on Apr 30th, 2009 2 Comments »
I heard the call to enter formation for the priesthood while I was a law student at Notre Dame. The three years I spent at Our Lady’s university–the last two while living on campus as an “assistant rector” in a mens residence hall–were a joyous, blessed, wonderful period in my life.
Many of the [...]
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 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 [...]
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 Uncategorized on Apr 15th, 2009 No Comments »
I did, briefly, in today’s coverage of Archbishop Timothy Dolan’s installation as Archbishop of New York.
This question, though, was asked by Archbishop Dolan himself - and caught on EWTN’s coverage - as a steady stream of priests passed by on their way toward the entrance of St. Patrick’s Cathedral for the entrance procession. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 12th, 2009 No Comments »
I hope everyone has had a glorious Easter. Our celebration here at the internship parish, St. Albert the Great, was wonderful. The Vigil last night was exquisite and I assisted with two additional Masses this morning, serving as thurifer each time.
In this season of New Life, many prayers in particular for [...]
Posted in Prayer, Uncategorized on Apr 9th, 2009 1 Comment »
Happy Triduum!
The Institution of the Eucharist on Holy Thursday… the first Mass, the promise of Christ’s continuing, substantial presence with us until he comes again… the solemnity and joy of this day cannot be overstated!
As a helpful reflection from the Knights of Columbus states:
I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with [...]
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 [...]