Blessing of Throats at the Seminary
Happy feast day of St. Blaise! Today we had the blessing of the throats after Mass. Did you get your throat blessed today? St. Blaise pray for us! Painting of St. Blaise presumably in Public Domain.
Chalices for Days
Today I will share with you all the second fun thing we got to do during J-Term. In the my post yesterday I talked about what my seminary’s J-Term is and shared with you pictures of all the cool relics I got to see. Now I want to share pictures of another great thing my…
Relics on Relics on Relics on . . .
I don’t know if other seminaries out there do something similar to mine, but at my seminary (Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology ran by the Benedictine Monks at Saint Meinrad Archabbey) we have this part of the year called “J-Term,” which covers most of January (hence “J”-Term), and it starts when we come…
Books for My Last Semester of Philosophical Studies (Spring 2020)
We are out of the retreat phase of the month, and now our academic classes official begin today. Just like I’ve done the past two semesters (Spring 2019 and Fall 2019), here above is a pic of the books I will be using in my classes for this second semester of my second year of…
Back Home For Christmas!
Back home for Christmas break! Thank God forreal for that! The Bishop visited my parish for the vigil last night, and I served. Plus it was a great opportunity to rep NashVocations, our diocese’s vocations office.
Let ’em Speak On It: Notable Quotes From Black Catholics 4 – 1984 Pastoral Letter from U.S. Black Catholic Bishops (Black Catholic History Month 2019)
Article-Series Synopsis: This is the fourth edition of a new article-series I am starting called “Let ’em Speak On It: Notable Quotes From Black Catholics.” This series is simply posts featuring a quote said either by or at least in relation to Black/African Catholics and Black Catholicism. The quote itself maybe be from a historical…
Black (And Catholic) Like Me 7: Servant of God Sr. Thea Bowman – Black Catholic Soul Sister (Black Catholic History Month 2019)
Here’s the fourth and last Black saint/holy one featured for Black Catholic History Month 2019 and the 7th installment of my article-series Black (And Catholic) Like Me: Servant of God Sr. Thea Bowman FSPA. Article-series synopsis: Black (And Catholic) Like Me is article-series that features a Black Catholic saint from history (or soon to be one) and…
Finally! Thanksgiving Break!
Thanksgiving break finally came for me at the end of last week as I left St. Meinrad on Friday and made the almost 3 hour drive back to Nashville. I have been home for a couple of days already now, and in addition to chilling out I have been doing one of the things I…
Let ’em Speak On It: Notable Quotes From Black Catholics 3 – Fr. Cyprian Davis, OSB (Black Catholic History Month 2019)
Article-Series Synopsis: This is the third edition of a new article-series I am starting called “Let ’em Speak On It: Notable Quotes From Black Catholics.” This series is simply posts featuring a quote said either by or at least in relation to Black/African Catholics and Black Catholicism. The quote itself maybe be from a historical…
Black (And Catholic) Like Me 6: Venerable Pierre Toussaint – 40 Years a Slave, Forever a Saint [Also, A Black Catholic Controversy?] (Black Catholic History Month 2019)
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Here’s the third Black saint featured for Black Catholic History Month 2019 and the 6th installment of my article-series Black (And Catholic) Like Me: Venerable Pierre Toussaint Article-series synopsis: Black (And Catholic) Like Me is article-series that features a Black Catholic saint from history (or soon to be one) and tells a little about him/her and what…