Happy Feast of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Virgin Mary!
He is one of the patrons for BLACKCATHOLIC, and my personal patron when I came into the Church! St. Joseph pray for us! Original St. Joseph image, presumably in public domain. Source.
St. John Vianney’s Incorrupt Heart and Your Intentions!
I meant to post this earlier in the week. Like I mentioned in the on FB, St. John Vianney’s incorrupt heart was only with us at the seminary for Mon and Tues. I didn’t get to spend too much time with the Cure, but the time I did spend was very sweet. Thank you for…
Short update: I will try to do recap of Black History Lecture tomorrow.
Wednesdays are pretty packed days in our seminary life.
Pictures From Retreat
Just as I posted before, I was on a semi-silent retreat with fellow 1st and 2nd Philosophy seminarians at the Saint John XXIII Pastoral Center in Charleston, West Virginia for a week. We just got back to campus today. I’m a 1st Philosophy seminarian (route to ordination: two years of philosophy studies, four years of…
On Retreat!
This past week my fellow seminarians and I have been on retreat at the Saint John XXIII Pastoral Center in West Virginia before the semester officially begins next Monday. Will post some pictures in a later post. Nice place. It’s been a semi-silent retreat, and the rector of our seminary has been leading the conferences…
Octave for Christian Unity 2019
Yesterday began what is called the Octave of Christian Unity – the set of eight days in which the Church offers up prayers with Jesus’ prayer that we “might all be one.” It runs from January 18-25, so it’s not too late to jump on it (I remembered and jumped on it today, in fact).…
Doodle From the Other Day
A doodle I made the other day on the back a church document copy.
Pray for the End of Abortion!
We gathered in the chapel at the seminary to pray a rosary and litany for the end of abortion today! We stand for life and we stand for the Church’s tireless defense for the unborn!
Books For This Semester . . .
Here’s a look at just SOME (12 total in this picture) of the books that are on the line up for my classes this semester. Definitely some interesting things here that I’m eager to sink into and learn from. There’s always that little pocket of giddiness and expectation when you first get your books for…