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…
That Time St. John Paul II Came to Harlem
This was was a landmark moment in Black history because Black Catholic history is Black history. The following is from Pope St. John Paul’s address to African Americans in Harlem a year after he was elected to the papacy. Pope St. John Paul visited New York during his first papal trip to America back in…
Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul
Today is the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul “On that journey as I drew near to Damascus,about noon a great light from the sky suddenly shone around me.I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’I replied, ‘Who are you, sir?’And he said to…
Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children (Jan. 22)
The Church designates today, January 22 (or Jan. 23 when 22 is on a Sunday, the “Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children” in the U.S. And Masses can be offered today for this intention. She calls us today to offer up prayers, fasting, and almsgiving for the increased legal protection for…
Aleteia: Capuchin priest who fought racism on way to canonization
Reading this great piece from Aletetia I found out about a Capuchin priest who ministered and advocated for Black people during the early 20th century: Fr. Stephen Eckert. He was born on Apr 38, 1869 in Dublin, Ontario, Canada. Here are some excerpts below: “Born in Canada, Fr. Stephen Eckert joined the Capuchin order, was…
Bishop Barron on Why MLK Still Matters Today
On this year’s #MLKDay – this Barron (before he was a Bishop) video on Why MLK still matters today is a good one to watch and reflect on. In it Barron chooses three aspects about MLK that make him highly important and relevant today especially for the Christian. From these the biggest take away for me was…
