A Great Start To Respect Life Month!
Happy Respect Life Sunday! October is National Respect Life Month, and the guys and I at the seminary kicked it off right yesterday. A group of us took up our rosaries and made a trip over across state lines to Louisville to the abortion clinic there and engaged in spiritual combat against the evil that…
Last Paper In, 1st Year of Theology Completed, And The Halfway Point in Seminary
Last paper turned in. Now my first year of theological studies are finally done. That feeling after the last submission is always legit, no lie. This is the completion of my third year within in a total of 6 years of seminary formation. This is the halfway point, which means I am officially halfway on…
Seminary Epiphany Blessing and Back to Work
I got back to the seminary this past Epiphany Sunday evening, and before we arrived the rector went to ever single dorm and wrote the Epiphany blessing for 2021 over the entrance. I found it over my room as well. I hope you took part in this wonderful Catholic tradition and wrote it above the…
Big Announcement: I Am Becoming A Candidate for Holy Orders This Week! Things Are About to Get Real.
Christ has Ascended into Heaven! Peace be with you! I have an important announcement to share with you today concerning my path to the priesthood. This week, on Wednesday May 27 at 11:00am on the feast day of St. Augustine of Canterbury (in the Ordinary Form calendar), in a small ceremony during a daily Mass,…
It Was Time to Go – Finally Left for the Summer and Back Home!
After months of quarantine at the seminary, I finally got the chance to pack up my things and head back home to Nashville. Our vocation director had been keeping us at the school for own safety since the pandemic business blew up in mid-March. As I reported some time back, mid-March is also when the…
I Graduated! Philosophy Studies Completed!
I wanted to wait till I finished that last paper before I posted this up. This past Saturday we had our “graduation ceremony” at the seminary in our on-campus pub/restaurant we had open only for those of us remaining in the quarantined cloister we have going on here, and, as you can see, I dressed…
My Continued Access to Mass and Your Intentions
I made this post on my BLACKCATHOLIC apostolate FB page earlier today and I want to extend here as well: “I wanted to let you all know that because I have advised by my vocation director and bishop to remain at my seminary for at least the next few weeks I along with the seminarians…
Personal Update – Seminary Spring Semester Cancelled Due to Epidemic
In case you guys were wondering about how the virus is affecting my formation and the formation of seminarians across the country this is one example. I can let you guys know now that yesterday my seminary officially cancelled the rest of semester for us. Guys have been packing up and going home and this…
2020 Fr. Cyprian Davis Black History Lecture in the Books!
Special Series: Black History Month (February)/Black Catholic Month (November)series synopsis: Each February and November my apostolate will have special series of posts celebrating Black History Month (Feb.) and Black Catholic History Month (Nov.). February’s celebration will include posts involving Black history generally often with the Church’s relation to it. November’s celebration will include a showcase of Black Catholic saints/holy ones…
Black History Lecture at Seminary Tonight! St. Meinrad’s 2020 Father Cyprian Davis Lecture
Special Series: Black History Month (February)/Black Catholic Month (November)series synopsis: Each February and November my apostolate will have special series of posts celebrating Black History Month (Feb.) and Black Catholic History Month (Nov.). February’s celebration will include posts involving Black history generally often with the Church’s relation to it. November’s celebration will include a showcase of Black Catholic saints/holy ones…