This upcoming week is finals week for the Conception seminarians, some of our seminarians at other seminarians have just wrapped up their semester, while others still have a ways to go (I’m thinking of Jason Doke over in Rome). Seeing as that is the case, posting will be minimal as we buckle down and prepare [...]
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Finals and feedback
Posted in Academics, Adventures, Discernment, Journalism, Ministry, New Media, Pictures, Priesthood, Recreation, Reflections, Seminary Life, Service on May 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Getting settled
Posted in Academics, Adventures, Ministry, Seminary Life on January 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
For the guys at Conception, the new semester has already arrived. After coming back earlier in the week, we are now getting settled into our new classes etc. However, next week it will all be thrown off again when some of us leave to join the diocesan pilgrimage to Washington D.C. for the March For Life. We [...]
Finals approaching
Posted in Academics, Journalism, Prayer, Seminary Life on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Next week we will have our finals for this fall semester. As a result we are all busy studying, writing papers and preparing for the end of the semester. Due to this necessary dedication to our studies, posting will be fairly minimal to non-existent for the next week or so. However, after that posting should [...]
A trip to the Nelson-Atkins
Posted in Academics, Adventures, Discernment, Reflections, Seminary Life on December 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This semester I am taking a class in basic design, sometimes known as art class. It’s actually a rather enjoyable class. This past Saturday we had a “field trip” to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. Due to a variety of understandable reasons the trip ended up being a rather small group. I [...]
Thanksgiving break
Posted in Academics, Recreation, tagged Break, Football, Missouri, Mizzou, Thanksgiving, Wisconsin on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I told friends that I was entering the seminary many wondered what exactly that meant. Some wondered if seminary was at all like “regular college.” While there are some differences, the annual academic schedule is very similar, which means that last week we had Thanksgiving break. Since my parents live in New Jersey, and [...]
Studies
Posted in Academics, Seminary Life on November 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Why do we study? In a society driven by the desire for personal achievement, many times we study for the purpose getting good grades. Lately I have been reminded of how disordered this way of thinking is. On Monday I found out that I was going to have three tests within 24 hours. I was [...]