Topic: Theology II '03 - '04
My Second Year of Theology in a "nut shell."
This blog will have to take care of all last school year. Even though this is the case, the blog will still be short because the year can primarily be summed up in one sentence.
My busiest year was so full of term papers that if the energy gained from burning the paper I used last year could provide days of electricity for a small town.
That being said, the highlights of the year begin with last October when I was instituted Acolyte. I am now a "professional server at Mass." My ministry for the year was at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church with the Spanish youth group, Grupo Juvenil, Luz de Vida. And finally, as things come in threes, the third highlight of the year was my mission trip to Honduras for Spring Break. I met many beautiful people full of love and joy that I could not help but receive God's goodness from these people however simple they were.
Now that you now about my last year from this short and concise statement, won't you be able to sleep better tonight?
August 28, 2003 - Memorial of St. Augustine
Today marks the final day of the first week of my second year of theology. It went by pretty fast and rather uneventful except for feverishly taking notes using a friend's PDA because mine is having a minor repair. I feel like I am back in elementary school though, because all but one class are in the same class. The teachers change rooms but we don't. Today was rather special because I met a man who knows a living Saint, with a captial "S," meaning that he is in Heaven with our Lord as you read this. The Saint is St. Maximilian Kolbe. This priest gave the homily for today's Mass that was dedicated to St. Maximilian's devotion to the Blessed Mother. It was quite good and informative of this Saint's life.
Other things that happened this week since I returned to the seminary for the new semester have been getting and installing a DVD/CD+RW into my computer...now I can watch my movies on my computer without having to always go to the tv room down stairs.
Lastly, today also marks the beginning of the "Conscious Celebacy" Workshop where we will learn how to empty our "lebido buckets." It looks to be an interesting Thursday through Saturday of bucket emptying.
