THE HEART OF A SEMINARIAN

A Roman Catholic Seminarian opens up his Heart and shares the Faith he Loves.

IT IS ALL COMING TO AN END
I cannot believe the semester is coming to a close; not just the semester but also my time in the seminary.  At Kenrick Seminary, we have only two weeks left in the semester, so there are many things that we are finishing right now.
 
As a deacon who is about to leave, I find myself saying in my head “This is the last (blank)” all the time.  Classes and practices are concluding, our involvement in different assignments are stopping, and most of all I have been taking a lot of stuff home from my room.  Every trip home, my room is more and more empty and every time I walk in my room the reality steadily creeps in that it is almost over.

Although this can be an exciting time to finally reach the goal that you have been working for the past 6 years, I know I will grieve my departure.  Right now, I am just preoccupied with work and assignments so I am distracted by the finality of it all.  But that last day will hit me hard knowing that this will be the last time I see most of these people, the last time being in this building taking a class, and the last time lifting weights in the gym, playing basketball at the seminary, or running through the streets of Shrewsbury.  The life that I have come to have these past 6 years is all about to come to an end.

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Welcome Back to Blogging, Deacon Kevin!!!
Holy Cow! I am sorry for being away for so long from this blog, but there are some times that I cannot rationalize writing on the blog when assignments and due dates are mounting up on me.  The major reason for my departure from writing for both the blog and even my Catholic Times columns was due to the fact that I needed to finish my work on my Masters of Arts.

In the beginning of this project, I started a thesis paper which would have analyzed a megachurch in Chicago named Willow Creek Community Church and studied there methods of evangelization to see what Catholics could learn from their efforts and success.  Well, I did a ton of research and a lot of writing, but the project turned out larger than what I had time for as I was finishing up my last year.

As a result, I switched over to comprehensive questions covering the topic of my thesis and also the comparison of liturgical preaching between Willow Creek and the Catholic Church to see what we can apply in our worship.  These questions also covered the history and origins of Catholic liturgical preaching and the value of Indulgences in the life of a Christian. 

Maybe someday, I will convert these answers to columns or postings, but right now I am just glad to have them finished.  This took up so much time, but it is worth it; I learned a lot. Anyways, I am very excited to be back at blogging and I have some ideas to just make this a fun time for us all.

First off, I think it will just be cool to get a front row seat at a man entering into the priesthood and seeing him struggle through his first years as a priest.  Also, many other surprises that I think you would like to read.  For me, I just want to hear your thoughts on things, listen to your opinions.  Mainly, I wanted to do this blog to get to know all of you better.  I love my diocese and all of the people in it, so let me hear from you.  Talk to you soon.

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