How it has been so busy!

Well, here it is more than month since my last post.  I was undertaking a big project to try to put up some recordings from the Diaconate Ordination.  I have a couple here (but forgive the quality…and tell me if they don’t play, first time with mp3 on my blog) for you all with some pictures.  Congratulations again go out to Deacon Cory Stanley from our archdiocese who was ordained just a month ago. 

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Brian’s Photos and the Choir’s singing.

In this past month, I’ve been in classes and trying to get the schedule down.  Here it is:

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:30-9:15	Synoptic Gospels	Christology	Synoptic Gospels	Christology	Revelation and Transmission
9:30-10:15	Synoptic Gospels	Christology	Synoptic Gospels	Christology	Revelation and Transmission
10:30-11:15	Church History	American Church History	Revelation and Transmission	Church History
11:30-12:15	Church History	American Church History	Revelation and Transmission
4:00-4:45	Intensive Greek	Theological Seminar		Intensive Greek
5:00-5:45	Intensive Greek	Theological Seminar (6 pm)		Intensive Greek
8:00-9:00				Formation Conference

I think this is the fullest semester of my life.  But I’m loving it.  The professors are the top of their fields.  The school is very beautiful.  We get five more minutes of a break between classes.  The cornetti (pastries, “little horns”) are great.  The 30 minute walk to school is wonderfully peaceful, and it is a perfect time to pray or catch up with the guys. 

This past weekend was a travel weekend here for the NACers.  Since Monday was All-Saints Day, we got the day off.  Yea for being in a culturally Catholic country.  So for the three-day weekend, I went to Aviano which is north of Venice a bit.  There is an Air Force base there.  It was amazing how much it felt like stepping on US soil again.  We ate at Taco Bell; I had Dr. Pepper to drink.  But far better than all of this was the community of Catholics there.  Serving the Masses again was wonderful.  Talking with the parishioners was just a treat.  The whole weekend was a great reminder of the goal of my studies.  The Chaplain was an immensely generous host who made the experience absolutely superb. 

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Well, that’s all that I’m going to write for now.  I’ll try to get another update in soon.  Be looking out for the update after November 20th when the US will receive our new Cardinals: Cardinal-designate Burke and Cardinal-designate Wuerl.  Around the consistory there will be some events held the school.  I’ve volunteered to help.  So there will a little bit at least to report on that. 

Pray for me as I pray for you all.