Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Thanks for sending me here!

I write to you today as I begin my second month here at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington (http://www.icseminary.edu/). Thanks for sending me here.

This has been an interesting part of the journey so far! It has pushed me in some new directions - and that's a good thing. Growth sometimes comes through the most challenging of experiences.Many people have asked me what a typical day is like here. It's actually busy with a lot of things to do. We gather as a community, or a house, for Morning Prayer at 7:30 most morning. Following we have classes until about 11:30. We gather for Mass at 11:45 and then share lunch together. The afternoons are generally free from assigned classes for school work, meetings, and the like. We gather for either Evening Prayer or a Holy Hour each night around 5 or 5:30 and then share dinner together. Following dinner it varies by night. On some nights we have a class, other times a meeting, maybe a soccer game (yes I've actually played!) or just time to catch up on school. Then - you're up and at it for the next day.Leaving my ministries and coming here has certainly been cause for major adjustment. And, truthfully, this change has had it's ups and downs. Even in the midst of the challenges, I must say that I have no doubt that I am in the right place and that hopefully I am in the right direction. That, along with the incredible amount of support and love that has been shown to me over these past few months, is making these first weeks easier than the probably would have been...so again, Thanks for sending me here!
P.S. Can you find me in this picture?