Boston Seminarian's Retreat 2012

I attended the Boston Seminarian's Retreat last week.  It was 3 days and two nights to reflect on our possible vocation and meet others from other seminaries.  It was a pleasant time with walks in the woods, views of Buzzard's Bay and time to talk with other like minded men.

Cardinal Sean's Blog has a picture of two of us from Blessed John Seminary listening to the Cardinal.  Scroll down about 3/4 of the way to see us.  

At the Ordination of Boston Priests

I served at the Ordination today.  

This should take you to the picture with me in it.  Yes, that is me in the back following the Cardinal.

My Summer Assignment - part 2

My summer assignment is at a busy parish.  There are myriad opportunities to get involved and I have had to say "no" to some because it is possible to be too busy here.   The seminary gives us a list of 30 or so activities that we might want to "try out" over the summer.  The goal is that over three summers, we would experience most, if not all, of the activities.  In the first week here, I checked off 15 of those activities.  As I said, it is a busy parish.

Today was the final Mass for the school as the academic year ends today.  I have been told that it gets a bit slower when the school is no longer in session.  I will see next week.

Next week also brings the Boston seminarian retreat (three days) and the ordination of six men as priests.  We have a representative from Blessed John getting ordained and he has asked me to serve at his ordination.  More about those events next time.

My Summer Assignment

I have started my eight week assignment at St. Agatha's.  It seems to be a very busy parish and school with two priests, a lot of folks on staff and many active parishioners.  So far, I've been meeting people and attending Masses and having a good start in that regard. 

More details as I take on new challenges here.