Third Year, Fall Semester Classes

I have received a couple of inquiries about my health, mental state, etc regarding my dearth of posts. I assure you that I am very much alive, well and busy as all get out.  We have a professor for two classes that likes to use, in his words, the fire hose method of giving us information.  I am working hard to keep up with the reading and assignments this year, and it has barely started.

But, I do have some things to update you on, my beloved readers.  In the next few posts, I'll look at my Pastoral Assignment and goings on back in Maine (this is to remind me as much as you about upcoming posts).

Classes this semester include the two fire hose classes, Ecclesiology and Sacraments of Initiation.  We get a double session and a single session of each of those during the week.  Coming out of those classes finds one looking for a bit of quiet space to process, but that rarely happens.  We usually go right into another class.   In addition we have Sacrament Practicum.  Since most of my brothers will be ordained deacons this coming summer (2014), we are practicing Baptisms with the well watered baby doll.  I will be the "deacon" on 9/23, practicing a baptism.

Catholic Social Doctrine is three single classes and is taught by our Moral Theology professor. It is quite deep and relies heavily on the Catechism and church documents.

Liturgical Preaching is a triple class.  We alternate here between lecture and preaching (another note to self, post those homilies as they are complete, one is already done).  The homilies are videotaped and critiqued by a subset of the class and a self evaluation is done as well.  Out instructor reviews 1/3 of the class each time for more extensive comments.

My Pastoral Assignment counts as a class, more about that in another post.

Finally, I have on elective on "The Mystery of Suffering in the Old and New Testament".  That is a double period  once a week.

When I sleeps, I sleeps well...