Just a quick update on the application.
I have most of the details processed. I still have the base application form, a CORI form, a medical report and an essay to deal with. The application form is mostly complete, the CORI form is filled out. I still need to call my doctor to assist in the medical report and start the essay.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
The Application
I dropped 75% or so of the application in the mail this afternoon. I still have some items to follow up on.
I hope to have almost everything into the vocation office by early next week.
I wrote up my spiritual autobiography and had my friends P&A give it a quick review. They found a couple of confusing sentences and typos, but in general, it was mailed in as I initially wrote it.
Once the Vocation Office has everything, there should be some interviews with priests attached to the Vocation office.
I hope to have almost everything into the vocation office by early next week.
I wrote up my spiritual autobiography and had my friends P&A give it a quick review. They found a couple of confusing sentences and typos, but in general, it was mailed in as I initially wrote it.
Once the Vocation Office has everything, there should be some interviews with priests attached to the Vocation office.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Chapel at Blessed John
I wanted to share this image with you. It is a panoramic picture of the Chapel at Blessed John the XXIII Seminary taken from the balcony.
This is the chapel where I will be gathering with my brothers for morning prayer, daily Mass and evening prayer most days (presuming, of course, that I get accepted).
This is the chapel where I will be gathering with my brothers for morning prayer, daily Mass and evening prayer most days (presuming, of course, that I get accepted).
Thursday, October 21, 2010
My prie-dieu
I am an amateur woodworker. In my spare time over the last month or so, I've been building this prie-dieu.
I cannot say why, exactly. I was just called to build it. I tried to pray while I was working on it. It is not perfect, but it is the work of my hands. It is also a good place to get down on my knees every day and spend some time with God.
I cannot say why, exactly. I was just called to build it. I tried to pray while I was working on it. It is not perfect, but it is the work of my hands. It is also a good place to get down on my knees every day and spend some time with God.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Doing my paperwork
The application process has a lot of paperwork: to request, to fill out, to write.
In the days since I received the application package, I've:
- Read over the application form
- Started writing my spiritual autobiography
- Confirmed 5 of my 6 references with their mailing addresses
- Requested a copy of my Sacramental Records from my
Baptismal parish up in Maine
- Requested a extra background check form that I need
because I've lived outside of Massachusetts
- Printed out the transcript request forms for the
University of Maine and Worcester Polytechnic Institute
In the days since I received the application package, I've:
- Read over the application form
- Started writing my spiritual autobiography
- Confirmed 5 of my 6 references with their mailing addresses
- Requested a copy of my Sacramental Records from my
Baptismal parish up in Maine
- Requested a extra background check form that I need
because I've lived outside of Massachusetts
- Printed out the transcript request forms for the
University of Maine and Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Gentle Readers
Now, Gentle Readers (as the good Dr Asimov used to say), we move to a new phase in the blog. For the last 3 weeks I have been posting daily to catch you up and now you know a little bit about me and where I am in my journey.
While the blog may be titled "Seminarian on the Journey", perhaps it should be titled "Seminarian wanna be on the Journey." I'm not a seminarian yet, but I hope to be one in September of 2011. I hope to blog throughout my time there as well to give a flavor of the life to those interested.
In the meantime, I'll keep you updated (on a less than daily basis) on my journey towards entering the seminary. Feel free to share this blog with others and do keep me in your prayers. As you have seen here, your prayers do work.
While the blog may be titled "Seminarian on the Journey", perhaps it should be titled "Seminarian wanna be on the Journey." I'm not a seminarian yet, but I hope to be one in September of 2011. I hope to blog throughout my time there as well to give a flavor of the life to those interested.
In the meantime, I'll keep you updated (on a less than daily basis) on my journey towards entering the seminary. Feel free to share this blog with others and do keep me in your prayers. As you have seen here, your prayers do work.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
A red letter day
October 15th, 2010 will go down as a red letter day for me. That was the day that I received my "Application for Sponsorship" from the Archdiocese of Boston.
Fr. H. and I met for an hour and he presented me the application folder (it's not really 2 inches thick) and discussed it's contents. With my questions and his answers, the previous posts on this blog all stand as accurate, with one minor correction. Here in Boston, the seminary also directs the summer program.
It will take up to three months to get the sponsorship of the bishop. In this case, of course, that would be our Cardinal. Before that happens, there is an essay, a spiritual autobiography and a list of references that I must provide. Then there are interviews with two additional priests affiliated with the vocation office and psychological screening. While that is going on, I'll be requesting educational transcripts and medical history from the appropriate sources. If sponsorship happens, the diocese will recommend me to Blessed John the XXIII Seminary and would be willing to pay room, board, tuition and health insurance premiums for the duration of my studies there.
God is good...all the time...
Fr. H. and I met for an hour and he presented me the application folder (it's not really 2 inches thick) and discussed it's contents. With my questions and his answers, the previous posts on this blog all stand as accurate, with one minor correction. Here in Boston, the seminary also directs the summer program.
It will take up to three months to get the sponsorship of the bishop. In this case, of course, that would be our Cardinal. Before that happens, there is an essay, a spiritual autobiography and a list of references that I must provide. Then there are interviews with two additional priests affiliated with the vocation office and psychological screening. While that is going on, I'll be requesting educational transcripts and medical history from the appropriate sources. If sponsorship happens, the diocese will recommend me to Blessed John the XXIII Seminary and would be willing to pay room, board, tuition and health insurance premiums for the duration of my studies there.
God is good...all the time...
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