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Seminarian's Diary

Give yourself fully to ‘The Constant Gardener’
Real Presence is a fundamental truth of our faith

The Real Presence of our Lord in the Eucharist makes it the most blessed of our seven sacraments. Transubstantiation is a fundamental truth of our faith.
Childlike trust and love of God will transform us all

In life we often hear the word sacrifice and think of examples from our own lives. Lent is a time where sacrifice is highlighted. But why does one sacrifice?
On the mountain, marveling at God’s creation

Have you ever noticed that, when God has something important to tell us, it is often on a mountain?
SEMINARIAN'S DIARY

These are The Evangelist's ongoing series of reports from diocesan seminarians on their formation for the priesthood.
• 9-27-18, Threads in the tapestry
• 8-23-18, A future priest practices homily-writing
• 7-26-18, Loneliness and God’s gift of friendship
• 6-21-18, A priest among us
• 5-24-18, Interview with a new priest
• 4-26-18, Simon of Cyrene’s path, and ours
• 3-22-18, Why more people go to Mass this season
• 2-22-18, Mary, calming distractions on the Mass Pike
• 1-25-18, Learning to detach from vices and victimhood
• 12-28-17, Christmas musings
• 11-22-17, Seminary life is no joke
• 10-26-17, First day in hospital ministry
• 09-28-17, Big moments on the road to priesthood
• 08-24-17, Keeping the faith while suffering
• 07-27-17, Excuses for not going to church
• 06-22-17, A deacon's life
• 05-25-17, Thank you for saying 'yes'
• 04-27-17, Give up worldly power to be better leaders
• 03-23-17, Awe in Lent
• 02-23-17, An iPhone at Mass
• 01-26-17, Thoughts on the March for Life
• 12-22-16, Finish Advent with some spiritual housecleaning
• 11-23-16, A curve ball on the road to priesthood
• 10-27-16, A future priest goes to World Youth Day
• 09-22-16, Responsibility? Bring it on!
• 08-25-16, Religious art and living faith
• 07-28-16, Let's try radical love
• 06-23-16, DEACON'S DIARY: Why I'm becoming a deacon
• 05-26-16, Bittersweet goodbyes and a happy 'wow'
• 04-28-16, Back to Mechanicville
• 03-24-16, Lessons from assisting at Scalia's funeral
• 02-25-16, The devil's in the details
• 01-28-16, Getting through the 'January experience'
• 12-23-15, Sheltering in place as Year of Mercy began
• 11-25-15, Hold onto that strand of hope
• 10-22-15, Holy sabotage
• 09-24-15, Couldn't wait for papal visit and Auriesville anniversary
• 08-27-15, Humbled by hospital work
• 07-23-15, Forgiveness gives us power
• 06-25-15, Gratitude
• 05-28-15, Fear vs. a vocation
• 04-23-15, Fight the culture
• 03-26-15, Life at the seminary
• 02-26-15, How future priests learn to counsel
• 01-22-15, Priests and suffering
• 12-25-14 Being found by God
• 11-27-14, Sign language is crucial to the life of the Church
• 10-23-14, Motherhood and priesthood
• 09-25-14, Imagination is a gift from God
• 08-28-14, Taking time to figure out a vocation
• 07-24-14, If God could make me a teacher...
• 06-24-14, My view from Rome
• 05-22-14, Shadowing a pastor
• 04-24-14, Why I finally said yes
• 03-27-14, A Lenten parable: Making maple syrup at the seminary
• 02-27-14, Interning at a parish
• 01-23-14, What happens in a seminary?
• 12-16-13, A seminarian/dad goes back to school
• 11-28-13, Trained to proclaim the Gospel
• 10-17-13, Why seminarians pray
• 09-26-13, Vocations: Choose or be chosen?
• 08-22-13, Priesthood, a long time coming
• 07-25-13, Called to serve a changing Diocese
• 06-27-13, Complicated titles
• 04-25-13, The gift of celibacy
• 03-28-13, To stick with the Church, we must tolerate paradox
• 02-28-13, The pope's humility
• 01-24-13, I walk where Christ walked
• 12-27-12, Fears and faith in the future
• 11-22-12, My rights as a Catholic
• 10-25-12, Priests who inspire more vocations
• 09-27-12, Why does seminary take so long?
• 08-23-12, Considering our priests
• 07-26-12, Lessons from Jesuit missionaries
• 06-28-12, As one door opens, others do close
• 05-24-12, Final stretch: preparing to hear confessions
• 04-26-12, A future priest reflects on Called to be Church and growing love of God
• 03-22-12, Role changing: From Mr. V. to Father V.
• 01-26-12, The beauty of the new Roman Missal
• 12-22-11, God willing, I'll be ready
• 11-23-11, How to cram for an exam
• 10-27-11, Chopping for life
• 09-22-11, 'Priesthood: What a sacrifice!'
• 08-25-11, Learning about diaconate from the poor in Bolivia
• 07-28-11, What's a seminarian
• 06-23-11, Facing discouragement in ministry
• 05-26-11, Blessed Cardinal Newman's work teaches us how to defend faith
• 05-05-11, New priests and the new Missal translation
• 03-24-11, Why purgatory is a plus
• 02-17-11, Express emotions through prayer
• 01-13-11, Both sides of the altar
• 11-18-10, Knowing the poor makes the difference
• 10-28-10, Spanish lessons
• 09-23-10, ER spirituality: bedside learning
• 08-05-10, Men in collars
• 07-01-10, Future priests heading south to learn Spanish

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