What a beautiful weekend I’ve just had.
Friday morning, I got in a car with 6 other Franciscan students and drove 6 hours to Notre Dame, IN. We attended a “pizza dinner” and a talk entitled “The Legacy of Muliaris Dignitatum”. I spent the rest of the evening talking in a dorm with three guy friends about theology, philosophy, and biblical epistemology. At 1 am, we decided it’d probably be beneficial to get some sleep, so I headed to the dorm where I was staying and met the girl who was hosting me. She and her roommates were so sweet, and we finally got to sleep about 3 am.
The morning dawned bright and early and I walked around the semi-frozen lake to the seminary to meet up with my friend. We ate a quick breakfast then drove over to the conference center. (Praise God for Josh’s car…. it saved us from walking across campus while dodging knee-high snow in near-zero temperatures.)
The next 8 hours were spent in some of the most amazing talks I have ever heard. They were so thought-provoking and gave me lots to chew on in the coming weeks (and months, and probably years). I will probably type up a summary so that you can maybe glean a thing or two from my plethora of notes. In the middle of the talks, I got to go to confession in the crypt of the Basilica, and at the end of the day they had a vigil Mass for Sunday.
Of course, it started snowing hard that afternoon, so the roads were getting slushy and yucky. My friend and I braved the snow and went to dinner, and spent the next 3 ½ hours sitting in Panda Express, solving all the problems of college life. And by that I mean we talked about our semesters and told random, funny, and heart-wrenching stories. That conversation also gave me lots to think about, and I think I will be pondering that one for just as long as the “official” talks from earlier in the day.
Sunday morning we left campus at 8 am and headed back to Steubenville. About 2 hours from Franciscan, we stopped at our friend’s house for lunch. Their family was beautiful and such a witness of a Catholic family.
It’s amazing what giving your time to learn about the Faith does … it seems as though my time remaining on Sunday multiplied and I didn’t fall behind in anything.
What a blessing it is to experience talks and events like this one. Our faith is truly an active one, and inspires us to constantly delve deeper and deeper into its Truths.
Friday morning, I got in a car with 6 other Franciscan students and drove 6 hours to Notre Dame, IN. We attended a “pizza dinner” and a talk entitled “The Legacy of Muliaris Dignitatum”. I spent the rest of the evening talking in a dorm with three guy friends about theology, philosophy, and biblical epistemology. At 1 am, we decided it’d probably be beneficial to get some sleep, so I headed to the dorm where I was staying and met the girl who was hosting me. She and her roommates were so sweet, and we finally got to sleep about 3 am.
The morning dawned bright and early and I walked around the semi-frozen lake to the seminary to meet up with my friend. We ate a quick breakfast then drove over to the conference center. (Praise God for Josh’s car…. it saved us from walking across campus while dodging knee-high snow in near-zero temperatures.)
The next 8 hours were spent in some of the most amazing talks I have ever heard. They were so thought-provoking and gave me lots to chew on in the coming weeks (and months, and probably years). I will probably type up a summary so that you can maybe glean a thing or two from my plethora of notes. In the middle of the talks, I got to go to confession in the crypt of the Basilica, and at the end of the day they had a vigil Mass for Sunday.
Of course, it started snowing hard that afternoon, so the roads were getting slushy and yucky. My friend and I braved the snow and went to dinner, and spent the next 3 ½ hours sitting in Panda Express, solving all the problems of college life. And by that I mean we talked about our semesters and told random, funny, and heart-wrenching stories. That conversation also gave me lots to think about, and I think I will be pondering that one for just as long as the “official” talks from earlier in the day.
Sunday morning we left campus at 8 am and headed back to Steubenville. About 2 hours from Franciscan, we stopped at our friend’s house for lunch. Their family was beautiful and such a witness of a Catholic family.
It’s amazing what giving your time to learn about the Faith does … it seems as though my time remaining on Sunday multiplied and I didn’t fall behind in anything.
What a blessing it is to experience talks and events like this one. Our faith is truly an active one, and inspires us to constantly delve deeper and deeper into its Truths.