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Discernment and preparation
Jan. 18th, 2004 02:13 pmI have spent most of the weekend studying and creating a plan for the final months of my formation to the diaconate. Hard to believe, but the program will be over in a little more than 4 months, and our ordination is planned for June 5.
I haven't yet decided whether I am called to be ordained or not, but I am no longer stressed about it, as I was the last time I wrote about it in August. Actually, I am probably the least stressed out person in my class at the moment, at least as far as ordination is concerned. If I am called, it will happen, if I am not, it won't.
Whether I am called or not, I will continue to prepare. We will be called in during the first two weeks of March for our "final exam". It is an oral exam, before a panel of "experts" who will ask questions based on 21 broad topics. After the exam, we meet individually with the Bishop, who determines our suitability for ordination.
I am taking a leave of absence from work for the month of February; in part to prepare for ordination, and to regain some strength and rest after everything that has occurred this past year. I will spend part of the time at a trappist monastery in a silent retreat(I am wondering how bad my "internet withdrawal" symptoms will be). The rest of the time will pretty much be spent catching up on my required reading and reviewing four years of notes. Maybe I'll take some pictures too.
That's the plan.
I haven't yet decided whether I am called to be ordained or not, but I am no longer stressed about it, as I was the last time I wrote about it in August. Actually, I am probably the least stressed out person in my class at the moment, at least as far as ordination is concerned. If I am called, it will happen, if I am not, it won't.
Whether I am called or not, I will continue to prepare. We will be called in during the first two weeks of March for our "final exam". It is an oral exam, before a panel of "experts" who will ask questions based on 21 broad topics. After the exam, we meet individually with the Bishop, who determines our suitability for ordination.
I am taking a leave of absence from work for the month of February; in part to prepare for ordination, and to regain some strength and rest after everything that has occurred this past year. I will spend part of the time at a trappist monastery in a silent retreat(I am wondering how bad my "internet withdrawal" symptoms will be). The rest of the time will pretty much be spent catching up on my required reading and reviewing four years of notes. Maybe I'll take some pictures too.
That's the plan.
