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Mar. 15th, 2004
"The soup is called blessed mother"
Mar. 15th, 2004 12:56 pmWe were at the retreat center over the weekend for our penultimate session before ordination. The topics were marriage, death and celibacy--an interesting mix.
( A picture of the retreat center early Sunday morning )
They sort of taught us how to marry people, or at least where to find what we need in the book. It's kind of exciting. I think that is the thing that people ask me the most about my ministry--if I will be able to marry people (I will). They really haven't given us much hands-on training in this sort of stuff though--I guess we learn it "on the job".
We also received our scores from the review panel. Pretty much everyone did ok, including me. My scores were better than I thought they should be, but what do I know. I'm just glad that hurdle is over.
After the retreat, we drove up to Corning to attend a rosary for the deacon who died in a car accident last friday. He was dressed in his deacon vestments, and had the most peaceful smile on his face. It was an amazing turnout--hundreds and hundreds of people came to pay their respects. The church was filled, and there were people spilling out onto the sidewalk. All the deacons from his class were there, and each of them spoke about him. A wonderful tribute to a very saintly person.
( A picture of the retreat center early Sunday morning )
They sort of taught us how to marry people, or at least where to find what we need in the book. It's kind of exciting. I think that is the thing that people ask me the most about my ministry--if I will be able to marry people (I will). They really haven't given us much hands-on training in this sort of stuff though--I guess we learn it "on the job".
We also received our scores from the review panel. Pretty much everyone did ok, including me. My scores were better than I thought they should be, but what do I know. I'm just glad that hurdle is over.
After the retreat, we drove up to Corning to attend a rosary for the deacon who died in a car accident last friday. He was dressed in his deacon vestments, and had the most peaceful smile on his face. It was an amazing turnout--hundreds and hundreds of people came to pay their respects. The church was filled, and there were people spilling out onto the sidewalk. All the deacons from his class were there, and each of them spoke about him. A wonderful tribute to a very saintly person.