Style, Retreat, and Final Week
Style As the summer comes to a close, small things happen each week that make things more and more real. Well earlier this week, I received my cassock in the mail from the Diocese of Sioux City. The cassock is an article of clerical clothing that is ankle-length, black, and comes with many buttons. At Kenrick-Glennon, it is customary for young seminarians to wear the cassock and surplice (knee-length white tunic, worn over the cassock) during Mass, Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer. I must say they will both take some getting used to but it makes deciding what to wear to prayer very easy! School uniforms were always something I enjoyed about going to Catholic School and I am glad that I am able to somewhat keep up with that! They say black is a slimming color also, so for the first time in my life I might look sleek and slender! Retreat This past week the Seminarians of Iowa gathered at the Iowa Seminarian Convocation in Ames, hosted by the Archdiocese of Dubuque. While at the Co...