The Final Semester
The Final Semester January 30, 2025 It has been a long time since I wrote a blog, and a lot has happened since the school year ended last May. Last Monday, I had my last first day of classes for the final semester here at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary. As many of you know, I was ordained a Deacon last summer (June 1, 2024), and I spent the summer in Carroll, Iowa, and then came back to St. Louis for my final year in August. Ordination was the experience of a lifetime, and yet, there is another, greater ordination to come. Assuming things go according to plan, I will be ordained a priest on June 7, 2025. After six years of study and formation, it is hard to believe this day is quickly approaching. Recently, I was reading a few of these blogs from the past. I reread the first blog I wrote in the summer of 2019 - I was trying to sell my house, pack up my belongings, and sort my life out. In some ways, things are the same as I embark on my final semester. I am again tasked with packi...