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Although all of the seminarians, priests, and faculty are excited to return home for Thanksgiving, we still make sure to celebrate Thanksgiving with each other. This sunday, the whole seminary will be sharing an early Thanksgiving meal. The picture above is from a couple days ago where some of the Collegians and I had a College Thanksgiving, sponsored by a local Knights of Columbus. We decided to pull all the stops out in the highest-class bachelor fashion by using the fancy plastic plates and by filling wine glasses with cranberry juice, and sampling a cheesecake platter that was a gift from a local convent. As the picture implies, this year was an excellent vintage for OceanSpray (if you were wondering about the pretend pretension on our faces). One of the guys babysat our bacon-wrapped, apple-stuffed chicken for a good three hours as it cooked. It was probably the best chicken I've ever had, and the bacon-fat, chicken stock, apple, and onion gravy was phenomenal. I was very glad to unwind for a while with the boys after some long weeks and difficult assignments.
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One of my favorite ways that we celebrated the Hallowtide Triduum of All Hallow's Eve, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day this year was by joining with the St. Thomas More Newman center on The Ohio State University campus to hold a mass and Eucharistic Procession for the students. The attendance was phenomenal. I was near the front of the procession (among the many surplices in one of the photos) and near the end, I was looking back over the procession and there were at least 200 students holding candles behind me, and more joined as we processed.
Like at any secular university, the Catholic students there are actively fighting against the Culture of Death. It was only fitting to celebrate the Triduum of Death by bringing the source of life and light into the darkness. Sure, there were plenty of students who stood by the side, didn't notice or care, or giggled and pulled out their phones to take video. We even made the OSU subreddit confused. But there were some students who were respectful, who knelt as Jesus passed by them in the monstrance, or who honestly and openly asked what we were doing. Regardless of how they took it, it was a sign of hope for me to see a young generation of Catholics fervently living out their faith. I can only pray that these young men and women will one day be some of the saints whose intercession we pray for every November 1st. |
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