I just got back from Power Hour, which is a praise and worship group that practices every Friday and praises every Monday at 9:15 in the St. Thomas Moore chapel on campus. It is fun and reminds me of the days I spent at ISU - really good group of musicians.
Anyway...
I thought it might be a good idea to explain why I feel I may be called to blog about the seminary. I have actually been thinking about keeping an online journal of some sort for a while, but realized I probably wouldn't keep it up. Every journal I've ever started has only lasted a couple weeks. But this past weekend made me re-think this.
A few of my brother seminarians and I met the Daughters of St. Paul, or the Pauline Sisters, this past summer. They run a fantastic Catholic book store on the corner of Michigan and Randolph. This past weekend was a free weekend, and we made arrangements to share a meal with them on Saturday night. We stayed at the St. Joseph seminary and took the El to their store/house and back.
Over dinner and after, something that kept coming up in conversation was the value of technology in spreading the Gospel. After all, their Apostolate involves evangelization through modern technology and media. How cool is that (anyone discerning should seriously check them out!) Sister Anne was saying how she uses twitter, blogs, and U-Tube to reach others (This is the address of her blog: http://romans8v29.blogspot.com). She also told us about how effective it has been. This made me reconsider technology and blogging in particular.
I find that as I got more into my faith, I got less into technology. Though this may be the way God is actually trying to lead me, I feel like it has been more reccently due to fear and apprehension. God doesn't drive you away in fear - he pulls you toward in love, as a wise friend once told me. So here I am, writing a blog. I hope it bears fruit!
St. Robert Bellarmine, Pray for us!
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