THEY’RE BACK!
Saturday night was my last Advent/Christmas party (thank the Lord) and it is an annual and very pleasant occasion when we celebrate the Sunday Eucharist with our seminarians and their parents and families. Back from their first semester of study, they all look somewhat haggard from final examinations but very happy to be home once again. Our celebration was more subdued this year due to the budget constraints which everyone in America is facing and the diocesan Church is no exception but given the location (Bethany Center and one of the most spectacular sunsets I have ever witnessed), the setting and the love in the place, I doubt if any or many noticed. Our Vocation Director, Father Len Plazewski is not one to allow moss to growth beneath the shoes of our seminarians so most of them are working a two day “discernment retreat” for forty young men which begins tomorrow and ends on Tuesday. Please pray for the success of this retreat and that from it may come more young men who wish to answer the Lord’s call to “follow me.”
Tags: Bethany Center, Fr. Len Plazewski, Mass, Seminarians, Vocations