These Kids Have it Together

Kudos to the Youth Team of Our Lady at St. Joseph's in Fergus!

About one dozen teenagers organized and all night Adoration (prayer vigil) last Friday to usher in Holy Week. We've been helping this youth group over the past 4 years, and it's been an honour. This isn't your run of the mill youth group where a bunch of church kids get together to chill, eat pizza, or go bowling. These young people meet to pray, study, and support each other in discerning their vocations. One of the recent Alumni is already in the seminary and will no doubt become an excellent priest.

It's always a pleasure to meet with the group and hear how mature and wise these young people can be, but, this Friday night and Saturday morning was truly special. I'm very thankful that God has blessed my family and our parish with such special kids. If you feel called, please join me in praying for them, and specifically that God will call them deeper into His service.

Seminary Advertising

My wife picked up a copy of Christianity Today, an old fashoined print magazine. I was shocked by the amount of advertising for different seminaries. The magazine even had a 7 page section dedicated exclusively to seminaries offering various programs for Christian higher education. Most of the seminaries offered graduate programs such as a Master of Divinity.

I looked in vain for an advertisement for a Catholic Seminary. I have to ask why. I'm sure much of the magazine's readership is evangelical, but seminaries for mainline churches, Presbyterian, Episcopal etc were advertising along with all the rest. I'm not concerned about one particular publication, but I do wonder if its time to start reaching potential seminarians through the mass media. The growing availability of Christian TV, radio, and magazines will give the church a cost effective way to reach people who are already in tune with their faith.

Of course there is also the internet, so just in case you are male, single and Catholic (or would consider becoming Catholic), here are a few resources for you to consider.

St. Peter's Seminary, St Augustine's Seminary, Vocation Info, Companions of the Cross, London Diocese Vocations.