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Seminarians Celebrate TET: Experience Other Cultures
At 3:30 pm Monday afternoon, Conception students and staff left their desks and activities to join in the TET Celebration in the Student Union put on by the Vietnamese community at Conception. A yearly event, TET is a shortened version of Tet Nguyen Dan, which is the most important celebration of the Vietnamese culture. It is…
2/13 Lenten Reflection by Hayden Charles
In his commentary on Luke’s account of the call of the apostle Matthew that we hear in the Gospel today, St. Bede says that Jesus “saw [Matthew] through the eyes of mercy and chose him.” Our Holy Father, Pope Francis chose this phrase as his episcopal motto when he became a bishop, and it remains…
2/12 Lenten Reflection by Ben Rogers
“A heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn,” (Ps. 51:17). I once heard that true humility was recognizing things the way things really are. In reality, we all struggle with temptations. We all have failed in our love for our neighbor at some point. We are selfish, and we don’t even recognize…
2/11 – Lenten Reflection by Chris Davis
Self-knowledge leads to self-mastery; self-mastery enables self-giving; self-giving is living as Christ. This mantra for priestly formation expresses in so many words that the aim of a seminarian’s entire formation is to become like Jesus, a living self-gift of love poured out for others. This progression from self-knowledge to self-gift is far from being exclusive…
Ash Wednesday: Lenten Reflection by Fr. Xavier
We tend to think of the season of Lent as a time when we want to get more serious about changing our lives. Of course, that is true. But I suggest that it is helpful if we see it as a time God and the Church gives us to come more deeply into our union…
Saint of the Day: Saint Blaise
Pictures from the blessing of throat today on Saint Blaise’s feast day.
Faith, Fellowship, and Basketball
Experience the seminarians trip to Chicago to compete in the annual Fr. Pat O’Malley Invitational hosted by Mundelein Seminary!
Our Lady of Guadalupe : Most Popular Woman in Seminary
Find out all about the Seminary’s Our Lady of Guadalupe Celebration!