Open House at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary

Kenrick-Glennon Seminary will be holding an Open House on Sunday, November 13 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. During this time, anyone is invited to come and visit with future priests and take a tour of the Seminary, learning more about the building, the students and the experience of seminary life along the way.

And, as a special bonus, there are refreshments for people who may be interested!

On that Sunday, the Kenrick-Glennon Lions soccer team will be playing on the soccer field behind the seminary; be sure to stop by to cheer on your favorite Seminarian soccer team while you're at the seminary!

[UPDATED] Pictures from 2005 Pro-Life Convention...

[UPDATE: I have posted pictures from Jim Caviezel's visit.]

Today I posted pictures from yesterday's Pro-Life Convention in the Adam's Mark Hotel in downtown St. Louis. The keynote speaker was Jim Caviezel (the actor who played Jesus in The Passion of the Christ), with his wife, Kerry, introducing him. Among many other great lecturers, Rev. Eugene Morris and Rev. Edward Richard (both on the faculty at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary) were presenting well-attended and interesting workshops. It was a very inspiring day, and many youth were present at the filled-to-capacity luncheon in the hotel's ballroom and the workshops thereafter.

Jim Caveizel later travelled with Archbishop Burke to the Seminary to speak to seminarians and faculty. Things that he spoke of made me want to pray more, to attend Mass more fervently and to grow closer to Christ and Mary.

The New iMac G5 - Rumors Proved Slightly True

Some people are naysaying Apple for their latest product announcements. I am not one of those people.

Apple just released a new series of iMac G5s today; some of the amazing new features include: a built-in high-resolution video camera, built in infrared and wireless remote for controlling digital media applications (with audio line out and VGA, S-Video or composite-video out for connection to a larger display or TV), some cool new software, and a heckuva lot of processing power (both the G5 CPUs — 1.9 or 2.1 GHz — and the hefty 128MB PCI-E video card!). It also comes with (built-in) a 17 or 20" LCD display, a mighty mouse, a keyboard, etc. etc.

Bottom line: If you go to Dell's website, max out pretty much every option you can, and pay about $3,000, you'd get a computer that came close to being as good as the iMac (but the iMac only costs $1299 or $1599, and is cheaper for educational customers). This computer is amazing! If I had some money, I'd probably sell my iBook and get the iMac as soon as I possibly could.

In other news, Apple is now making a video capable iPod, and iTunes has been updated to 6.0; big whoop-de-doo, I say. I don't think the video iPod is ready for the world yet... but that's just my opinion. I'm sure a bunch of people will buy them anyway.

The Rumor Weed

This morning, in reading through some news stories, I noticed that Apple will be holding a special conference today to present some sort of new product. Rumor sites are speculating that the new device will be a long-awaited 'Video iPod.' This would be pretty nice, but I still think that the time is not ripe for portable video players... Perhaps it will be something else entirely, though.

In other news, my Mom is feeling better, but still asks for prayers (if you can spare a few). I know that amidst all the recent natural disasters (the two hurricanes, the earthquake in Pakistan, and the earlier tsunami), there are many people to pray for! Perhaps this is an opportunity God is placing in front of us as a human community to show our love for one another by prayer, support and solidarity.

One last thing: I find every day that I don't really know the people around me as well as I might think. Case in point: look at this story about one of the Seminarians attending Kenrick School of Theology:

[People] need faith in their lives. When the dark times come, faith is what carries you through...

[UPDATED:] Kenrick-Glennon Lions Soccer Team

[UPDATE: Pictures have been posted online.]

Today the KGB Lions played a hard-fought game, and ended up tying 'Fuego United' (United Flame? Something like that...) by a score of 2-2. It was quite a hard-fought game, and I have a few nice bruises and strawberries to prove it. This year's fan base has been great, and I think the showing for our Friday 'ecumenical exhibition match' against Concordia Lutheran Seminary will be well attended on both sides. Pictures will soon be posted, once I get some time to sort through them (thanks, Maria and Matt, for taking pictures!).

On another note, please pray for all the Seminaries and those who are on the Apostolic Visitation councils travelling throughout the U.S., that they may perform their duties well and be close to Christ and His Church in all that they do. I am very glad that so much attention has been brought to houses of formation of late; future priests who will act in persona Christi must have proper formation in order to be the best priests they can be, conforming themselves to Christ in all that they do.

I thank you for all your prayers for my mother, who is feeling a bit better now; I have only recently realized how important she and my family are to me—partially because of the trials she's gone through.