Monday, June 22, 2009

The Seminary and the Catholic University

The seminaries I have had the pleasure of visiting, have made formation a high priority. The models seminaries use can be found outside of the seminary in a few Catholic Universities and attempts have been made to emulate the ideas of the seminary in the chapel/student center of a few public universities. The ideas include:
segregated Catholic dorms (with adoration chapel),
daily mass (mandated),
communal divine office,
assigned spiritual direction,
preparation for adult-faith,
communal dining with spiritual reading,
dress codes,
catechism classes,
opportunity for Reconciliation.

Should not some of these ideas be applied at every university?
If a seminarian needs a catechism class how much more everyone else,
If a seminarian needs a spiritual director how much more everyone else,
some ideas may be impractical or not ideal.

Remember
Sacraments
Catechisis
Community
Evangelism
Practise

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