CAMP STARTED!
July 15, 2008 by Sebastiaan Benders
Hey guys, What a wonderful day here! After a few days of rain, thunder and storms, we had a wonderful day to start the kid’s bible camp in Duck Bay today! The Missionaries of Charity came up from Winnipeg to lead the camp and it is awesome being in their presence. There’s nothing like religious
Singing, Funerals and Bingo!
July 13, 2008 by Sebastiaan Benders
I know, I know, an update is due! Will you believe me if I tell you I’ve been really busy? It’s been a couple of really wonderful days now, though! After Mass on Thursday evening, Fr. Sebastian and I drove down up to Duck Bay to go to a prayer group. I had no clue
Fr. Philip Ruh – Missionary and Architect
July 11, 2008 by Sebastiaan Benders
This website contains two categories, a personal one and one about life at the seminary. In the latter, I try to talk about some spiritual things in the life of a seminarian, and the post I am writing now could fall into this category. Among the many missionaries that went to Canada, the Oblate Fathers
Hello from the ‘boonies’!
July 9, 2008 by Sebastiaan Benders
Hey y’all! Been a nice two days up here in Camperville. Being this far north, I can really say “up here” and mean it. However, yesterday I heard thet people don’t even consider this the north, but more like the middle. In a way, they’re right. There’s still a whole lot of farther north to
A big wedding!
July 6, 2008 by Sebastiaan Benders
Don’t worry, everyone… I didn’t get secretly married on my 3rd day in Canada! However, two people here at the parish did. They had been married quite some years (civilly) and after some priestly guidance, the couple had approached Fr. Sebastian to get married before the Church and before God. Well, if these people can do one
Mosquito Galore!
July 6, 2008 by Sebastiaan Benders
Hey all, I am in Camperville, MB right now. Below is a map, and if you zoon in, you’ll probably be able to find some of the places I’ll talk about in this post and the next few days. View Larger Map I can’t really describe to you all back home what things are like here.
Arrived in Canada
July 4, 2008 by Sebastiaan Benders
Well everyone, this is going to be my first post from Canada! I can’t tell you all how relieved I am to be here. The trip is quite an ordeal, and I had to run at several airports to get to my connected flight in time. I was quite nervous at first, but after calling
Halfbreed
July 2, 2008 by Sebastiaan Benders
(In the post below I explain why this website is undergoing a transition from Dutch to English. From now on, my posts will be in English. Maybe in the future, this website will become bi-lingual) I promised you all a rundown on the book “Halfbreed” from Maria Campbell. Since I am going to be staying
Switch to English
July 2, 2008 by Sebastiaan Benders
Hey everyone, this is going to be my first post in English. As you might have noticed, navigation-menu on the website has slowly gone over to English. In light of the purpose of this website, “Life at the Seminary”, I’ve decided that it might be of service to more people with posts all in English. For
Ramsj en Guinness in Amsterdam
July 1, 2008 by Sebastiaan Benders
1 juli 2008. De dag dat wij met niet-stinkende kleding en haren een kroeg kunnen verlaten. Voor rokers lijkt het me niet zo leuk, maar voor ons niet-rokers misschien wel een beetje hemel op aarde. Gezellig naar je zin hebben, zonder in die vreselijke lucht te zitten. Nu kun je gewoon de ongewassen oksels van