Pastoral Placement
September 29, 2009 by Sebastiaan Benders
As promised, a little update on pastoral placements. In seminary, there are four different kinds of formation. Spiritual, Human, Intellectual and Pastoral formation. This means that prayer, community life, study and pastoral work are part of our daily lives. While I’ve done some internships here and there, more or less on my own, it’s the
Hockey. Canadian style.
September 21, 2009 by Sebastiaan Benders
I remember the first time I was in Winnipeg. I had just moved into the Oblates’ house and in the room next to mine lived the cousin of their provincial, Andrew. Andrew asked me the first or second day if I played hockey. So I said, “Sure thing! We used to play all the time
Settling in
September 17, 2009 by Sebastiaan Benders
It’s been a while now and I have had some time to settle here at my new seminary. Today a bit more about life at the seminary here. What does a week look like? Every day we show up at the chapel at 6:30 for morning prayer and H. Mass. We are 27 seminarians and
First Week at the Seminary
September 1, 2009 by Sebastiaan Benders
My first post from Canada. I seem to have arrived just well. Me and my two suitcases. The first week was spent in Winnipeg, meeting as many of my friends there as I could. Everyone seems to have survived well enough without me, but it felt good to meet up with these wonderful people, most