Getting ready for the school year

It's that time again... and it always seems like when school starts, I hit the ground running!

This year is going to be a little different for me- because of my role as Assistant Campus Minister at Catholic Central, I won't really be in the classroom this year.  I'll be working with the drama class as time permits, but there is another teacher who is in charge of the class, so I won't really have any classes of my own.  If I can get a choir going, I will have that as well, but right now, my main job is to help with the planning of school liturgies, and there are three of them in the first 2 weeks of school! We have Mass for the staff tomorrow, Mass for the Freshmen on Monday, and our first school-wide Mass on August 25th.  It's going to be exciting, and hopefully a chance for me to jump in and discover a little more what the ministerial side of my role as a Priest will be like.  I'll also have the opportunity to help with retreats and reflection days, so that will be very nice as well!

Things have been going well since the move from Toronto to Novi.  I've been here for about a week and a half now, and I've mostly been spending my time getting settled in at the house, finding out where things are around town, and taking care of all the things you have to do when you move, such as getting a Michigan license, paperwork at the school, etc.  I also went out to Lansing, and visited a friend of mine who goes to Michigan State.  We were able to go see Casting Crowns in Concert, and it was great to be able to re-connect with someone from my College days!

I also had the opportunity to go to the Priestly Ordination of one of our Basilians.  The last time I had been to an Ordination, I was 12, so it was nice to be able to go to one, and have a greater understanding of what was happening.  It was a very powerful experience, and a very beautiful liturgy.  God willing, I will get to experience many more ordinations in my life, including my own!

That's about it for right now.  School officially starts Tuesday, so pray that all goes well!