The Diocese announced our assignments today, so I can publicly share that after ordination, I will be serving at St. William of Montevergine in Shelbyville, starting on January 5. The January start gives us all a few weekends at our home parishes, which will be nice. It’s all very exciting!

I wasn’t familiar with St. William of Montevergine, but I learned that he was a Benedictine, and a hermit to boot. He sounds like my kind of guy.

This is a formation weekend, possibly our last one, so we’ll report tomorrow for more liturgical practica, homiletics, and prayer. Excited to get started, but also a little wistful about this period - formation - coming to a close. Yes, they certainly tell us that formation never actually ends, but this expression of it certainly will.

Y por los que hablan español - por favor, su paciencia. Entiendo casi todo, pero estoy mejorando mi vocabulario teológico. Ya puedo leer (y a veces escribir) en español, entonces puedo asistir en la misa como diácono; pero tambien queiro predicar!