Fr. Joseph Johnson, pastor at Holy Family in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, recently spoke at The Saint Paul Seminary on the importance of holistic formation in Catholic education.
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MAPL student Brittany Halverson talks about her journey in becoming a Director of Faith Formation.
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Note: this meditation was inspired by our visit to the Mount of Beatitudes a few days ago. Today we went to the Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus preached the sermon on the mount to many of his disciples. Upon arriving at the church on site, there was a painting depicting Jesus preaching. I was struck […]
Continue ReadingWe started the day with a visit to a mosque, which has the Chapel of the Ascension at its center. Here, we are praying in the chapel, at the traditional location of the ascension of Jesus. Fr Carl celebrates Mass for us in the Grotto of Gethsemane, where Jesus was arrested. Hiking down the […]
Continue ReadingWeek 3 starts for us heading to a place a little closer to home but finding much of the same as we found on our trip to Mexico.
Continue ReadingWe started the day at the École Biblique, a pontifical school for biblical studies. Fr Giambrone, an Eastern Province Dominican and New Testament professor, is speaking to us in the Basilica of St Stephen, where, liturgically speaking, it is always the day after Christmas! We begin to pray the stations of the cross on […]
Continue ReadingHome again. Despite the snow and ice, we made it.
Continue ReadingWe started this morning at St Anne’s, built at the likely site of Mary’s birth. Our class sings the Magnificat in front of the sanctuary of St Anne’s. Trevor Peterson praying in front of the cave where Mary was born. The Pool of Bethesda, where Jesus healed the man who, for 38 […]
Continue ReadingThe last full day is a day at the museums and a confrontation with some final, difficult questions plus a quick look at more recent Mexican history.
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