tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post115558952370390189..comments2023-09-22T06:56:46.508-05:00Comments on Adoro te Devote: Praying about returning to schoolAdorohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-1155741772069797662006-08-16T10:22:00.000-05:002006-08-16T10:22:00.000-05:00If this is from God, he will provide. Maybe not a...If this is from God, he will provide. Maybe not as you expect, but enough. Perhaps barely enough, but enough. Discern the path as well as the end. Is this something that requires preparation (Ignatious Loyola had to go learn Latin with children, before he coud go to study to be a priest). Are there personal pre-req's to going to school? Is it another year in the purgatory of this job? Pray on it. And if the path leads to a risk - I think you have to walk with faith and take the risk. But there may be sacrifice "When everything is made new again ... everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children or land for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much and also inherit eternal life" from Matt 19:28,29RobKPhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16220380405943891911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-1155695884487007012006-08-15T21:38:00.000-05:002006-08-15T21:38:00.000-05:00Grand ideas that you are considering. I respect yo...Grand ideas that you are considering. I respect your concerns about the commitments you have made, especially to keep your family together, pets are so wonderful! And of course, seeking God's special help to make a way. <BR/><BR/>More than all this, is the underlying drive to pursue this further education, so that you can make yourself a faithful servant of God who is orthodox. Oh, may your tribe increase! <BR/><BR/>So, take courage, and be patient as you seek diligently, press on toward the mark of the high calling, as Paul wrote in Phillipians chapter 3, verse 13 and after.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-1155682654996101272006-08-15T17:57:00.000-05:002006-08-15T17:57:00.000-05:00Thanks, Cathy!It's not just a matter of "teaching"...Thanks, Cathy!<BR/><BR/>It's not just a matter of "teaching", though, and yes, I can teach RCIA...volunteers do that and I hope to start doing so this year...at least I think I'll be signing up for the class and likely assigned to someone as a sponser. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, this is more a matter of seeking God's will for me, and the signs have been there all along. Now here I am in an impossible situation (house, car, debt, etc) wanting to finally go to Grad school. Boy, am I at God's mercy! <BR/><BR/>I was at the UST website today and I'll be looking around for lots of financial aid/ scholarships. Unfortunately I wouldn't qualify for a K of C thing...my Dad wasn't Catholic and actually, he was a Mason. <BR/><BR/>I really need to get out of the job I'm in and given the state of the job market today and the experience I have...it's pretty much worthless for anything other than the same stuff. I hate the business world with a passion so I guess I'm doing my purgatory time by having to stay in it for so long. If I can find a PT job with bennies and use the financial aid to cover the rest of the gaps so I'll have a roof over my head, then maybe I can swing at least half-time if not full time school. <BR/><BR/>Only God can handle this one, but I do feel very strongly about this...we'll see if that "feeling" is only my typical antsiness or something more.Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-1155674293792436562006-08-15T15:38:00.000-05:002006-08-15T15:38:00.000-05:00Adoro:Sounds like you will have to read thru the g...Adoro:<BR/><BR/>Sounds like you will have to read thru the grant/scholarship/fellowship pamphlets at UST Admissions or Financial Aid office to see what's out there. I remember spending much time doing that myself when I was in college.<BR/><BR/>The Knights of Columbus have educational scholarships but they prefer to give them to Knights or Wife, Sons or Daughter of Knights. Not sure if you meet any of that criteria.<BR/><BR/>Could you teach parish-level RCIA without a graduate-level degree? Would you even be interested in that? I don't know what the qualifications for those posts are, though, given the crappy state of most RCIA programs I'd be shocked that YOU would be less qualified. <BR/><BR/>In MN, I think you frequently have to have a teacher's license or certificate to teach in a parish school.<BR/><BR/>You should talk with someone at UST about what you want to do and see what they recommend. <BR/><BR/>Whatever happens, don't be discouraged. You are "teaching" more people then you know thru your blog!Cathy_of_Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795566831031491371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-1155659064736038302006-08-15T11:24:00.000-05:002006-08-15T11:24:00.000-05:00Hi, y'all, and thanks for the links. I guess I sho...Hi, y'all, and thanks for the links. I guess I should have been more specific...online is really not an option for me. My computer is too unreliable and I'm just not disciplined enough. I NEED the traditional classroom because the computer, besides being too hard on the eyes, just isn't very feasable. <BR/><BR/>I'll update my post after work to specify this. <BR/><BR/>I am looking specifically at St. Thomas in St. Paul because they have the program(s) I want. I just can't do it without the help of the guy upstairs who writes all the checks...God. <BR/><BR/>~ AdoroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-1155654723336737532006-08-15T10:12:00.000-05:002006-08-15T10:12:00.000-05:00I'm in the International Catholic University progr...I'm in the International Catholic University program at Holy Apostles College and Seminary. It's 100% remote. The good thing is no residential requirement. The bad thing is minimal contact with other students. However, the program was developed by Ralph McInerny (a well-known Thomistics scholar), and the lecture series (all on DVD, VHS, or audio tape) includes some well known Catholic scholars and authors. One of my tutors, Fr. Brian Mullady, had a series on EWTN at one point.<BR/><BR/>Good luck! <BR/><BR/>Go to http://www.holyapostles.edu/ and click on the Distance Learning link.Deacon Bill Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11484509700642430451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-1155649646524770772006-08-15T08:47:00.000-05:002006-08-15T08:47:00.000-05:00Adoro: I'm praying for you! Because, I too, have...Adoro: I'm praying for you! Because, I too, have thought about getting a higher-level Theology degree then I already have (I have a minor in Theology) I know of a couple of distance education options.<BR/><BR/>Catholic Distance University http://www.cdu.edu/masters.asp<BR/><BR/>Franciscan University of Steubenville http://www.franciscan.edu/home2/Content/DistanceLearning/main.aspx?id=662&cat=120<BR/><BR/>Both of these institutions were recommended to me via the CA Apologetics Forums so you know they are probably very orthodox-certainly Franciscan is.<BR/><BR/>I believe Franciscan may have a requirement that you spend so many weeks in residence in the summer but otherwise the rest is remote.<BR/><BR/>Good luck!Cathy_of_Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795566831031491371noreply@blogger.com