[This article first appeared in the Winter issue of the Oracle 2020] Father Tom Margevičius is an instructor of Liturgical Theology and Homiletics at The Saint Paul Seminary. He is also the Director of Worship for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. And, he is an ornithologist, aka a birdwatcher. It’s this latter role […]
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A unique experience that brings seminarians to area farms to learn first-hand the challenges and opportunities of rural ministry.
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 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 ReadingA change of location brings a lot of new stimuli. We head to downtown Mexico City and find surprises, differences, and similarities. Welcome to week 2.
Continue ReadingWell… it can’t be a trip without some unexpected adventure. What happens when you run out of gas in the middle of Mexico City?
Continue ReadingWe started the day at Magdala, the town of Mary Magdalene. Behind Fr Eamon Kelly is a mural of the woman touching the hem of Jesus’s robe. Fr Eamon explains the ecumenical attraction of this holy site. The Church of the Beatitudes, atop the mountain where Jesus preached this famous sermon. Here Fr Carl is celebrating […]
Continue ReadingToday we prayed at the Church of the Transfiguration atop Mount Tabor. The three peaks in the roof are meant to evoke the three tents that Peter, James, and John offered to erect for Jesus, Moses, and Elijah. Andrew Rauenbuehler lectoring at Mass in the Moses Chapel. A group photo after a pilgrim lunch! […]
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