Midterms approaching...

So, I only have a couple of minutes before beginning intense midterm prep (it wouldn't have to be so intense if I had studied more this past week, but oh well). I have one for Golden Age Poetry (Latin), for Creation and Grace, and for American Civ. The latter two I'm not terribly worried about as it will be multiple choice. But the study guide for American Civ. consists of a list of 100 significant places, persons, events etc. that I need to be familiar with....I think I know how this morning is going to go....

The retreat was good. It was really edifying to be with 140 other young Catholic women from all over the country and various circumstances. One really gets a feel for the universality of the Church! It was also fun to be around the Dominican sisters. Their joyful witness is remarkable. Oh yea, and it SNOWED!!!!! It was beautiful!!!!!

The World Youth Day 2011 Club has been collecting nominations for the Refiner's Fire Award which is awarded to the professor whom the students vote (by putting change into the professors jars) as the one who gave them the most time off Purgatory. As VP of the WYD club, I sent the nominations to the professors and thus far all who have been nominated have accepted. Some of them seemed pretty excited about it. I hope the students get into it too so that this fundraiser is successful!

Leavin' on a jet plane...

Pray for me! I fly out at 1:10 for Cincinati. From thence I shall proceed to Detroit. There will be several young women other than myself whom the sisters shall fetch between 6:50-7 p.m. Our Lady Queen of Peace, and St. Dominic pray for us! :)

Ah life....

So life is going on. The silent retreat was wonderful, as usual. It's always somewhat bitter sweet to come back to the world, but I've jumped back in. Just trying to keep my head above the homework, and starting to feel the pressure to study for midterms.

I received a good mark on my first Ethics paper, and was much encouraged. The next paper is assigned this Thursday so I guess I get to do it all over again. This one will be harder as we have been discussing the relationship between metaphysics, anthropology, and ethics. This includes such things as conjoint-disjuncts, moral equations, an ethical wedding cake, and the funnel concept of the human person. Not to mention a survey of moral methodologies and world views (ex. deism, postmodernism etc.)

I'm getting really excited about this weekend! I am going on another retreat, but this time it's with the Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist in MI. So lots of flying will be done. :) I need to be sure I pack light so that I hop on my connecting flight with ease. Funny thing is on Sunday I have a layover in Atl (extrapolate emotions here)... Anyway, Please pray for me this weekend!

Tonight is the first officer's meeting of the World Youth Day club. I was chosen as VP so now I get to see what this entails. We have TONS of fundraising so that we can go to WYD 2011 in Madrid. Viva el Papa! :)

P.S. Weather is finally warm! Though not miserably hot.

Into Great Silence

Ok, so the silence isn't that great just from Friday evening - Sunday afternoon. But still, silence is golden. Especially when it is spent with Jesus! Please pray for me and the other 80 young women attending the Women's Spring Silent Retreat this weekend! God has been very generous to me as I do not have any big assignments this weekend! I'm sooooooo excited! I'm all packed, spiritual reading, new sleeping bag (which I can't wait to use ;) and all! I even brought some home work for Ethics to read on the drive (a presentation of moral methodologies written by two Dominican priests).

Obtaining this reading was quite the event. You see, the teacher scanned the chapter from a book and then e-mailed the chapter in several installments. So I spent at least an hour printing all of this out. I read American Civ. when my direction was not needed by the computer/printer.

I am some what consoled after reading American Civ. Apparently politics has been a vicious game from the beginning. However, early on it seems that the majority of politicians, although far from total selflessness, were seeking what they thought was best for the country. And they had a more sound philosophical foundation to stand upon. Now it's just a messy relativistic power struggle. Ah well. We pray.

Random info: we're finally having FL appropriate weather :) (some students went swimming today!) I'm learning American sign language sporatically from a classmate; it's really fun! I'm trying to ward off a cold which involves taking Robitussin (:P) and cold-eez. But, Praise God, I don't have any symptoms other than some congestion. Classes are still enjoyable. The Aeneid is much easier to read than either Caesar, Cicero, or Horace, Ethics is life changing, and Creation and Grace is contemplation inducing. American Civ. is more tolerable now that I know that the short research paper is due after spring break.

Please Pray for me and my friends and for two special intentions! Into great silence I go....

Ramble

So I 've started researching for my American Civ. paper. We get to chose a president and write a brief bio/critique of his presidency. I chose Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) because I knew I wouldn't have to sift through a vast collection of resources and because I thought it was funny that there was a president named Millard.

Saturday I went shopping with two of my friends. We left campus at 7 a.m. and went to 8 a.m. Mass at a parish in town. Amongst other things I bought new running shoes with insoles, sweat pants (on clearance!) and necessities. :)

So I've got to go pray vespers with my roommie!

FREEZING!!!!!!!!

Just thought I'd let you all know that it is currently 33 degrees Fahrenheit outside. Can you say unusually COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, off to the races. I have forty lines or so to read of the Aeneid before class, need to work on my Ethical wedding cake, must start a research paper on an American president...I'm thinking Millard Fillimore.....

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