So, this is the RSS feed of the Consider Priesthood website: considerpriesthood.com The website is the Official Vocation Website for the Seminarians of the Diocese of Sacramento in California. Come check out our website for more great stuff, videos, testimonies, discernment resources, seminarian profiles, and more.Tumblr (3.0; @considerpriesthood)http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/12/from-the-week-40/">From the Week</a>: <p><em>(FYI, I am currently on Pastoral Year so you will not be hearing much about seminary life from me during this year. You will however hear more about what Pastoral Year is like. It’s interesting and…</em></p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/15106265725http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/15106265725Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:55:28 -0500<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/12/from-the-week-39/">From the Week</a>: <p><em>(FYI, I am currently on Pastoral Year so you will not be hearing much about seminary life from me during this year. You will however hear more about what Pastoral Year is like. It’s interesting and…</em></p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/14792963218http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/14792963218Sun, 25 Dec 2011 22:15:23 -0500<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/12/from-the-week-pastoral-year/">From the Week: Pastoral Year</a>: <p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>–#1–</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Well this week I really listened to the Holy Spirit. Sometimes I wish I could not hear what he was saying. :) I took the parish directory and started visiting people that are not regularly…</p></p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/14001515987http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/14001515987Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:51:55 -0500<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/12/from-the-week-38/">From the Week</a>: <p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>–#1–</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12506">In vocations news</a>, there has been a recent note of rising seminarian numbers in the U.S. We have our highest enrollment for major seminarians since the early 90s. Some like to look back…</p></p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/13675458077http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/13675458077Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:24:44 -0500<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/11/from-the-week-37/">From the Week</a>: <p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>–#1–</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">It was a relatively slow week. Thanksgiving shutdown a lot of things. Kids around here actually have all of Thanksgiving week off. Monday we had a practice of the Our Lady of Guadalupe play…</p></p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/13383862574http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/13383862574Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:26:52 -0500<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/11/msgr-lyons-rest-in-peace/">Msgr. Lyons – Rest in Peace</a>: <p>Please say a prayer for a good priest and friend, <a href="http://www.pnac.org/2011/11/the-college-remembers-msgr-lyons/">Msgr. Bill Lyons</a>, who passed away this morning in Rome. He was a great spiritual director and retreat director for many years at the North…</p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/13159710715http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/13159710715Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:53:52 -0500<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/11/from-the-week-36/">From the Week</a>: <p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>–#1–</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">I really have to work on taking my camera everywhere I go. This weekend was the big Pan de Vida Retreat down at Presentation Parish in Sacramento. The rumor mill tells me we had over 500…</p></p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/13014339431http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/13014339431Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:53:26 -0500<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/11/from-the-week-35/">From the Week</a>: <p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>–#1–</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Doctor reports that I have acute bronchitis. So it’s been another low key week. We had a nice Italian Catholic Federation dinner Saturday night. They were celebrating 150 years of Italian…</p></p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/12682439475http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/12682439475Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:10:23 -0500<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/11/from-the-week-34/">From the Week</a>: <p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>–#1–</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Congratulations to our 2 new transitional deacons, Guillermo and Jhay.</p> <div id="attachment_3943" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"> <a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/11/from-the-week-34/375497_310783692270352_100000161706288_1475760_1710343414_n/" rel="attachment wp-att-3943"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3943 " title="375497_310783692270352_100000161706288_1475760_1710343414_n" src="http://considerpriesthood.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/375497_310783692270352_100000161706288_1475760_1710343414_n-500x375.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Jhay is the 3rd from the left in the deacon vestments. Ronald is 2nd from the left. And Arnold is 3rd…</p> </div></p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/12339208160http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/12339208160Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:29:28 -0400<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/10/from-the-week-31/">From the Week</a>: <p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>–#1–</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Saturday was busier than expected. Fr. Brian and I went out to the dedication of a new parish church, <a href="http://www.stjosephmarello.org/site/">St. Joseph Marello</a>. The parish has been around since 2003 but the parish community…</p></p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/12066410362http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/12066410362Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:54:45 -0400<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/10/from-the-week-parish-life-defined-as-controlled-chaos/">From the Week: Parish Life Defined as Controlled Chaos</a>: <p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>–#1–</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Since last Friday it has been quite a ridiculous week. That’s probably the reason for the title. Parish life has a managed craziness to it that you just kind of work with.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Saturday we had…</p></p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/11767438489http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/11767438489Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:48:11 -0400<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/10/from-the-week-priest-study-days/">From the Week: Priest Study Days</a>: <p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>–#1–</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">The past couple weeks have been a bit busy so I will do my best to fill you in. Perhaps it can help you get a sense of what a Pastoral Year could look like. Saturday I led the Confirmation…</p></p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/11474894657http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/11474894657Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:37:50 -0400<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/10/from-the-week-the-good-and-the-bad/">From the Week: The Good and the Bad</a>: <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>–#1–</strong></p> <p>This week has been adjustment week in the parish. Getting settled in your pastoral year is not necessarily an easy task but things are slowly starting to become more and more routine. Plus…</p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/11156405767http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/11156405767Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:58:35 -0400<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/09/from-the-week-i-have-arrived/">From the Week: I have arrived</a>: <p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>–#1–</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Just an FYI, if you are looking for your picture with Bishop Soto, you can find it <a href="https://www.facebook.com/considerpriesthood">here</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>–#2–</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">It was just officially announced that Guillermo Ramirez and Jhay Galeon will be ordained…</p></p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/10876232841http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/10876232841Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:02:28 -0400<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/09/onfire-your-picture-with-bishop-soto/">Onfire – Your Picture with Bishop Soto</a>: <p>Hey all!</p> <p>If you happened to be out at Vallejo for the <a href="http://norcalcatholicyouth.com/">Onfire</a> event bringing Catholic youth together from all over NorCal and Nevada, hopefully you passed by our Diocese of Sacramento Vocations…</p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/10640021412http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/10640021412Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:08:04 -0400<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/09/from-the-week-vacation/">From the Week: Vacation</a>: <p><p style="text-align: left;">Enjoying my vacation time. So this week I leave you with something my Mom handed me, an article from University of Portland’s Magazine. Why I am a Priest by Fr. Charles Gordon of the Congregation…</p></p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/10570835763http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/10570835763Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:16:36 -0400<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/09/from-the-week-back-in-the-patria/">From the Week: Back in the Patria</a>: <p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>–#1–</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">I arrived in the U.S. on Thursday and I am now down south for a few days of vacation. My brother is moving into UCSD! It has been good to be back. There is nothing like your patria or…</p></p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/10321684503http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/10321684503Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:32:04 -0400<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/09/rolling-up-ones-sleeves/">Rolling Up One’s Sleeves</a>: <p><em>“The priesthood is a life of sacrifice, a life of service, because it is the life of our Lord. So it is not simply kneeling in the church all day and praying, it is rolling up one’s sleeves and…</em></p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/9921168108http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/9921168108Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:39:48 -0400<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/09/from-the-week-mexican-parish-week-5/">From the Week: Mexican Parish Week 5</a>: <p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>–#1–</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">The title above might be getting redundant but it helps me keep track. At this point, we only have 2 weeks left until we are heading out of dodge. Saturday was a cultural immersion…</p></p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/9724114666http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/9724114666Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:50:59 -0400<a href="http://considerpriesthood.com/2011/08/from-the-week-mexican-parish-week-4/">From the Week: Mexican Parish Week 4</a>: <p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>–#1–</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Last Saturday was our last catechetical session with the catechists for our parish. It was a lot of fun and it seems like they will miss it as much as we will. My part of the session was on…</p></p>http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/9447786063http://considerpriesthood.tumblr.com/post/9447786063Sat, 27 Aug 2011 06:53:22 -0400