So you want to go to seminary?

“Yes, I am called by God.”

I loved my time in grad school (yes, a seminary), but this is just too funny (and true?) to pass up. Here’s to all women who have been called by God and learned to ice fish as well.

Diana Macalintal

Diana Macalintal is the Director of Worship for the Diocese of San Jose in California and holds a Master of Arts in Theology, cum laude, from Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota. She has served as a liturgist, music, and catechumenate director in campus, parish, and diocesan ministries for over 25 years and has authored numerous articles on liturgy, music, and the catechumenate. She was a contributing author for <em>The Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers</em> and wrote <em>The Eucharist Catechist's Guide</em> (both Saint Mary's Press, 2009). She is an adjunct faculty member of the Institute in Pastoral Ministries of Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (Winona) and serves as a team member of the North American Forum on the Catechumenate. She founded and maintains a blog for the Diocese of San Jose called "Work of the People" and is a co-founder of TeamRCIA.com.

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7 responses to “So you want to go to seminary?”

  1. Christian Cosas

    “Seminary is like a religious Comic-Con, except without the costumes or fun.”

    SNORT

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  2. Cody C. Unterseher

    “You realize you will be assigned to serve your fist call in rural North Dakota. They will pay you less than minimum wage and you will freeze your butt off.”

    Being a North Dakota native, I’ve seen this too many times.

    And yes, I found it hilarious!

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  3. Rita Ferrone

    My favorite line was “Don’t you want to be a church secretary? It’s the same thing.” Second favorite: “You’d make a pretty nun.”

    This is all very true to life — and funny!

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  4. Diana Macalintal

    “Seminary will teach you what a lot of dead white men thought about God.”

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  5. Nancy Nugent

    Yikes! That was way too close to my own experience!

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  6. John S. Miller

    Here is the opposite of this video: http://www.gloria.tv/flash/player4.swf?video=108011&duration=172&autostart=false&controls=true

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    1. Rita Ferrone

      Sorry, no comparison. Men called to the consecrated life but not the priesthood have a ready-made path wide open before them: it’s called becoming a monk or a brother. You knew that, John, didn’t you? OK, perhaps you didn’t. It’s a well-worn path, including active, contemplative, and monastic options. No drugs required to imagine it!

      I received a good education from sisters and brothers (Irish Christian Brothers) and do regret the decline in vocations to those communities. But you can’t manufacture a calling.

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