The Past Week in Review

Where did the last week go? Somewhere, but unfortunately it didn't go to much blogging in all of the busy-ness. Well, here were a few highlights that come to mind:

• My second-year class had a scheduled discussion about the meaning of chastity and how we live it as young Jesuits, who are living the vows and preparing to take vows
  
• I went to a really nice fund-raising dinner for the Listening House (where I work with the homeless) at a beautiful hotel, getting to meet some of the supporters of this charity and hear testimonies of the great work it does
• I had a total of 5 guests over during the week, which is always a pleasure since I enjoy hosting and hospitality at the house. One of my friends, Carl Knudson, even had to stay the night (although he lives a mile and a half away) because of severe freezing rain
  
• I created a funny Christmas puppet show with two of my brothers that we are hoping to perform for kids in schools and parishes this Advent
• I went to my usual classes of Advanced Spanish (twice a week), the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus (twice a week), and Catholic Social Thought (once a week)
• I did my usual ministries of accompanying the homeless and teaching English as a second language, both of which are filled with rich connections with people I really care about
• I caught up with some important people in my life, including a student from Red Cloud that graduated two years ago and is a joy to talk to