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Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Rise Up....A Catholic Revolution!!!
Well, time to expand a bit on the whole Steubenville weekend....(the subject line was the theme of the weekend.)
We got in after a long wet/cold drive and showed up at the hotel convention center where the conference was being held, and lo and behold, who should I meet but Anita!! (Anita's going to be my roomie at Benedictine this fall.) It was really bizarre b/c I didn't even know she was going to be there. She happened to run into a few ppl from Wichita and asked if they knew me. Moments later, they dragged her over to me. It was the craziest thing. ^_^ So, Friday night, we had lots of 'praise and worship', which isn't exactly my fave type of music or prayer... *shrugs* We got through it though and heard a really good talk by Tammie Evevard. The next morning, we came back around 9 a.m. for more talks and p&w. It was kind of a long day. In the afternoon we saw an awesome preview for the Terese movie which is coming out in October. It looks spectacular! I'll find the site and post the link here. A lot of theatres aren't interested in showing it, so you have to petition w/ your zip code to let them know you want it in your area. Afterwards, Apex did a hilarious comedy routine. *still laughing* They're awesome! ^_^ Before dinner, I decided to go to confession....and waited about 2 hours....yeah... *shakes head* It was really difficult too, b/c people wouldn't shut up. (everyone was supposed to be praying and reflecting quietly.) Finally, we got through the line, and the monsignor tells me that maybe I should delay my education and do NET retreats for a year. *head hits keyboard* I mean, I would love to, but I've got a lot lined up right now. It's gonna take a lot to just drop everything and go do that. *shakes head* He also said I should get a spirtual director when I go up to college. I was planning on that anyway. He was a really nice guy and interesting to talk to, but I'm really uncertain of my future now b/c of him. *cries* Oh well... Anyway, that night we had adoration, which, at a Steubenville Conference, is always incredible. It's not uncommon for people to start speaking in tongues or just start laughing or crying. For me though, I didn't have any sort of intense emotional change. More than anything it was sort of an intellectual urge to live my faith better than I have been. I was happy to see that several of my friends had pretty powerful experiences. Sunday morning we had Mass with the archbishop, who, no offense, gave a really boring homily (esp compared to the kind of speakers we'd had all weekend...) Overall, it was a decent conference, but not really what everyone makes a "Steubenville Conference" out to be... *shrugs*
Hmm...I've been rambling oddly...this is going to sound rather disjointed b/c I kept getting up to do other things while I was typing this entire post. ^_^
I think I'll go take some quizzes or something.
BTW, Phantom of the Opera comes out Dec. 24! ^_^
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