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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1976)
thurdiy, novcmbar 11, 1070 jhird dimcmbn 7. s "- J 0 Q f a.- 6 I ! 4 4 (j Ehistraticn by Ilcrry v7itt founding in 1803, are crumbling with age. And while serenity, peace, beautiful landscapes and recreational equipment exists in each of the four seminaries, so does a rigorous schedule of no dating, sacrifice, early rising and learning to live with many oilier men, personality clashes or not.' Li l ike an eight-year venture of law or medical school, the seminary stresses intense concentration in one subject As Jasnowski has learned: the priesthood is a job which never ends. It is not something you wake up arid go end do and'then stop and come home. But rather, you are your job. You are a priest always." The Rev. Robert Vasa serves as a priest in his first year at Cathedrawl of the Risen Christ. He went to Saint . Thomas Seminar in Denver; and Holy Trinity in Dallas. He grew up on a Nbraska farm with four brothers and a sister. . At the seminary, he said, he liked the chance to talk with others who shared his beliefs. Example of a eeminaran's schedule Sunday MW - TThFri . 6:20 morning pray- 8:30ChapelMass ers and meditation Same as MW ex- - cept morning Mass 10:30 brunch 7 breakfast and either music practice or a con free until 8 to 3 classes, - ference or spiritual . reading at 5 pjn. "5:30 nipper hmch, between 11 Saturday free until' ' -3 recreation , 7:25 morning prayer 10 p jn. . , , , , , 8:30 breakfast r , 5chapelmass Benediction . 6 - 9:15 to 11:30 work o supper order 11p.m. 7:30 night prayer r noon lunch ' Grand Silence 1 1 Grand Silence free until H pjn. Theology students are free to go out until 10 pjn. on Saturday and Sunday and one ether night a week until 11 pja. Other times, permission is ea2y obtainable. Ths seminary isnct a place. It is a group of men who have come toother who are headed in the same direc tion," he said. - -, " ' . VTT ;'s 1--., h2e tae sommsry caa have its lonely, deprssung ana spiritually -down dsys, Vm mi he never considered leaving. The costlnuiii conversations with friends kept him going, he sdd. However, ia the iersiasry, there is a tendency to form cliques, and for ens to isoltte oneself. It should tesch ir.!a to be wSkg to v.'2:ie" tir.e with people, he said, "Spending" tine implies expecting seme thins in r,im. The tcrr.ir.zni said thty want to becorre clcc:r to Jesus Christ and to sprssd the rryrttty cfhisncrLjce and death. cut, they said, the tempUUdns are fii2y." - r The thesht of a future life cf alTc scy.wf sot being married, is a constant reminder cf the sacTiHc? ia cLicsjig to be a Catholic priest UrJike ether Christie Etsrs who have an option to marry, the priest is forbidden to do so. - 'This is an area of the priesthoodthat seems odd to many people," Jim Cooper said. "The sacrifice of giving up marriage and a family, is a difficult committment, but it is well worth it to us. . .to have no restrictions or obli gations which would divide our attention." While a seminarian has not taken the vow of celibacy, he cannot seek female companionship and is discouraged from dating when home on vacation. The seminary years are the time to find out if one can accept andendure this vow. At Holy Trinity, seminarians are interviewed and con stantly observed to determine which ones should be ad vised to leave and to encourage those who should stay. That is a difficult job, said Father Sheehan, because it means thinking of more than the man's desire to be a priest and thinking of the people he might serve. Mike Houlihan, 23, from Omaha, had considered a law careen He was graduated from Archbishop Rummel High School and from UNL with a B.A. in history. In his second year at Mount St Mary, he said he is enthusi astic about the intelligent and gifted people he meets. He told of a common atti tude among the men inter viewed from the four semi nairies. "I don't look "more than a day ahead. . .1 am open to what's going to happen." Houlihan teaches a seventh-grade religion class in Gettysburg, 12 miles from the seminary.. St. Pius in Erlanger sits on top of a hill surrounded by 300 acres of green rolling bills, wooded areas and lakes. It is 20 minutes south of Cincinnati on 1-75, but is tucked away from the inter- state. ' , . For recreation arid enter- tainment it has a weight machine, a print shop, stu dent stores and gyms, courts and fields for almost every sport. : Steve WMski, 22, ia ; student body president at St Plus. He .went to Gretna . . . - . " public hih school and was a UNL math major ia actu arial science for two yean. He is interested in elementary and special education. His first imprson of t Fiiis: . "Here is a group of people who say they are living for a purpose and they're doing something about it. Steve Vadia, 21, (Sob's brother) graduated from Lincoln Pius X Hih School and is in his fourth year cf study at St Pius. . He said "People have forgotten te need for a tsvicr." Michssl Jsckcls, 22, frcra Ecllevce Ilih School, msjered in Latin American Studies for two years at UNL, and had planned foreign service work ia CsuUd America -or the Peace Corps. He ssii he sees the chsll... a sip cf contradiction to the norms cf society, perhaps rightly so. Serifriary lifegoms say there s no ccspsriscn with verity Ixi, Ti sniwIf clcAnt cciiLLiity dy vcrf? centrist with LTX's e.-ircrrr::r.t cf 22,CC0 This is n area of the priesthood that seems odd to many people. The sacrifice of giving up marries and a family is a difficult committment, but it is well worth it to us. 4 .to have no restric tions or obligations which would divide, our attention.