On the second Monday of each month this year, we will hear from one of the seminarians from Moreau Seminary. Kicking this series off is someone already well-known to our Spes Unica followers -- Mr. Brian Ching, C.S.C., who blogged for us last year on his experiences at St. John Vianney Parish and now returns to Moreau as the Dean of the Seminarians. The timing of his post is quite providential because, as Brian fills us in, this year's new crop of seminarians arrives tomorrow! So please keep them in your prayers!

Seminarians have been starting the school year with "camp" (albeit in different places) since the 1930's and it is now a venerable tradition in the life of the seminary, however it is difficult to explain exactly what it is. Camp is part retreat, part orientation, and part just having fun together. It is important that we begin the year with camp because it is a way for us to develop or redevelop those relationships that are so important to us during our time in formation and indeed our entire lives in Holy Cross. Camp gives us an opportunity to deepen our relationship with the Lord, with our formation staff, and with each other.

As we begin this new formation year, the seminary community sincerely asks for your prayers and we devotedly assure you of ours.