Sorry for the absence over the past couple of weeks. I took the opportunity over the Christmas Recess to really rest, relax and gear up for the new academic semester that began bright and early Monday morning. We woke up to a very chilly 41 degrees , which is down right freezing cold by Florida [...]
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The Cold Hard Truth About the Semester
January 7th, 2010 
Tom Pringle 
Posted in Diocese of Orlando, Fr. Miguel Gonzalez, Seminary, Vocations, Vocations Awareness Weekend, Vocations Office, progress 
Tags: 2010, Community Days, Diocese of Orlando, Easter, Final Exams, Fr. Miguel Gonzalez, Graduation, Holy Week Recess, Inter-Seminary Day of Communion, John Paul II, John Paul II Vocation Monstrance, JPII, Mid-Semester Break, Mid-Semester Exams, SJVCS, Spring Semester, St. John Vianney College Seminary, St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary, SVdP, Vocations, Vocations Awareness Weekend 
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October 5th, 2009 Tom Pringle Hello all! I apologize for the low number of posts for the last couple of weeks. Academics always have a priority, especially this week with mid-semester exams. Now, to make matters worse, I have some kind of virus that will keep me out of the classroom until tomorrow night. But, there is a light at [...]
The Weeks Ahead
September 29th, 2009 Tom Pringle Two weeks ago, the seminarians had a week packed with all kinds of exciting events, including a visit from Christopher West for a Theology of the Body conference, as well as visits from our bishops for Board of Trustees meetings. We also participated in a Day of Recollection,which was very well received by yours truly–I [...]
In the beginning…
August 24th, 2009 Tom Pringle All of the seminarians here at St. John Vianney College Seminary began the new academic year this morning with Daily Mass. In his homily, Fr. Joseph told a story about a man who came across a butterfly struggling to emerge from its cocoon. In order to help the tiny creature, the man cut the cocoon, [...]
The Big Day
August 20th, 2009 Tom Pringle Hello everyone! Later on today, I will be leaving Orlando for Miami to return to the seminary for the beginning of the new academic year. Classes begin on Monday, August 24th. But, before then, the returning seminarians will go on a mini retreat to have some time to transition from our summer assignments back to [...]
