Notice! 2012 Grads

The 2012 graduates have been added to the St. Thomas Seminary Registrar System, online.

I am requesting that all 2012 grads try to sign into the system at this time.

You will need your password which is automatically selected with the following format: Initials in capital letters followed by your birthdate in 8-digit format. NO spaces anywhere. If you gave us a middle initial on your original CBS application, that will be included in your password.

So, Donald Duck, whose birthdate might be March 13, 1914 (there are differing opinions on this question), would have the following password: DD03131914.


So kindly click on this URL to get to the login page, and make sure you can log in: http://www.stsregistrar.org/cgi-bin/CBS/cbsstudentlogin.pl

If you don't get it on your first try, add in your middle initial. Remember that the initials must be in caps, but you can't leave the "caps lock" key activated when you enter the numbers.

Let BJ know how you fare, so we can work out any problems that might be showing up in the system. Thanks!

PS: The Student Login page looks like this:

Day of Biblical Spirituality

On Friday, October 26, Fordham University's Westchester campus (400 Westchester Ave., West Harrison, NY) is offering two public lectures that could be life-changing and will certainly be well worth the trip:

"Try to Discover What the Lord Wants of You"

The Biblical Roots for Ignatian Discernment of Spirits

Fr. Francis McAloon, SJ

11:00 a.m.

"Born of the Father"

The Spirituality of the Divine Womb
in Scripture, Creed, and the Words of the Saints

Dr. Shannon McAlister

 12:45 p.m.

FREE OF CHARGE!

ALL ARE WELCOME!
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED!

RSVP is required by Monday, October 22, 2012. Email Bill Madden at wmadden@fordham.edu.

This event is not sponsored by the Catholic Biblical School but is an authorized make-up for certain requirements towards archdiocesan and seminary certificates in biblical studies. Only contact BJ about this program if you wish to request it as a make-up for your missed requirements.

HCBS Students Living God's Word

Students in the West Hartford Advanced Class may be interested to know that we've heard from Sr. Heather. She seems busy and happy in her ministry in South Carolina. Here's an inspiring story she shares from her ministry:

"There was a banquet .... There was cake and banana pudding for dessert. Everyone ate the banana pudding, and there was lots of cake left over.  We cut up the cake and rode around the neighborhood, giving it to families who the sisters know are always in need of food. It was a little strange for me, but a real blessing that we were able to share it. The people around here really do trust the sisters! Not one person questioned if the cake was safe to eat. They were all glad to have a nice treat. In the city, the leftover cake would probably have gone to waste, but here it was appreciated."

If you--or someone you know--is a student or graduate of the Biblical School who is involved in ministry, let us know what they are up to! We love to see how the Holy Spirit is working among our faith communities.

Seminar for CBS Graduates

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Vatican II and the 20th Anniversary of the CCC:

 "The Apostle Paul  and the Universal Call to Holiness"

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Archdiocesan Center at St. Thomas Seminary

9:00 am-12:00 pm (“Coffee and” begins at 8:30 am)

Pre-registration required by October 12, 2012

Presenter: Dr. Joan M. Kelly, Sacred Heart University

Every baptized Christian is called to be nothing less than a saint, as the Second Vatican Council reminded us. This "universal call to holiness," was one of the landmark teachings that initiated the current renewal of the church, already begun in the late 1960s. This is not a new teaching, however. The universal call to holiness was taught by Paul in the first century and is energetically put forward in the NT Letter to the Ephesians: "I plead with you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received!" Dr. Kelly will explore this theme from the Vatican II document Lumen Gentium in connection with St. Paul’s writings.

Dr. Joan M. Kelly is a popular lecturer and retreat presenter at Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center in West Hartford and Caritas Christi Center in Hamden. She is on the faculty at Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, CT and teaches in Sacred Heart University's SHARE program certificate in religion. For 11 years she has been involved with the theological training of deacons at Holy Apostles Seminary and in the Diocese of Bridgeport. She joined the faculty of the Archdiocese of Hartford's Catholic Biblical School in 2011.