Snow Day Catch Up!

Okay so,
Since it is a Snow Day (the first at Saint Mary's since 1978) I thought I would catch everyone up on my past few weeks back at School.

My Window and the Snow

FIRST things FIRST.

This snow day is Awesome because I got up late, worked out, had time to chill and pray and shower... and make waffles with my roommies and friends. I had time to blog and it still looks like I'll have time for the little bit of HW I have to do and more fun and MORE READING! I LOVE IT!!

Before the semester I went to a FOCUS conference (Fellowship of Catholic University Students)
It was awesome. I really liked Denver and I really liked the conference. My friend Sean let me stay at his house.

 

Train station in Denver

It was really nice to see Denver a bit before the conference and his family was wonderful!
My friend Caroline came early too! Some great things happened while we were there. 1) We found out that JPII is going to be beatified on May 1. 2) We had breakfast with Archbishop Chaput and Sean at Le Peep 3) we got to see the Neocatechumenal Seminary next to Archbishop Chaput's house. IT WAS AWESOME! but I didn't take any pictures...

 Here are some OTHER photos of Denver!

 A church I saw on my Morning Walk

I obviously went to STARBUCKS

The conference was about answering the call (to holiness) in your life. The talks were so edifying and I really felt spiritually rejuvenated and  all for God's Will by the end of the conference / beginning of the semester, which is always a trial for me so that was very good!

I might want to move to Denver.



The following weekend I went to D.C for the March for Life. This was also AWESOME! I have been to D.C many times but I had never been to D.C for the March and I had never been to the Shrine or Catholic U.
 

I love being with people who LOVE GOD and LOVE LOVE! It's great. So I got to chill with a bunch o' friends on the way there and while there and I also got to see CARLY!
We went to a few book stores and an AWESOME ICON SHOP.

outside icon store

I also bought some cool things:
2 Icons and 3 AWESOME BOOKS.
 
 
And food which is just a necesity... we ate at ihop two nights in a row.
 
I got Nutella Crepes one night and deep fried apetizers the otehr night. It was kind of therapeutic because I had a bad experience my last time at ihop.

We walked around the Mall and went the the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.

crocheted coral reef

I also went to the vigil mass at the shrine.

  

 

It was so wonderful and beautiful and awesome to be united with other youth for a good cause. I liked it a lot. God blessed me a lot on that trip. Nothing could get me down. I was a little worried about the trip but God provided all of the Grace. God is good All the TIME. : )

I LOVED marching.

ND and Stuebie together at last

I might want to move to D.C.

I have the orange hat - on the right

This past weekend I went to the AVETT BROTHERS CONCERT with my little sister emily, who happens to have superb taste in Music (minus half of the stuff she listens to).

THE CONCERT WAS SO GREAT!!!

My sister Emily. Pre-Concert Chilling

We also went to the Ho-Ping Chinese restaurant down the road. It turns out that it is more classy Chinese food, which I loved and she didn't love so much. I recommend it if you live in South Bend. Then we went to the book store at ND. and then the Concert.

 We got back pretty late and I crashed. I was not aware that there was a party going on in our apartment pretty late after we got back but I guess emily heard a lot of it. Sorry emily! I'm glad I'm a heavy sleeper. On Sunday we went to Mass off campus and then we went to a Campus Even called "Breakfast at Tiffany's" it was breakfast and the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's. It was pretty cool cause we went with my friend Alex and neither Emily nor Alex had seen the movie before. 

For those who are interested my classes are going well. They are actually a lot better than I thought they would be, I have women's studies, sexuality, and a spanish lit/ women's studies course. They are all very interesting... I'm trying to keep myself on top of the work I have so that I can go this semester without getting overwhelmed. Yes., I'm actually doing my homework this semester. I keep having this nagging little worry about Graduate school but I mostly ignore it. My Field placement is wonderful! Today I have off obviously but It is just a great placement! Side note: Yesterday I got to help "evacuate" the school in anticipation of the big storm. It was kinda cool.

Y También, This semester I am trying to only drink coffee two or three times a week. I am doing surprisingly well! I usually only have coffee on the days that I have field. I've been working out every morning and making time for prayer and spiritual reading... GOD IS GOOD.

I made it back to the Catholic Worker and Saint Margaret's House last week and it dawned on me that it is kind of sad because I have gotten to be very comforatable at both places... just in time to leave.

I've been doing a lot of reading (on the side) thanks to the Kindle and just purchasing other books.
Right now I'm reading:
The Brother's Karamazov ( slow going)
Letters to his Friends and Family - Pier Giorgio Frassati
The Fathers Know best - Jimmy Akin
A Tour of the Summa - Msgr. Glenn

A bunch o' Encyclicals and Papal Letters

AND I have a bunch of books lined up after that.
AND My mom just got me A Civilization of Love by Carl Anderson

So, anyway this semester has been great so far and I look forward more greatness to come!
I might want to stay in South Bend.

~ PEACE ~

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~ Katherine

painted on a wall in D.C.